Partial translation of
Kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung
Patrul Rinpoche's famous contemplative guidebook to the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingthig he wrote based on the teachings he repeatedly received from his teacher, Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu.
Kun bzang bla m a'i zhal lung. (Kunzang Lame Shelung). In Tibetan, "Words of My Perfect Teacher," a popular Buddhist text, written by the celebrated nineteenth- century Tibetan luminary Dpal sprul Rinpoche during a period of prolonged retreat at his cave hermitage above Rdzogs chen monastery in eastern Tibet. It explains the preliminary practices (sngon 'gro) for the klong chen snying thig ("Heart Essence of the Great Expanse"), a system of Rnying ma doctrine and meditation instruction stemming from the eighteenth-century treasure revealer (gter ston) 'Jigs med gling pa. The work is much loved for its direct, nontechnical approach and for its heartfelt practical advice. Dpal sprul Rin po che's language ranges from lyrical poetry to the vernacular, illustrating points of doctrine with numerous scriptural quotations, accounts from the lives of past Tibetan saints, and examples from everyday life— many of which refer to cultural practices specific to the author’s native land. While often considered a Rnying ma text, the Kun bzang bla m ai zhal lung is read widely throughout the sects of Tibetan Buddhism, a readership presaged by the author's participation in the Ris med or so-called nonsectarian movement of eastern Tibet during the nineteenth century. (Source: "Kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung" In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 455. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)
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Kün-zang La-may Zhal-lung Part One
Part One, the Common Outer Preliminary, contains chapters on the following topics:
- 1. The Difficulty of Obtaining a Well-endowed Human Body That Has Leisure
- 2. The Impermanence of Life
- 3. The Misery of Samsara
- 4. The Cause and Effect of Karma
- 5. The Benefit of Attaining Freedom from Worldly Miseries
- 6. Following a Spiritual Teacher
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