SECTION ONE: THE TRANSLATIONS
- List of Illustrationsxv
- Foreword by Shenpen Dawa Rinpochexxv
- Preface to the Second Editionxxxii
- Credits for Illustrations and Mapsxxxiii
- Technical Notexxxv
- Guide to Pronunciationxxxvii
- Abbreviations for Section Onexli
BOOK ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
- Detailed Contents of Book One3
- Translator’s Introduction11
THE TEXT
- Verses of Invocation45
- Introduction47
PART ONE: DOCTRINES OF SAṂSĀRA AND NIRVĀNA
- 1 The Essence and Defmition of Dharma51
- 2 Doctrines of Saṃsāra54
- 3 Doctrines of Nirvāṇa70
- 4 Transmitted Precepts73
- 5 Treatises88
- 6 Quantitative Treatises97
- 7 Treatises of Inner Science108
PART TWO: THE NATURE OF THE TEACHER ENDOWED
WITH THE BUDDHA-BODIES
- Introduction113
- 1 Samantabhadra, the Buddha-body of Reality115
- 2 Vajradhara, the Emanation of Samantabhadra120
- 3 The Two Buddha-bodies of Form123
- 4 The Five Buddha-bodies and Five Pristine Cognitions139
- 5 Distinctive Attributes of the Buddha-bodies and Pristine Cognitions 144
PART THREE: CAUSAL VEHICLES OF DIALECTICS
- Introduction151
- 1 The Three Promulgations of the Doctrinal Wheel153
- 2 The Lesser Vehicle156
- 3 The Greater Vehicle160
- 4 The Superiority of Great Madhyamaka to Mind Only178
- 5 The Provisional and Defmitive Meaning of the Transmitted
Precepts187
- 6 The Enlightened or Buddha Family191
- 7 The Two Truths According to Great Madhyamaka206
- 8 Key to the Appraisal of Causal Vehicle Texts217
- 9 A Recapitulation of the Causal Vehicles223
P A R T F O U R : R E S U L T A N T V E H IC L E S O F S E C R E T M A N T R A
Introduction 241
1 The Superiority of Secret Mantra 243
2 The Essence and Defmition of Secret Mantra 257
3 The Three Continua of Ground, Path and Result 263
4 The Four Tantrapitaka 268
5 Mahāyoga 275
6 Anuyoga 284
7 Key to the Appraisal of Secret Mantra Texts 290
8 The Superiority of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection 294
9 The Definition of Atiyoga 311
10 The Divisions of Atiyoga 319
11 A Recapitulation of the Resultant Vehicles 346
C O N C L U S I O N
1 Concluding Remarks 375
2 Dedicatory Verses 376
3 Colophon 378
B O O K T W O : H IS T O R Y O F T H E N Y IN G M A SC H O O L
O F T IB E T A N B U D D H IS M
Detailed Contents of Book Two 383
Translators’ Introduction 393
T H E T E X T
Verses of Invocation 403
P A R T O N E : T H E O R IG IN O F T H E P R E C IO U S T E A C H I N G O F
T H E C O N Q U E R O R IN T H I S W O R L D
Introduction 409
1 The Coming of Buddha, Teacher of the Doctrine 411
2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Councils 428
3 The Patriarchs of the Teaching 432
4 The Preservation of the Teaching and Spread of the
Greater Vehicle 440
P A R T T W O : T H E R IS E O F T H E P R E C IO U S T E A C H I N G O F
S E C R E T M A N T R A
Introduction 445
1 The Turning of the Secret Mantra Wheel 447
2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Different
Compilers 451
3 The Emergence of this Teaching in the Human
World 452
4 The Lineage of Mahāyoga, the Class of Tantras 458
5 The Lineage of Mahāyoga, the Class of Means for
Attainment 475
6 The Lineage of Anuyoga, the Perfection Stage 485
7 The Lineage of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection 490
8 Concluding Remarks 502
P A R T T H R E E : T H E O R IG IN O F T H E C O N Q U E R O R ’S
T E A C H IN G I N T IB E T
Introduction 507
1 The Three Ancestral Religious Kings 510
2 The Decline and Expansion of the Doctrine during the
Intermediate Period 523
3 The Revival and Later Expansion of the Teaching 524
P A R T F O U R : T H E D E V E L O P M E N T O F T H E T H R E E I N N E R
C L A S S E S O F T A N T R A I N T IB E T
Introduction 531
1 Mahāyoga and Anuyoga 533
2 The Mental and Spatial Classes of Atiyoga 538
3 The Esoteric Instructional Class of Atiyoga, the Innermost
Spirituality 554
4 Longcen Rapjampa 575
P A R T F IV E : T H E D I S T A N T L IN E A G E O F T R A N S M I T T E D
P R E C E P T S
Introduction 599
1 The Lineage of Nyak 601
2 The Lineage of Nup 607
3 The Lineage of the Zur Family 617
4 Biographies of the Rong Tradition 650
5 Dotokpa’s Lineage of the Zur Tradition 685
6 Biographies of the Kham Tradition 688
7 Miscellaneous Lineages of the Zur and Kham Traditions 700
8 Rongzom Chöki Zangpo 703
9 The Traditions of Vajrakīla 710
