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Hṛdayanikṣepa
སྙིང་པོ་ངེས་པར་བསྡུ་བ
snying po nges par bsdu ba
Noting Down the Essence (of All the Buddhas’ Teachings) (84000)
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Description
Atiśa's Hṛdayanikṣepa is a concise teaching on the Buddhist path from suffering to enlightenment. The basic message: All suffering comes from grasping at "self" and believing things truly exist. The solution is to realize all phenomena are empty and sky-like, while cultivating love, compassion, and bodhicitta (the awakening mind).
The path involves taking refuge, maintaining moral conduct, practicing the six perfections (pāramitās), and progressing through stages of realization to achieve the three bodies of a Buddha. Atiśa emphasizes urgency - in these degenerate times with short lifespans and many obstacles, practitioners must quickly grasp the essence of the teachings rather than getting caught up in elaborate analysis.
Citation
Atīśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (slob dpon mkhas pa chen po dpal mar me mdzad ye shes). hṛdayanikṣepa. snying po nges par bsdu ba [སྙིང་པོ་ངེས་པར་བསྡུ་བ]. [Noting Down the Essence (of All the Buddhas’ Teachings) (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3291 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3291&typ=2.
| Number | 3291 |
|---|---|
| Canon | mdo |
| Sanskrit | hṛdayanikṣepa (D) |
| Alternate Titles | snying po nges par bsdu ba;snying po nges par bsdu ba zhes bya ba |
| Alternate Titles - Sanskrit | hṛdayanikṣepa;hṛdayanikṣepa-nāma |
| Author | Atīśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna |
| Author (Tibetan) | slob dpon mkhas pa chen po dpal mar me mdzad ye shes |
| Translator | zhu chen gyi lo tsA ba dge slong tshul khrims rgyal ba |
| Translator Pandita | slob dpon mkhas pa chen po dpal mar me mdzad ye shes |
| Colophon | snying po nges par bsdu ba zhes bya ba/_slob dpon mkhas pa chen po dpal mar me mdzad ye shes kyi zhal snga nas dbus kyi gnye thang gtsug lag khang du mdzad pa rdzogs so |
| Title from Colophon | snying po nges par bsdu ba zhes bya ba |
