Le Zab mo snying thig gi gnad thams cad bsdus pa’i don khrid lag len gsal ba de Bu ’bor bo bKra shis rgya mtsho : table analytique

A table of the Zab mo snying thig gi gnad thams cad bsdus pa’i don khrid lag len gsal ba by Bu ’bor bo bKra shis rgya mtsho
(2^nd half of the 16^th century) :
The second most ancient practice manual of the dGongs pa zang thal 
(After that of Hor po Śā kya rgyal mtshan — both masters of Kaḥ thog)

1.Bla ma brgyud pa’i rim pa — 1b

1.1. Ring brgyud

1.1.1. sNga ’gyur gyi lugs

1.1.1.1. Spyi — 2a : rgyab chos su shes so |

1.1.1.2. Khyad par : dPal kun tu bzang po… Rigs lnga yab yum… rDo rje ’chang ; rDo rje sems dpa’ ; dGa’ rab rdo rje ; ’Jam dpal bshes gnyen ; Śrī Siṃha; Padma ’byung gnas ; Bi ma mi tra ; Bai ro tsa na ; 2b Khri srong lde’u btsan ; Ye shes mtsho rgyal ; sNa nam rDo rje bdud ’joms ; Rig ’dzin rGod ldem ; Kun spangs pa Don yod rgyal mtshan ; bSod nams mchog bzang ; Thang stong rgyal po ; Kun dga’ nyi ma ; Ratna Ba dzra ; Rong po dKon mchog rdo rje ; Śā kya rgyal mtshan ; Byang chub seng ge ; bKra shis rgya mtsho ; [rTsa ba’i bla ma]. — Second lineage : through Thang stong rgyal po.

1.1.2. Phyi ’gyur gyi lugs 3b

1.1.2.1. sPyi

1.1.2.1. Khyad par. [Similar to  Hor po Śā kya rgyal mtshan].

1.1.3. Nye brgyud : only the rtsa ba’i bla ma.

2. De las byung ba’i gdams pa’o — 3b

2.1. Gang nyams su len pa’i dgongs ’grel spyir bstan pa

Raisonnement semblable à celui de Śā kya rgyal mtshan : il faut réaliser le thod rgal ; pour cela, etc., régression au fil des quatre visions, le khregs chod, 4a Le ngo sprod ; pour cela, nécessité du lhag mthong ye shes ; pour cela il faut le zhi gnas. Pour cela il faut avoir rejeté l’attachement aux activités de cette vie.

1. 2.2. Ci ltar nyams su len thams rgyas par bshad pa

2.2.1. sNgon du ’gro ba’i chos kyis rgyud las su rung bar byed pa

   2.2.1.1. Zhen ’dzin khang bu bshigs pa’i theg pa thun mong gi sngon ’gro

2.2.1.1.1. Blo ldog rnams bzhi’i khrid 5a

2.2.1.1.1.1.  dGos ched

2.2.1.1.1.2. Blo sbyong dngos

2.2.1.1.1.2.1. Dal ’byor rnyed dka’

Gang rnyed par dka’ ba

Gang las rnyed par dka’ ba

Gang du rnyed par dka’ 5b

rGyu gang gi rnyed par dka’

rNam grangs ci tsam gyi sgo nas rnyed par dka’

Tshul ci ltar rnyed par dka’

De la zhag gsum bya’o |

2.2.1.1.1.2.2. ’Chi ba mi rtag pa

’Chi nges pa 6a

Nam ’chi cha med pa

’Chi ba la gang gis kyang phan pa med pa

De la zhag gsum bya’o |

2.2.1.1.1.2.3. Las rgyu ’bras spang blang la sbyong ba 7a

2.2.1.1.1.2.4. ’Khor ba’i nyes dmigs 7b

2.2.1.1.1.2.5. sKyabs ’gro — 8a

dGos ched

dNgos 8b

sKyabs gnas ngos bzung ba

sKyabs su ’gro tshul.

The explanation is quite general : no reference to the gZer lnga, etc. The author speaks of 3 days and not of 100 000 repetitions.

2.2.1.1.1.2.6. Sems bskyed— 9a

dGos ched — 9b

dNgos

sMon pa sems bskyed

’Jugs pa sems bskyed

Remark : bKra shis rgya mtsho includes what is ordinarily regarded as the «non-ordinary preliminary practices» within the frame of the thun mong gi sngon ’gro. The thun mong ma yin pa'i sngon ’gro comes later.