10 The Lineages of the Empowerment of the Sūtra which Gathers
All Intentions 717
11 Later Lineages of the Transmitted Precepts 733
P A R T S IX : T H E C L O S E L IN E A G E S O F T H E T R E A S U R E S
1 The Nature, Purpose and Kinds of Treasure 743
2 Biographies of the Treasure-fmders 750
3 Sangye Lama 751
4 Trapa Ngönshe 753
5 Nyang-rel Nyima Özer 755
6 Guru Chöki Wangcuk 760
7 Como Menmo 771
8 Orygen Lingpa 775
9 Ngödrup Gyeltsen or Rikdzin Gödemcen 780
10 Sangye Lingpa 784
11 Dorje Lingpa 789
12 Ratna Lingpa 793
13 Pema Lingpa 796
14 Karma Lingpa 800
15 Thangtong Gyelpo 802
16 Ngari Pancen Pema Wangyel 805
17 Rikdzin Jatsön Nyingpo 809
18 Rikdzin Düdül Dorje 813
19 Lhatsün Namka Jikme 818
20 The Fifth Dalai Lama 821
21 Rikdzin Terdak Lingpa, the Great Treasure-fmder
of Mindröling 825
22 Jikme Lingpa 835
23 Chogyur Decen Lingpa 841
24 Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 849
25 Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye 859
26 Mipham Jamyang Namgyel Gyamtso 869
Conclusion 881
P A R T S E V E N : A R E C T IF IC A T IO N O F M ISC O N C E P T IO N S
C O N C E R N IN G T H E N Y IN G M A SC H O O L
1 General Reply to Criticisms of the Nyingmapa
Tantras 887
2 On the View of the Great Perfection 896
3 Response to Critics of the Sūtra which Gathers All
Intentions 911
4 Response to Critics of the Root Tantra of the Secret
Nucleus 914
5 The Continuity of the Nyingmapa Tradition and its
Impact on the Other Schools 918
6 On the Validity of the Treasures 927
7 The Shortcomings of Refutation and Proof 929
8 On The Prophecies Found in the Treasures 934
9 The Relationship between the Nyingmapa and Pönpo
Traditions 936
10 On the “Bad Luck of the Nyingmapa” 938
PA R T EIG H T: T H E C H R O N O L O G Y O F T H E D O C T R IN E
1 Duration of the Doctrine 943
2 A Chronology of the Buddha’s Life 946
3 From the Buddha’s Final Nirvāna until the Beginning of the First
Tibetan Sexagenary Cycle 948
4 FromtheBeginningoftheFirstSexagenaryCycletothePresent 951
5 Some Prophecies 960
C LO SING ST A T E M E N T S
1 Primary Sources 965
2 Concluding Benedictions 967
3 Colophon 972
S E C T IO N T W O : R E FE R E N C E M A TE R IA L
Contents v
Introduction vii
Guide to Pronunciation xi
Abbreviations for Section Two xv
N O T E S
1 Fundamentals 3
2 History 27
G L O SSA R Y O F E N U M E R A T IO N S
Introduction 103
Glossary of Enumerations 105
B IB L IO G R A PH Y
Introduction 191
Part One: Works Cited by the Author
Works Cited by the Author 199
Part Two: Works Referred to by the Translators
1 Indic Texts 293
2 Tibetan Texts 297
3 Secondary Literature 301
4 Addenda to the Bibliography 316
ARTIFACTS AND MATERIAL TREASURES
Introduction 320
Artifacts and MaterialTreasures 321
INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS
Introduction 331
Index of Technical Terms 333
INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES
Introduction 391
Index of Personal Names 393
INDEX OF LOCATIONS
Introduction 453
Index of Locations 455
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M APS
Introduction 489
Buddhist India and Adjacent Regions 490
North-Central India 492
Tibet 494
Western Tibet and Nepal 496
North-Central Tibet 498
South-Central Tibet and Bhutan 500
North-West Kham 502
South-West Kham 506
Amdo 508
North-East Kham 510
South-East Kham 512
The work on philosophical doctrines, entitled Fundamentals of the Nyingma School, presents a comprehensive account of traditional philosophical views, both secular and religious, non-Buddhist and Buddhist. It also includes an extended discussion of the validity of the esoteric scriptures and the special (tantra) distinctions of the Nyingma. In the second translated work, entitled History of the Nyingma School, Dudjom Rinpoche directly addresses the legacy of criticism of the Nyingma tradition in a special section entitled “A Rectification of Misconceptions Concerning the Nyingma School.” He responds to various charges against the authenticity of the Nyingma tradition and provides a discussion of the “Great Perfection” (dzogchen) view. He also explores the continuity of the Nyingmapa tradition and its impact on the other schools, the shortcomings of logical argumentation, prophecies found in the treasure tradition, and the relationship between the Nyingmapa and the “pre-Buddhist” tradition of the Bonpo.
