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Longchen Rabjampa, Grub-mtha' mdzod (Eng: Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems), ed. Dodrup Chen Rinpoche, Gangtok, Sikkim, c. 1969.

- - gNas-lugs mdzod (Eng: Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding), trans. Richard Barron, Padma Publications, 1987.

Ngari Pachen, sDom-gsum rnam-nges (Eng: Ascertainment of the Three Vows). Contained in NK, Vol. 51. See HH Dudjom Rinpoche's commentary in Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1996.

Patrul Rinpoche, mKhas-pa'i shri rgyal-po mkhas-chos, in the Collected Works of Patrul Orgyan Jigme Chokyi w.a.n.gpo (dPal-sprul gsung-'b.u.m), Vol. 5, pp. 206- 25. On this text, see HH Dalai Lama, 'Hitting the Essence in Three Words', in Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection, pp. 61-92, Snowlion, 2000; also Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsew.a.n.g Dongyal, Lion's Gaze, Sky Dancer Press, 1999.

Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Bar-do spyi-don thams-cad rnam-pa gsal-bar byed-pa dran-pa'i me-long (Eng: Mirror of Mindfulness Clarifying All Aspects of the Intermediate States), translated by Erik Schmidt Pema Kunsang in The Mirror of Mindfulness, Kathmandu: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1987.

d) Treasure-doctrines (gter chos)

Guru Chow.a.n.g (disc.), bKa'-brgyad gsang-ba yongs-rdzogs (Eng: Eight Transmitted Precepts: Consummation of All Secrets). Contained in bKa'-brgyad phyogsbsgrigs , 4 vols.

- - bKa'-brgyad drag-po rang-byung-ba'i zhi-khro na-rag skong-bzhags-gyi cho-ga, translated by K. Dowman, 'Emptying the Depths of h.e.l.l', in Flight of the Garuda, pp. 53-61.

Jamgon Kongtrul (redactor), Rin-chen gter-mdzod (Eng: Store of Precious Treasures ), recently republished at Derge in 76 vols.

Jigme Lingpa (disc.), Klong-chen snying-thig (Eng: Innermost Spirituality of Longchenpa ), contained in the Collected Works of Jigme Lingpa, Vols. 7-8, republished in 3 vols., New Delhi: Ngaw.a.n.g Sopa, 1973. Selections translated in Tulku Thondup, The Dzogchen Innermost Essence Preliminary Practice (ed. B. Beresford), Dharamsala: Tibetan Library of Works and Archives, 1982; The a.s.semblage of the Knowledge-holders, Shantiniketan, WB, 1980; and in The Queen of Great Bliss, Gangtok: Dodrup Chen Rinpoche, 1982.

- - Rig 'dzin thugs-sgrub dpal-chen 'dus-pa, contained in Klong-chen snying-thig, Vol. 1, pp. 616ff.

- - sKu-gsum zhing-khams sbyong-ba'i smon-lam, contained in Klong-chen snying-thig, Vol. 2, pp. 448- 52.

Karma Lingpa (disc.), Zab-chos zhi-khro dgongs-pa rang-grol (Eng: Peaceful and Wrathful Deities: A Profound Sacred Teaching, [ent.i.tled] Natural Liberation through [Recognition of] Enlightened Intention). Several recensions are extant. B. J. Cuevas lists eighteen printed and ma.n.u.script versions of Tibetan and sub-Himalayan provenance. These include the most extensive and authoritative, DR, the full contents of which are listed in Appendix One, pp. 381- 6.

- - sKongs-bs.h.a.gs nyams-chags rang-grol [gyi dbang-bskur gnas-spar 'gro-drug rang-grol] (Eng: Natural Liberation through the Propelling of the Six Cla.s.ses of Beings into Higher Rebirth: The [Middle-length] Empowerments of the Natural Liberation of Degenerated Commitments through Reparation and Confession), contained in DR, Vol. 1, pp. 127-60.

- - dBang-'bring (Eng: Middle-length Empowerment). See the previous entry.

- - bsKang-bs.h.a.gs nyams-chag rang-grol-gyi tshe-'das gnas-'dren 'gro-drug rang-grol (Eng: Natural Liberation of Degenerated Commitments through Reparation and Confession: The Natural Liberation of the Six Cla.s.ses of Living Beings through the Guidance of the Deceased to Higher Rebirth), contained in DR, Vol. 2, pp. 1-50.

