Jewelery of Liberation

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The jewelery of liberation (full title: Precious ornament, called jewelery of spiritual liberation , Tib . : dam chos yid bzhin nor bu thar pa rin po che'i rgyan ) is a Lamrim text for the gradual perfecting of the path to enlightenment . The author is Gampopa , founder of the Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism . In the jewelery of liberation , the basic teachings of the Kadampa and the so-called Mahamudra teachings are fused together.

“I bow to the noble Manjushri . In deference to the victorious one, his sons, their noble teachings and the root lama , I write, leaning on Milarepa and Atisha , for them and me this jewel jewelry that resembles a wish-fulfilling gem. "

- Gampopa : Jewelery of Liberation , p. 15

literature

The text is available in different translations:

  • Gampopa, Albrecht Frasch (transl.): Jewelery of Liberation . 2nd Edition. Tashi-Verlag, Elmshorn 2005, ISBN 3-00-004501-5
  • Gampopa, Lama Lhündrub (transl.): The precious jewelry of liberation . 3. Edition. Norbu Verlag, Obermoschel 2007, ISBN 3-940269-00-X
  • Gampopa, Herbert von Guenther (Ed.): Jewelery of the spiritual liberation. The book of Tibetan Buddhism . Diederichs, 1989, ISBN 3-42-400996-2