A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles

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A Garland of Views presents both a concise commentary by the eighth-century Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava on a chapter from the Guhyagarbha Tantra on the different Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical views, including the Great Perfection (Dzogchen), and an explicative commentary on Padmasambhava’s text by the nineteenth-century scholar Jamgön Mipham (1846–1912).

Padmasambhava’s text is a core text of the Nyingma tradition because it provides the basis for the system of nine vehicles (three sutra vehicles and six tantra vehicles) that subsequently became the accepted way of classifying the different Buddhist paths in the Nyingma tradition.

Mipham’s commentary is the one most commonly used to explain Padmasambhava’s teaching. Mipham is well known for his prolific, lucid, and original writings on many subjects, including science, medicine, and philosophy, in addition to Tibetan Buddhist practice and theory. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation

Padmasambhava and Jamgön Mipham. A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles. Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Boston: Shambhala, 2015.

Texts Translated

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Padmasambhava, (Pad+ma 'byung gnas). Rājopadeśadarśanamālā, (man ngag lta ba'i phreng ba). In Bstan 'gyur (snar thang), Vol. 77: 756-765.
Mi pham rgya mtsho. Slob dpon chen po pad+ma 'byung gnas kyis mdzad pa'i man ngag lta ba'i phreng ba'i mchan 'grel nor bu'i bang mdzod. In Gsung 'bum mi pham rgya mtsho, Vol. 23: 13-62. Khreng tu'u: Gangs can rig gzhung dpe rnying myur skyobs lhan tshogs, 2007.

Translation of

Rājopadeśadarśanamālā

A Garland of Views presents a concise commentary by the eighth-century Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava on a chapter from the Guhyagarbha Tantra on the different Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical views, including the Great Perfection (Dzogchen). (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Text

Topical Outline of A Treasury of Gems xi
Foreword xiii
Translator's Introduction xv
A Garland of Views, A Pith Instruction by Padmasambhava 1
A Treasury of Gems, A Commentary by Jamgön Mipham 29
Notes 101
Glossary109
Bibliography 115
Index 119