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TuHE SEVEN TREASURIES SERIES This is one of seven volumes written by Longchen Rabjam that, as a group, have come to be known as The Seven Treasuries. Although Longchenpa did not intend them to be a series, scholars traditionally treat them as such because of their interrelated themes. The next volume in the series will be The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena. The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding AND The Exposition of the Quintessential Meaning of the Three Categories A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding Longchen Rabjam Translated under the direction of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche by Richard Barron (Chékyi Nyima) Edited by members of the Padma Translation Committee: Susanne Fairclough, Jeff Miller, and Robert Racine Be PADMA PUBLISHING 1998 Published by Padma Publishing P.O. Box 279 Junction City, California 96048-0279 © Padma Publishing 1998 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 02 OI 00 99 98 54321 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Klon-chen-pa Dri-med-’od-zer, 1308-1363 [Gnas lugs mdzod. English] The precious treasury of the way of abiding and The exposition of the quintessentia meaning of the three categories : a commentary on the precious treasury of the way « abiding / Longchen Rabjam : translated from the Tibetan by Richard Barron (Chokyi Nyima) ; edited by the Padma Translation Committee. p- cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-881847-09-8 1. Rdzogs-chen (Rfiin-ma-pa)—Early works to 1800. J. Barron, Richard. Il. Padma Translation Committee. II. Title. BQ7662.4.K54313 1998 293.3°923—dc21 98-10684 CIP ISBN 1-881847-09-8 (hardback) A BW YN BR Contents Foreword, by His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Introduction, by Venerable Tulku Thondup Rinpoche Translation Committee’s Preface THE SOURCE VERSES ‘THE COMMENTARY Introduction The Vajra Premise The Theme of Ineffability The Theme of Openness The Theme of Spontaneous Presence The Theme of Oneness The Individuals to Whom These Teachings May Be Entrusted Conclusion 4K Notes Sources Cited Word List vii Xi XXi 65 67 75 81 143 165 205, 235 259 2.69 281 285

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