- - rDzogs-rim bar-do drug-gi khrid-yig (Eng: Six Guidebooks of the Perfection Stage), contained in DR, Vol. 2, pp. 303 - 432. Translated by Alan Wallace and Gyatrul Rinpoche in Natural Liberation.

- - Bar-do thos-grol chen-mo (Eng: The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States, i.e. the Tibetan Book of the Dead), an abridgement of Karma Lingpa's revelations, extant in several editions - B. J. Cuevas lists eleven printed and ma.n.u.script versions of Tibetan and sub-Himalayan provenance. These include the Amdo edition, the Delhi reprint and the Varanasi reprint. The text is fully translated in the present work for the first time. Earlier partial translations were made by Kazi Dawa Samdup, in W. Y. Evans-Wentz, ed., Tibetan Book of the Dead, London/Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1927; by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Berkeley /London: Shambhala, 1975; by Robert Thurman, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Aquarian/Thorsons, 1994; and by Stephen Hodge and Martin Boord, Ill.u.s.trated Tibetan Book of the Dead, New York: G.o.dsfield Press, 1999.

- - Thugs-rje chen-po padma zhi-khro (Eng: Great Compa.s.sionate One: Lotus Peaceful and Wrathful Deities). NA, but extracts of a rediscovered treasure (yang-gter) of the same t.i.tle, revealed by Jamyang Khyentse w.a.n.gpo, are found in the Rin-chen gter-mdzod, Vol. 34, pp. 235-432.

Longchen Rabjampa (disc./redisc.), sNying-thig ya-bzhi (Eng: Four-part Innermost Spirituality), containing the Bla-ma yang-tig, the Bi-ma snying-thig, the mKha'-'gro yang-tig, the mKha'-'gro snying-thig, and Zab-mo yang-tig. Derge xylographic edition in 4 vols., republished in Delhi by Sherab Gyaltsen Lama (1975) in 13 vols. Catalogue by S. Goodman in 'The Klong-chen snying-thig: An Eighteenth-century Tibetan Revelation', Appendix B.

Orgyan Lingpa (disc.), Padma bka'-thang shel-brag-ma (Eng: The Injunctions of Padma, discovered at Crystal Rock), Chengdu: Sichuan Nationalities Publis.h.i.+ng House, 1987. Translated in G. C. Toussaint, Le Dict de Padma, Bibliotheque de l'Inst.i.tut de Hautes Etudes Chinoises, Vol. 3, Paris: Libraire Ernest Leroux, 1933; and in K. Douglas and G. Bays, Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava, 2 vols., Emeryville, California: Dharma Publications, 1978.

Prahevajra (disc.), Ts.h.i.+g-gsum gnad-du brdeg-pa (Eng: Three Points Which Penetrate the Essential). Contained in Bi-ma snying-thig, Pt. 1, Vol. Ga, pp. 304-18.

Section Three: Secondary Sources

Basham, A. L., The Wonder That Was India, 3rd edn, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1967.

Beyer, S., The Cult of Tr, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.

Blezer, H., Kar gli zi khro: A Tantric Buddhist Concept, Leiden: Research School CNWS, 1997.

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, The Bardo Guidebook (trans. Eric Schmidt Pema Kunsang), Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1991.

Coleman, G. P. (ed.), A Handbook of Tibetan Culture, London: Rider, 1993.

Cuevas, B. J., The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

- - 'A Textual Survey of the gter ma of Karma-gling-pa: Zab chos zhi khro dgongs pas rang grol and Bar do thos grol chen mo', in Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eighth Seminar of the International a.s.sociation for Tibetan Studies, Bloomington: Indiana University Press (forthcoming).

HH Dalai Lama, Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection, Ithaca, New York: Snowlion Publications, 2000.

- - Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life, London: Rider, 2002.

HH Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche, Pure Appearance (trans. Ani Jinpa), Halifax: Vajra Vairochana Translation Committee, 1992.

Dorje, G., The Guhyagarbhatattvavinicayamahtantra and its XIVth-century Tibetan Commentary Phyogs bcu mun sel, 3 vols., unpublished PhD thesis, University of London, 1987.

- - 'The Nyingma Interpretation of Commitment and Vow', in The Buddhist Forum, Vol. 2 (1991), pp. 71-95.

- - Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Ma.n.u.scripts from The White Beryl of Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho, with the Moonbeams treatise of Lo-chen Dharmar, London: Eskenasi and Fogg, 2001.

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