Nyingma Gyübum

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Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
རྙིང་ མ་ རྒྱུད་ འབུམ
Wylie transliteration :
rnying ma rgyud 'bum
Other spellings:
Nyingma Gyubum
Chinese name
Simplified :
宁玛 续集
Pinyin :
Ningma xuji

Nyingma Gyübum ( Tib. Rnying ma rgyud 'bum "Collection of Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition") is a collection of scriptures belonging to the Three Inner Tantras ( nang rgyud sde gsum ) by the Tertön Ratna Lingpa (1403–1471) and reissued by Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798).

There are different editions. The best known is the one in 36 volumes from 1974 published by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in New Delhi . The structure of this edition is as follows: 10 volumes of Atiyoga , 3 volumes of Anuyoga , 6 volumes of the Tantra section of Mahayoga , 13 volumes of the Sadhana section of Mahayoga, 1 volume of Protector Tantras and 3 volumes of Catalogs and Historical Background.

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