'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po
The Writings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
The literary corpus of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo is gathered into two collections, the Khyentse Kabab and the Khyentse Kabum. The first of these is thematically centered on his propagation of the seven authoritative transmissions (bka' babs bdun), which are briefly detailed by Khyentse Wangpo in his Essentialized Biography[1] and in more detail by Jamgön Kongtrul in the "secret" section of the extensive biography he wrote on the life of his teacher.[2] Thus, this collection is mostly concerned with writings that are connected to the visionary life of Khyentse Wangpo. The second is a more comprehensive collection of his literary works, typical of the Tibetan literary genre of collected works (bka' 'bum or gsung 'bum). Though, considering the sheer breadth of knowledge it embodies, this collection is far from typical. Both of these collections, as presented on this site, were produced and published at Dzongsar Monastery in eastern Tibet, thanks in large part to the efforts of Dr. Lodrö Phuntsok. The Khyentse Kabum is based on earlier editions of the collected works of Khyentse Wangpo, the first of which was completed a century ago, thus this collection has undergone several phases of expansion and revision. Alternatively, the Khyentse Kabab was first published as a distinct collection in 2013. It is perhaps best understood as an anthology of literary works related to Khyentse Wangpo's legacy of the seven authoritative transmissions, most of which were originally published as part of the Rinchen Terdzö. However, unlike the Khyentse Kabum, which apart from a few exceptions was entirely authored by Khyentse Wangpo himself, the Khyentse Kabab is much more inclusive of the works of other authors, including many prominent contemporary masters. And, while there are certainly instances where the contents of these two collections overlap, for the most part they showcase different facets of Khyentse Wangpo's literary legacy. Simply put, these two collections serve different purposes. The Khyentse Kabum is representative of more than a century of concerted effort to gather together and preserve the writings of Khyentse Wangpo, thus as a collection it is rooted in the historical figure of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kunga Tenpai Gyaltsen Palzangpo, the prominent scholar and Buddhist hierarch who helmed the great Sakya monastery of Dzongsar. Alternatively, the Khyentse Kabab focuses on Khyentse Wangpo the legendary visionary and his activities as the treasure-revealer Pema Ösel Dongak Lingpa, and therefore it is primarily concerned with the continued dissemination of the transmissions and practices connected to this role.
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Terton Gyatsa Information
| Name in Gyatsa (Tibetan) | པདྨ་འོད་གསལ་མདོ་སྔགས་གླིང་པ་ |
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| Name in Gyatsa (Wylie) | pad+ma 'od gsal mdo sngags gling pa |
| Page numbers | Rinchen Terdzö, Volume I, Text #6, Pages 676 to 693, folio 168b2 to 177a3 |
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