rdzogs chen rgyud bcu bdun

• Seventeen Tantras of the Great Perfection, part the Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition (rnying ma rgyud 'bum; Seventeen Dzogchen Tantras (received by Padmasambhava from Shri Singha):
  • 1) Dra Talgyur Root Tantra (sgra thal 'gyur gyi rgyud)
  • 2) Tantra of Graceful Auspiciousness (bkra shis mdzes ldan gyi rgyud)
  • 3) Tantra of the Heart Mirror of Samantabhadra (kun tu bzang po thugs kyi me long gi rgyud)
  • 4) Blazing Lamp Tantra (sgron ma 'bar ba'i rgyud)
  • 5) Tantra of the Mind Mirror of Vajrasattva (rdo rje sems dpa' snying gi me long gi rgyud)
  • 6) Tantra of Self-manifest Awareness (rig pa rang shar gyi rgyud)
  • 7) Tantra of Studded Jewels (nor bu phra bkod kyi rgyud)
  • 8) Tantra of Pointing-out Instructions (ngo sprod spras pa'i rgyud)
  • 9) Tantra of the Six Spheres of Samantabhadra (kun tu bzang po klong drug pa'i rgyud)
  • 10) Tantra of No Letters (yi ge med pa'i rgyud)
  • 11) Tantra of the Perfected Lion (seng ge rtsal rdzogs kyi rgyud)
  • 12) Pearl Garland Tantra (mu tig phreng ba'i rgyud)
  • 13) Tantra of Self-liberated Awareness (rig pa rang grol gyi rgyud)
  • 14) Tantra of Piled Gems (rin po che spungs pa'i rgyud)
  • 15) Tantra of Shining Relics (sku gdung 'bar ba'i rgyud)
  • 16) Union of Sun and Moon Tantra (nyi zla kha sbyor gyi rgyud)
  • 17) Tantra of Self-existing Perfection (rdzogs pa rang byung gi rgyud)

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• The Samantabhadri Tantra of the Sun of the Luminous Expanse is usually counted as the eighteenth. These seventeen are comp. with rdzogs chen rgyud bco brgyad, rdzogs chen rgyud bcu dgu RY
• In the Vima Nyingtik, the eighteenth tantra is listed as Tantra of the Wrathful Black Goddess, Glorious Ekajati (dpal e ka tsa ti nag mo khros ma'i rgyud), while the Khandro Nyingtik lists the eighteenth as the Tantra of Samantabhadri, the Brilliant Expanse of the Sun (kun tu bzang mo klong gsal nyi ma'i rgyud). CJD