2.2.1.1.1.2.7. Tshogs bsags maṇḍala — 10a

dGos ched

dNgos — 10b

2.2.1.1.1.2.8. rDo rje sems dpa’i sgom bzlas

dGos ched — 11a

dNgos

2.2.1.1.1.2.9. Bla ma’i rnal ’byor

dGos pa

dNgos — 12 a

Phyi brda don ngo sprod pa’i bla ma

Bla ma de ka ltar bsgom pa — 12b

Cha lugs bsgyur nas bsgom pa

Nang yin lugs go myong gi bla ma — 13a

gSang ba rtogs pa don gyi bla ma

bsGom pa’i phan yon

Phan yon dngos

Ma bsgom pa’i skyon — 15a  

2.2.1.2. Thog ma’i khams kyi yon tan rnams kyi sna bsu zhing khrid de rang zhal mjal ba’i thabs thun mong ma yin pa’i sngon ’gro — 15 b

In this text, the extraordinary preliminary practices include the ru shan, plus the direct introduction combining the khregs chod with the Mahāmudrā of the bKa’ brgyud pa. In this old Kaḥ thog tradition, it seems that the dGongs pa zang thal Khregs chod instructions used to be combined with the bKa’ brgyud Mahāmudrā. 

2.2.1.2.1. gZhi khregs chod blo ’das kyi don rang thog tu ngo ’phrod pa’i thabs la… ’khor ’das ru shan phye zhing dbu rdzogs phyag gsum gi don gcig char du ngo sprod — 16a [tx semblable à celui de Hor po Śā kya rgal mtshan]

2.2.1.2.1.1. Lus ru shan dbye ba — 16b

2.2.1.2.1.2. Ngag ru shan dbye ba — 17a [tx. très semblable à sPrul sku Tshul lo]

2.2.1.2.1.3. Yid ru shan dbye ba — 17b [note duḥ kha / sdug bsngal]

2.2.1.2.1.4. dBu rdzogs phyag gsum gyi don gcig char du ngo sprod pa ni logs su shes so — 18a

2.2.1.2.2. Phyag rdzogs thun mong khregs chod kyi nyams len rim gyi khrid thabs rgyas par bstan pa — 18b

2.2.1.2.2.1. sGom ma skyes pa skye bar byed pa gnad bzhi ’am bzhag thabs gsum

’Khrul ’khor lus kyi gnad dam bzhag thabs… lus rNam snang gi chos bdun…

lTa stangs mig gi gnad — 19a

rLung gnad — 19b

Ngag gi bzhag thabs — 20a

           lKugs pa ltar mi smra bar bzhags thabs

           Bris sku’i mchu bzhin phye btsum shig ge bzhag

Sems kyi gnad dam bzhag thabs

2.2.1.2.2.2. sKyes pa nyams su blang ba zhi khag zung ’jug gi khrid

2.2.1.2.2.2.1. rNam par mi rtog pa zhi gnas kyi khrid — 20b

dGos pa

Khrid thabs — 21a

Zhi gnas kyi dmigs pa

mTshan bcas zhi gnas kyi —

dNgos po phra mo la sems ’dzin pa — 21b

’Od kyi thigs le la sems ’dzin pa — 22a

Yig ’bru dang phyag mtshan rnams la sems ’din pa — 23a

lHa’i sku la ’dzin pa — 24a

rLung la bslab cing sems ’dzin pa’o — 25a

bgrang ba — 25b

btang ba

dgang ba

kha sbyor

mTshan med zhi gnas kyi —

sGrim pa

Glod pa — 26a

sGrim glod res mos — 26b

[Zhi gnas kyi skyon ngos bzung ba — 27a]

Ngo bo — 27a

dBye ba — 27b

Zag bcas

Zag med

2.2.1.2.2.2.2. Mi rtog pa’i ye shes lhag mthong gi khrid — 28a

2.2.1.2.2.2.2.1. lHag mthong gi dmigs pa

2.2.1.2.2.2.2.1.1.  sNang ba sems su chod pa’i tshul

2.2.1.2.2.2.2.1.2. Sems stong par chod pa’i dpyod tshul

Byung gnas ’gro gsum la dpyod pa — 29a

Byung

gNas

’Gro — 29b

dByibs kha dog la dpyod pa [as in sPrul sku Tshul lo’s manual, dngos po, “substantial” is strangely  connected to «having shape and color» — This is most probably borrowed from Mahāmudrā instructions]

