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The Wisdom Essence, a most precious, concise, and profound teaching by Guru Rinpoche which condenses the entire path. Praised by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo as being more valuable than thirty yak loads of scriptures, it comprises together with a commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul, the last volume in both the Rinchen Terdzo and the Chokling Tersar. <br><br>The Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo, the title of which translates to Gradual Path of the Wisdom Essence, is a sacred scripture that records oral teachings of the ‘Second Buddha,’ Padmasambhava, given while he blessed Tibet with a 55 year visit during the 9th century. This most precious, concise, profound teaching of Padmasambhava is a condensation of the entire path to enlightenment and, in its full version, it contains the pith instructions of the Three Inner Tantras: Maha, Anu, and Ati Yoga. Padmasambhava himself describes Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo in the following words:
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'''Padmasambhava''' ([[pad ma 'byung gnas]]). 'Lotus-born.' Same as [[Guru Rinpoche]]. Padmakara and Padmasambhava are interchangeable in Tibetan literature, sometimes the Tibetan translation Pema Jungney is used in Tibetan literature, sometimes the Sanskrit. <br><br>
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From ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'' root text, opening verses:
  
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This essence of the causal and resultant vehicles,
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"The essence of all the [[buddhas of the three times]], the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding [[vidyadhara]]s, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams ([[yi dam]]), the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the [[Dharma]] and the haughty forces of appearance and existence, is the one renowned throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the [[Three Kayas]] as Mahaguru Padmasambhava." [[RY]]
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Especially the core of the realization of the three sections of the inner tantras,
 
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Linking together the ground with the path,
 
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Makes you abandon the temporary defilements along with their tendencies,
 
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Realize fruition and quickly accomplish the welfare of self and others,
 
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In this way it is in conformity with each yet exalted above them all.
 
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This path of the wisdom essence, the epitome of all,
 
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Is a magical means for realizing fruition.
 
  
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Merely seeing it showers down the great splendor of blessings.
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==Names & Titles==
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By hearing it one understands the meaning, and experience and realization burst forth spontaneously.
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*[[Guru Padma]] - the [[Lotus Master]], [[Guru Rinpoche]], [[Padmakara]], the [[Precious Master]], The [[Lotus Born]], [[Lotus Born master]], [[Master Padma]].
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By practicing it for six months, giving up distractions,
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*[[Names of Padmasambhava]]
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The wisdom of the three vajras will naturally manifest.
 
  
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Since Samantabhadra, Vajrasattva and Padmakara
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==Other Reference Sources==
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Are ultimately indivisible and spontaneously complete as one,
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*Dudjom Rinpoche (1991). ''[[The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism]]: Its Fundamentals and History''. Translated by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein. Boston: Wisdom Publications.
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I am the emanation-basis for all the infinite tantras,
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*Thondup, Tulku. ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]''. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.
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The essential meaning and the oral instructions.
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*Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorjé. ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]''. Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005.
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*[[The Lotus-Born]]; the terma version of Padmasambhava's life revealed by [[Nyang Ral Nyima Ozer]]. ISBN 962-7341-55-4
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*Padmasambava. His Life and Times;
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*The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava; the terma version of his biography in poetic verse form, revealed by [[Orgyen Lingpa]].
  
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Yet, in appearance I manifest in all kinds of ways as magical displays of deeds in different modes of appearing,
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==Internal Links==
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Such as emerging miraculously in Dhanakosha
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*[[A Short Biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli]] by Jamgon Kongtrul
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Or being born from a womb and so forth,
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*[[Padmakara and the Four Vidyadhara Levels]] by Khenpo Jokyab Rinpoche
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For the sake of guiding the disciples on the Jambu Continent.
 
  
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Lord Amitayus at Maratika
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==External Links==
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And Maha Shri Heruka at Yanglesho
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[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/padmasambhava.htm Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.]
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Bestowed upon me with the natural sound of dharmata
 
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This sole quintessence of all the oral instructions.
 
  
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If Garab Dorje, Shri Singha, the Eight Vidyadharas,
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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
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And all the supreme siddhas from whom I received the stages of the path
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[[Category:Indian Masters]]
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Were to hold a great Dharma discussion with one another,
 
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There would be no other summary-manual than this compiling their realization.
 
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Throughout the countries of Uddiyana, India, Tibet and elsewhere,
 
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This is the unmistaken condensed meaning
 
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Of all the infinite profound and extensive wheels of the Dharma
 
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Such as guru sadhana, the Great Perfection, Avalokiteshvara and the Eight Sadhana Teachings.
 
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In short, there does not exist an ultimate instruction other than this.
 
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Expressed in few words yet including all that should be expressed.
 
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Easy to comprehend and convenient to practice,
 
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Without depending on anything else, it perfects the paths for those of lower, medium and higher faculties.
 
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This is the self-resounding tantra of dharmata, the indestructible essence,
 
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From the space of luminosity in the five-colored sphere within the heart of me, Padmasambhava.
 
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It is the path traversed by all the buddhas of the three times.
 
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==reference==
 
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[http://www.rangjung.com/gl/Lamrim_Yeshe_Nyingpo_introduction.htm More details about the text and its lineage]
 

Latest revision as of 23:38, 13 November 2006

Looks Like Me image of Padmasambhava previously located at the main temple of Samye

Padmasambhava (pad ma 'byung gnas). 'Lotus-born.' Same as Guru Rinpoche. Padmakara and Padmasambhava are interchangeable in Tibetan literature, sometimes the Tibetan translation Pema Jungney is used in Tibetan literature, sometimes the Sanskrit.

From Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo root text, opening verses:

"The essence of all the buddhas of the three times, the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding vidyadharas, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams (yi dam), the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the Dharma and the haughty forces of appearance and existence, is the one renowned throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the Three Kayas as Mahaguru Padmasambhava." RY

Names & Titles[edit]

Other Reference Sources[edit]

Internal Links[edit]

External Links[edit]

Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.

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