Padmasambhava

A classic collection of Padmasambhava's advice from terma treasures to the dakini Yeshe Tsogyal and other close disciples.

Foreword 9
Introductory Teaching 13

THE JEWEL SPIKE TESTAMENT 25
ADVICE TO TRISONG DEUTSEN 34
NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LESSER AND GREATER VEHICLES 41
THE GOLDEN ROSARY OF NECTAR 44
SONGS TO THE twenty-five disciples 61
THE TREASURY OF PRECIOUS JEWELS TO DISPEL HINDRANCES 68
ADVICE ON HOW TO PRACTICE THE DHARMA CORRECTLY 99
POINTING THE STAFF AT THE OLD MAN 101
ORAL ADVICE ON PRACTICE 104
THE WISH-FULFILLING GEM OF DEDICATION 117
A SPUR TOWARDS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE 127
THE ASPIRATION OF THE VAJRADHATU MANDALA 148

Notes 151
Sources 154
Glossary 156

PUBLICATION DATA:

PADMASAMBHAVA, YESHE TSOGYAL, NYANG RAL NYIMA ÖZER, Guru Chowang, PEMA LEDREL TSAL, Sangye Lingpa, RIGDZIN GÖDEM, AND CHOKGYUR LINGPA.
FOREWORD BY TULKU URGYEN RINPOCHE (B. 1920). TRANSLATED FROM THE TIBETAN BY ERIK PEMA KUNSANG. EDITED BY MARCIA BINDER SCHMIDT AND KERRY MORAN.
FIRST ED.
TITLE: ADVICE FROM THE LOTUS-BORN, VOL. I.
ISBN 962-7341-20-7 (PBK.)
1. EXTRACTS FROM JO MO ZHUS LAN, MNGA’ BDAG NYANG GI DMAR KHRID, DGONGS PA ZANG THAL, BLA MA DGONGS ‘DUS, MCHOG GLING GTER GSAR & MKHA’ ‘GRO SNYING THIG. 2. MAHAYANA AND VAJRAYANA — TRADITION OF PITH INSTRUCTIONS. 3. BUDDHISM — TIBET. I. TITLE.