chu yi nor bu

(sman) Agate (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018)

chu yi nor bus tshad rigs mtha' dag 'joms / zhes pa ni / 'di la rigs gnyis te / hva shang gi 'bum 'grel du / 'byung ba lnga'i nor bu bshad pa'i skabs su / chu'i nor bu ni gangs sam / chab rom lo stong lon pa la / rin po che spug ces pa gong bur chags par bshad pa de yin la / rgyu 'chags pa sngo zer 'dra yod gsungs la / de yang kha dog khra bor yod par tshul khrims bskyangs kyis gsungs so / rigs gcig ljang zhad dang ser kha chung zad yod pa zhig yod pa la / slob dpon yang dag bden gyis / rin po che spug ni kha dog ljang ser can no gsungs pa de yin gsungs // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 094.1)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°044) chu’i nor bu, Agate

dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1998) distinguishes two types. chu yi nor bu or rin po che spug is described as generally of the same nature of m+'a na ho (one of two superiour types of mchong) and similar to moonstone (chu shel), like ice with a yellow hue. The second type is gser spug, 'Gold star inkstone' (of red-orange colour, filled with a sunlight shimmer?)
The image shows the first type, a whitish, translucent stone without marked bands, identified as agate (see mchong)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:25, 29 February 2024 (EST)