gCig dang du ma la dpyod pa — 30a

bDe gsal mi rtog pa’i nyams zhen la dpyod pa

gNas ’gyu gnyis la dpyod pa — 30b

2.2.1.2.2.2.1.2. lHag mthong gi nyams — 31a

2.2.1.2.2.2.1.3. lHag mthong gi rtogs pa — 31b
 

2.2.1.2.2.2.3. De gnyis su med pa’i nyams len ngo sprod pa — 31b

2.2.1.2.2.3.1. ’Dra nor shan dbye ba

2.2.1.2.2.3.2. Ma nor bar ngo sprod pa’o — 32a

33b : In what sense this view is dBu ma, shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa, Phyag rgya chen po, rDzogs pa chen po, 34a khregs chod. A series of names that all apply to this nature. 35a The zag med kyi sdom pa.

2.2.1.2.2.3. De la bogs dbyung ba bcun thabs man ngag gi nams len mthar bskyal ba’o — 35a

2.2.1.2.3. Zab lam ’od gsal thod rgal gyi sngon ’gros lus ngag yid gsum gyi gnad sbyong pa’o — 37b

2.2.1.2.3.1. Lus ’dug stangs rten ’brel gyis chun pa’i phyir sngon du lus sbyong ba

The vajra posture, clearly and correctly explained. Instruction (38a) on the visualisation of the vajra with the color of element connected to the birth year, first true sign of a link of this text with the dGongs pa zang thal. But the author mentions alos the possibility of a fixe-coloured vajra (as in the Yang ti nag po); the vajra can be three- or five-pointed.

2.2.1.2.3.2. Khams gsum gnas lugs kyi ’od gsal mngon sum du sna khrid pa’i phyir ’od gsal gyi rnam pa yi ge’i tshogs su ngag yid sbyong ba

2.2.1.2.3.2.1. sNang bzhi’i go rim dang cha mthun du sna khrid par byed pa la ngag hūṃ gis sems sbyong ba — 38b

2.2.1.2.3.2.1.1. rGyas gdab pa

2.2.1.2.3.2.1.1.1. sNgon ’gro la yang phyi snang ba la rgyas gdab pa — formulas identical to what can be found in sPrul sku Tshul lo's manual, probably borrowed from the Bi ma’i ’grel tig.

2.2.1.2.3.2.1.1.2. Nang phung khams la rgyas gdab pa — 39a — same remark.

mNyen btsal ba — connected with tshad phebs.

Lam du gzhug pa — 39b. Also connected to  tshad phebs, but in the sens of cha mthun.

rTsal sbyong ba — 40a — cha mthun with chos zad, an idea that is not found in sPrul sku Tshul lo, etc.

Phyi snang ba

Nang phung po

Lus ngag yid gsum gyi ’khrul rgyu dang sa bon rtsa ba nas zad cing ye shes sgum gyi sna khrid par byed pa la sku gsum (sic) thugs kyi yi ges rigs drug gus sa bon drug sbyong ba’o — 40b

[A sum nṛ tri preḥ duḥ : this practice, which is not found in sPrul sku Tshul lo, does not occur in the dGongs pa zang thal]

2.2.1.2.3.3. Dran med blo ’das kyi gzhi thog tu mngon sum ’od gsal gyi rig pa rang snang du bskyal dgos pa’i phyir lus ngag sems rnams rnal rang thog tu phab ste rtol med rang lugs ’dug pa la bslab pa — 41b

2.2.1.2.3.3.1. rNal rang thog tu dbab pa

2.2.1.2.3.3.2. ’Dug stangs so sor ’jog pa — 42a

Nyan thos kyi ’dug stangs

Byang sems kyi ’dug stang

Khro bo’i ’gzigs stangs

2.2.2. dNgos gzhi gnad don du gnyer ba mngon sim rang thog tu nyams su blang ba — 41b

2.2.2.1. Nyin snang nyi ma’am dngos po’i rdzas gcig la brten nas nyams su blang ba |

2.2.2.1.1. ’Du shes kyi rtog pa ’gags phyir sgo gsum gnad gzir ba — 43a

2.2.2.1.1.1. Lus gnad du gzir ba

sKu gsum gyi ’dug stangs

gTso bo

Chos sku’i bzhugs stangs — 43b

Longs sku’i bzhugs stangs

sPrul sku’i bzhugs stangs

Yan lag gam ’khor gyi ’dus stangs brgyad — 44a

Khyung gi ’dug stangs

gCan zan gyi ’dug stangs

sKyes bu’i ’dug stangs

Wa’i ’dug stangs — 44b

rGod kyi ’dug stangs

Gyad kyi ’dug stangs

Chu srin gyi ’dug stangs — 45a

sKyes bu gan rkyal du nyal ba

sKu lnga’i ’dug stangs [this section does not actually exist]

