Padmasambhava
Gathering of the Sugatas of the Eight Commands (Kagye Deshek Düpa)
Traditional attribution
Gathering of the Sugatas of the Eight Commands (Kagye Deshek Düpa)
བཀའ་བརྒྱད་བདེ་གཤེགས་འདུས་པ། (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa)
A vast tantric cycle devoted to the eight heruka deities of Nyingma practice (the 'Eight Commands'), which tradition says Padmasambhava transmitted to his disciples at Chimphu, near Samye. It is one of the school's founding treasures.
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Authorship note
A 'treasure' text (gter ma): Nyingma tradition holds that Padmasambhava taught it in the eighth century, that Yeshe Tsogyal wrote it down in code and that it was hidden to be revealed centuries later by a discoverer (gter ston). For historical criticism it is a composition from the revealer's period. Revealed by Nyangral Nyima Özer.
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Other works by Padmasambhava
- The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate State (Bardo Thödol, 'Tibetan Book of the Dead') · 1350
- The Chronicle of Padma (Padma Kathang) · 1352
- The Copper Island (Zangling ma): Life of Padmasambhava · 1150
- Garland of Views: An Essential Instruction · 800
- The Self-Liberation of the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities (Karma Lingpa's cycle) · 1350
- Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness · 1350
- Dakini Teachings: Padmasambhava's Advice to Yeshe Tsogyal · 1150
- Advice from the Lotus-Born (Zhal gdams)
- The Gradual Path of the Wisdom Essence (Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo) · 1856
- The Prayer in Seven Chapters (Le'u Dünma) · 1350
- The Seven-Line Prayer
- The Fivefold Chronicles (Kathang Denga) · 1350
- The Great Treasury of Precious Termas (Rinchen Terdzö) · 1880
Sources
- Wikipedia (en). «Padmasambhava». Usada como índice de fuentes y bibliografía secundaria (Doney 2014, 2015; Dalton 2004; Hirshberg 2016); contrastada con p2–p5.
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