Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two

Vajrayana and the Great Perfection

Author  Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche and Jigme Lingpa Translated by  Padmakara Translation Group
Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two

This second and concluding volume of Jigme Lingpa’s classic Treasury of Precious Qualities is presented together with a detailed commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche. Composed in the form of a lamrim, or presentation of the stages of the path, the first volume set out the teachings of the sutras. The present volume continues this same structure and is a general description of the tantra teachings followed by an exposition of the Great Perfection, which in the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism is regarded as the summit of all vehicles and the final stage of the path of spiritual training. The section on the tantras is a compendious presentation of all important issues: lineage, empowerment, the generation and perfection stages, and samaya.…