2.2.2.1.1.2. Ngag gnad du gzir ba — 45b

2.2.2.1.1.3. Yig gnad du gzir ba

2.2.2.1.2. Byar med kyi don rgyud la gnas phyir lus ngag yid gsum gyi bya ba btang tshul — 46a

Lus

Phyi

Nang

gSang

Ngag

Phyi

Nang

gSang

Yid

Phyi

Nang

gSang

2.2.2.1.3. mNgon sum blo ’das kyi rang snang rang zhal phyir sgo yul rlung rig gi gna bstun tshul — 46b

2.2.2.1.3.1. sGo yul rlung gi gnad bstun tshul dngos

2.2.2.1.3.1.1 sGo’i gnad

2.2.2.1.3.1.2. Yul gyi gnad — 47a

2.2.2.1.3.1.3. rLung gi gnad

2.2.2.1.3.2. gNad la brten nas rang snang gi bye brag ’char tshul rnams ngo ’phrod pa — 47b rGyas par gzhan du shes | mdor bsdus te bstan na |… [The lamps]

2.2.2.1.3.3. Ngo ’phrod pa’i gnad de nyams si blang ba’o — 49b

50a : Instructions of the kind: « if the white [color] predominates… », very similar to sPrul sku Tshul lo and even probably identical. Then come formulas similar to those of Śā kya rgyal mtshan, but made lighter, summarized to their directly practical aspect.

2.2.2.2. mTshan snang mun pa’i khang bu la brten nas nyams si blang ba’o — 52a.

2.2.2.2.1. sNgon du mun pa’i khang bu bzhengs pa

[Explanation of the practice in a dark retreat cell with small  lateral windows, gradually opened and closed — 53a]

2.2.2.2.2. Khang bu’i nang du ci ltar nyams su blang tshul — 54a

’Od rtsa ar la gtad pa — 54b

’Jug stabs

Ar gtad dngos

De las byung ba’i rang snang gi bye brag rnams ngo sprod pa — 55a [It seems to me that bKra shis rgya mtsho distinguishes more clearly than Śā kya rgyal mtshan the visions that come forth from the bag chags and those that are expressions of the clear light  — Note f° 56a : the author openly says that he does not quote any text out of a concern for concision. Also note the  ye shes kyi dri, etc., less developed though than in Śā kya rgyal mtshan's manual. The formulations are also more prudent  — he mentions the gnas su dag nas…]

Ngo ’phrod pa’i don de nyam su blang ba — 57a [A remark about the sgom thag]. 

2.2.2.3. rJes bogs ’don las su rung bar byed pa snang ba mched pa’i thabs kyi chos zad sar bskyal ba — 58b

2.2.3.1. Nyin snang gi nyams len bog ’don mched thabs [collyres, etc. Recettes contre les maladies… Prescriptions beaucoup plus détaillées et concrètes que dans d’autres manuels.]

2.2.3.2. mTshan snang gi nyams len bog ’don mched thabs — 61b

2.2.3.3. Nyin mtshan bsre ba’i nyams len bogs ’don mched thabs — 67a

2. 3. De ltar nyams len khrid du gdab tshul don bsdu ba’o — 68b

2.3.1. Nyams len khrid du gdab pa

2.3.2. Tshig khrid du gdab pa [Note details about the order of the practices, with some of the preliminaries connected to thod rgal, while others are linked to the khregs chod ; no allusion to zhi gnas or lhag mthong…]

2.3.3. Lung khrid gdab pa — 69b

Colophon, p. 70a. The author insists on the eclectic character of his manual : zab mo snying thig chos so cog rnams las | | zab khrid mi ’dra rgya cher grangs mang yang | | zab gnad kun ’dus lag len ’di kho na | | zab zab yig tshogs mang pos dgos med snyam | | ’di ni mtshungs med Śā kya rgyal mtshan gyis | | zab don mngon sum gsal byed man ngag las | | bla mas zhal shes lag khrid byes pa rnams | | kho bos [bKra shis rgya mtshos] gud du phyungs nas bris pa la | | don du mi ’byung nyes skyon gang yod rnams | | bla ma yab sras gnyis la bzod par gsol | etc.