Gongchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma

Gongchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

The Gongchig of the Tibetan master Jigten Sumgon conveys clearly the essence of the Buddha's teachings. It delineates the causal law of the universe, Nagarjuna's philosophy of interdependence, and opens one's mind to principles of ethics that help to guard oneself against confusion and deceit. Thus the Gongchig is a guide for every Dharma practitioner - for both study and application in daily life. This edition comprises translations of the Gongchig root text by Jigten Sumgon and of the commentary by Rigdzin Chokyi Dragpa, as well as the original Tibetan texts. It makes the work accessible even for readers who are not well versed in Buddhist philosophy. (Source Accessed Sept 18, 2020)

Citation

Viehbeck, Markus, trans. Gongchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma. By Jigten Sumgon ('jig rten gsum mgon). With commentary entitled The Lamp Dispelling the Darkness by Rigdzin Chökyi Dragpa (rig 'dzin chos kyi grags pa). Munich: Otter Verlag, 2009.

Texts Translated

1. 'Bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po; 'Bri gung spyan snga shes rab 'byung gnas. Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa. In 'Bri gung bka' brgyud chos mdzod chen mo, Vol. 38: 181-219. Lhasa, 2004.
2. Drikung Chungtsang, 1st, (Chos kyi grags pa). Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i dka' 'grel tshigs su bcad pa mun sel sgron me. In Gsung 'bum/ chos kyi grags pa, Vol. 3: 383-478. Kulhan: Drikung Kagyu Institute, 1999.

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Dam chos dgongs pa gcig paདམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་གཅིག་པ།

One of the core texts of the Drikung Kagyu tradition that is reported to be the oral teachings of Jikten Gönpo that were written down and edited together by his student Sherab Jungne. Although not all manuscripts are alike, a beautiful reproduction from Garchen Stiftung (2015) that was studied by Dr. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch contains the following chapter topics:

• (1) Pure View, Practice, and Conduct
• (2-4) The Three Vows
• (5) Three Dharma Wheels
• (6) Dependent Origination
• (7) The Resultant Stage of Buddhahood

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Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i dka' 'grel tshigs su bcad pa mun sel sgron meདམ་པའི་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་གཅིག་པའི་དཀའ་འགྲེལ་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ་མུན་སེལ་སྒྲོན་མེ།

Drikung Chungtsang, 1st. dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i dka' 'grel tshigs su bcad pa mun sel sgron me [དམ་པའི་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་གཅིག་པའི་དཀའ་འགྲེལ་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ་མུན་སེལ་སྒྲོན་མེ།].

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Dam chos dgongs pa gcig paདམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་གཅིག་པ།

One of the core texts of the Drikung Kagyu tradition that is reported to be the oral teachings of Jikten Gönpo that were written down and edited together by his student Sherab Jungne. Although not all manuscripts are alike, a beautiful reproduction from Garchen Stiftung (2015) that was studied by Dr. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch contains the following chapter topics:

• (1) Pure View, Practice, and Conduct
• (2-4) The Three Vows
• (5) Three Dharma Wheels
• (6) Dependent Origination
• (7) The Resultant Stage of Buddhahood

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• Foreword 7
• Acknowledgements 9
• Translator's Note10

'JIG RTEN GSUM MGON (JIGTEN SUMGON)

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG) - THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

• ROOT TEXT 11
  • The Invocation13
  • Section I13
  • Section II14
  • Section III 15
  • Section IV16
  • Section V 16
  • Section VI 17
  • Section VII18
  • Epilogue 19
  • The Supplement 20

RIG 'DZIIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

• DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA25
  • The Invocation27
  • Section I29
  • Section II47
  • Section III 55
  • Section IV 69
  • Section V 85
  • Section VI 101
  • Section VII115
  • Section VIII125
  • Epilogue 143

• • Bibliography and Abbreviations 147

RIG 'DZIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

• TIBETAN TEXT 153
  • Notes on the Tibetan Text154
  • The Invocation155
  • Section I156
  • Section II174
  • Section III 182
  • Section IV 195
  • Section V 210
  • Section VI 227
  • Section VII240
  • Section VIII250
  • Epilogue 272

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