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== Introduction ==
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This was a [[Lo Jong]] text given to the [[Sakya]] master [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]] by [[Manjushri]] when [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]] was twelve years old.
  
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See [[tshe 'di la zhen na chos pa min|Tibetan version with translations]].
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== The Verses ==
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*[[tshe 'di la zhen na chos pa min|Original Tibetan Quote]].
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<blockquote>
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<i>
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A person who is still attached to this life is no [[Dharma]] practitioner.<br>
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A person who is still attached to the [[three worlds]] has no [[renunciation]]. <br>
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A person who is still attached to getting what they want is no [[bodhisattva]]. <br>
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A person who still grasps to things has no worldview. <br>
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</i>
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</blockquote>
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Translation by [[Geshe Michael Roach]]
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== Commentaries ==
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The [[Sakya]] tradition has produced many commentaries on the original four-line text.
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* ''Freedom from the Four Kinds of Attachment'' as written by the Holy Lama, [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]]
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** [http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/sungbum/S0414M.ACT Online] [[Tibetan]] text provided by [[ACIP]]
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* ''The Advices on Freeing Oneself from Four Different Kinds of Attachment'' as written by [[Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen]]
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**http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/sungbum/S0408M.ACT Online] [[Tibetan]] text provided by [[ACIP]]
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* ''A Clear and Complete Teaching on Freeing Oneself from the Four Kinds of Attachment'' by [[Gorampa|Gorampa Sonam Senge]]
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**[http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/sungbum/S0410M.ACT Online] [[Tibetan]] text provided by [[ACIP]]
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* A ''Book of Instruction on the Text entitled Freedom from the Four Kinds of Attachment'' by [[Kunga Lekpai Rinchen]]
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**[http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/sungbum/S0411M.ACT Online] [[Tibetan]] text provided by [[ACIP]]
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*[http://www.kbi.org.au/frames/part4.html Online Commentary] in English by [[Sakya Trizin|His Holiness Sakya Trizin]]
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Revision as of 01:52, 3 June 2007

Introduction[edit]

This was a Lo Jong text given to the Sakya master Sachen Kunga Nyingpo by Manjushri when Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was twelve years old.

See Tibetan version with translations.

The Verses[edit]

A person who is still attached to this life is no Dharma practitioner.
A person who is still attached to the three worlds has no renunciation.
A person who is still attached to getting what they want is no bodhisattva.
A person who still grasps to things has no worldview.

Translation by Geshe Michael Roach

Commentaries[edit]

The Sakya tradition has produced many commentaries on the original four-line text.