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Treasury of Precious Qualities Vol.1
Treasury of Precious Qualities Vol.1
This book is a translation of the first part of Jigme Lingpa’s Treasury of Precious Qualities, which in a slender volume of elegant verses sets out briefly but comprehensively the Buddhist path according to the Nyingma school. The concision of the root text and its use of elaborate poetic language, rich in metaphor, require extensive explanation, amply supplied here by the commentary of Kangyur Rinpoche.
The present volume lays out the teachings of the sutras in gradual stages according to the traditional three levels, or scopes, of spiritual endeavor. It begins with essential teachings on impermanence, karma, and ethics. Then, from the Hinayana standpoint, it describes the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths and the twelve links of dependent arising. Moving on, finally, to the Mahayana perspective, it expounds fully the teachings on bodhichitta and the path of the six paramitas, and gives an unusually detailed exposition of Buddhist vows.
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Shambhala Publications
4/20/2010
Pages: 576
Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781590307113
About the Author
Jigme Lingpa & Padmakara Transl. Group
The Padmakara Translation Group and its French-language publishing branch, Editions Padmakara, were established in 1987 to preserve and make available for a Western readership the classics of Tibetan literature. Padmakara translators hail from all over the world and work under the direction of Tsétrul Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and Jigmé Khyentse Rinpoche, two widely respected Tibetan Buddhist teachers.
Padmakara has translated dozens of works by the some of the greatest Buddhist masters, including Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti, Shantideva, Asanga, Maitreya, Shantarakshita, Padmasambhava, Yeshe Tsogyal, Zurchungpa, Longchenpa, Jigme Lingpa, Mipham Rinpoche, Shechen Gyaltsap, Shabkar, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Kunpel, Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, Dilgo Khyentse, Dudjom Rinpoche, and the Dalai Lama.
Shambhala Publications is proud to publish the unparalleled work of the Padmakara Translation Group. The principal translators for our most recent Padmakara titles are Wulstan Fletcher, Helena Blankleder, and Stephen Gethin. Other members of the group who have contributed one or more works include John Canti, Matthieu Ricard, and Charles Hastings.
