Zhen pa bzhi bral gyi gdams ngag/Full text
As explicitly mentioned in this brief text, the four lines that present the core instruction of the practice of parting from the four clingings is traditionally recognized as a revelation from Mañjuśrī, the buddha of wisdom. Jamgön Amé, in his Lineages of the Sakya Family (Sa skya'i gdung rabs, p. 26), identifies Sachen Kunga Nyingpo as the "great Sakyapa," who experienced this vision of Mañjuśrī and received the revelation. Interestingly, Nupa Rikzin Drak . . . identifies Drakpa Gyaltsen as the origin of this instruction. The explanations of the origin of this instruction may have been added on by an editor or by Könchok Gyaltsen . . . who was himself an important member of the Sakya school. The four root lines of Parting from the Four Clingings appear in volume 4 of the Collected Works of Drakpa Gyaltsen, p. 297b. (Thupten Jinpa, Mind Training: The Great Collection, 649n1010)
| Reference | zhen pa bzhi bral gyi gdams ngag [ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་གྱི་གདམས་ངག།]. [Root Lines of "Parting from the Four Clingings"]. |
|---|---|
| People | Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo |
