Longchenpa Bibliography

Status of article: 
Ongoing project.
Corrections welcome

The number of extant works of Longchenpa runs to close to 300, and manuscripts are still appearing now and then from remote libraries and collections. The following list is based on the list of names generated by the TBRC database which uses common title formats, like "theg mchog mdzod." Contributions and corrections are welcome.

The Seven Treasuries
The bla ma yang tig
The mkha' 'gro yang tig
The zab mo yang tig

The rang grol skor gsum
The ngal gso skor gsum
The mun sel skor gsum
The gsung thor bu

The gdams ngag mdzod
The rin chen gter mdzod
The rnying ma bka' ma shing ru rgyas pa
Other

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The Seven Treasuries (mdzod bdun)

The Seven Treasuries are justly Longchenpa's most famous works, and are considered by many scholars (present included) to represent the culmination of the over two thousand year history of Buddhist thought

- David Germano

Printed editions:

1) Gangtok, Sikkim: Dodrup Chen Rinpoche, c. 1968

2).Gangtok, Sikkim: Lama Dawa & Sherab Gyaltsen, 1983. Reprod. from prints from the Sde-dge blocks belonging to Lopon Sonam Sangpo.

3) Gangtok, Sikkim, 1986. Reprint of Dodrup Chen Rinpoche ed.

4) Lumbini : Lumbini Internat. Research Inst., 2000. The oldest block print of Klong-chen Rab-'byams-pa's Theg mchog mdzod : facsimile edition of early Tibetan block prints ; with an introduction / by Franz-Karl Ehrhard. (Vol. 2 of Early Buddhist Block Prints from Mang-yul Gung-thang.)

5) Bylakuppe, 2001.theg pa chen po'i man nag gi bstan bcos yid bzin rin po che'i mdzod kyi 'grel-pa padma dkar po

Two more editions are unknown to me, but is referred to in the TBRC database - a) a manuscript ed. in the gsung 'bum in the Potala collection, and b)  The Oddiyana Institute edition published by Tarthang Rinpoche, 1999?

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1. Theg mchog mdzod

The magnum opus of Longchenpa. The great commentary to the seventeen man ngag tantras.

Translations:
1) Translations of all mdzod bdun is an ongoing project of
Padma Publishing
2) Long extract la base, in La liberte naturelle de l'esprit, p. 153-191

2.Tshig don mdzod

The whole dzogchen philosophy arranged in eleven topics.

Translations:
1) Chapters1-5 tr. By David Germano, In Poetic Thought, The Intelligent Universe, and The Mystery of Self: The Tantric Synthesis of Rdzogs Chen in Fourteenth Century Tibet. Germano, David Francis, Ph.d. The University Of Wisconsin - Madison, 1992. David Germano's full translation is forthcoming
UMI.
2) Extracts in Buddha Mind, p. 205-13, 400-1 and 413-420 (abridged tr. of ch. 11).
3) Padma Publishing:The Precious Treasury of Words and Their Meanings is .. under preparation in draft.
Publication ... is planned for mid to late 2006.

3. gnas lugs mdzod

A poetic work on "the four great commitments.

Translations:
1) Padma Publishing, 1998: 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
2) Hillis, Gregory Alexander;, PhD. University of Virginia, 2002: The rhetoric of naturalness: A critical study of the gNas Lugs mdzod.
UMI
3) Dowman, Keith: "Old Man Basking in the Sun."

4. gnas lugs kyi 'grel pa

The autocommentary on no. 3

- in 1 and 2 above -

5. chos dbyings mdzod

A poetic work related to both sems sde and klong sde (mind and space class). Said by Longchenpa to contain the views all three classes man ngag, sems sde, and klong sde.

Translations:
1) Padma Publishing, 2001:The precious treasury of the basic space of phenomena.
2) Partially tr. in the dissertation Le Systeme de Klong-chen rab-'byams et son expression litteraire [texte imprime] / Stephane Arguillere. 8 chapters from chos dbyings mdzod and 4 from the autocommentary. Published as Profusion de la vaste sphere: Klong-chen rab-’byams (Tibet, 1308-1364), sa vie, son oeuvre et sa doctrine, as no. 167 of the series Orientalia Lovaniensa Analecta, by Peeters Publishing in Leuven [Belgium]. .
3) A translation by Ives Waldo, The Precious Treasury of Dharmadhatu , can be found
here, it is a restricted text and can be requested by e-mail.

4) Dan Martin The Realm of Dharmas--A treasury of Jewels, trans. for Larry Short in 1984 Bloomington, Indian. Unpublished.
4) Extracts in Buddha Mind, p. 397-9.

6. chos dbyings mdzod kyi 'grel pa ('grel pa lung gi gter mdzod)

The autocommentary on no. 5

Translations:
1) Padma Publishing, 2001: A treasure trove of scriptural transmission : a commentary on The precious treasury of the basic space of phenomena
2) Partially tr. in the dissertation Le Systeme de Klong-chen rab-'byams et son expression litteraire [texte imprime] / Stephane Arguillere. 8 chapters from chos dbyings mdzod and 4 from the autocommentary. See above for details of publication.
3) A translation by Ives Waldo, The Precious Treasury of Dharmadhatu , can be found
here, it is a restricted text and can be requested by e-mail.

7.yid bzhin mdzod

A work on general buddhist thought, exoteric and esoteric, common to all sects.

Translations:
1) Chapter 1 tr. in Crystal Mirror V by K. Lipman: How the Samsâra is Fabricated from the Ground of Being, p. 340-350
2) Extracts in Buddha Mind, p. 390-396 and 407-12 (abridged).  

8.yid bzhin kyi 'grel pa (padma dkar po)

The autocommentary on no. 7

9.yid bzhin mdzod kyi don khrid

A Commentary on the meaning of the yid bzhin (mdzod)

10. grub mtha' mdzod

A work on the nine paths or vehicles (yânas).

Translations:
1) 31 pages translated in Hanson-Barber's dissertation The Life and Teachings of Vairocana, p. 135-177.
UMI
2)  Padma Publishing: "The Precious Treasury of Philosophical Systems. (2007)

3)  Albion Butters' dissertation The Doxographical Genius

of Kun mkhyen kLong chen rab 'byams pa. Columbia University, 2006.

3) Long, unmarked sequences are contained in The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism Volume One.

11. man ngag mdzod

A stages of the path work containg advice for meditators.

Translations:
1) Translated by David Germano and Matieu Ricard, awaiting publication.
2) : "The Precious Treasury of Pith Instructions , (Padma Publishing, 2006)

12. mdzod bdun gyi dkar chag

Index of The Seven Treasuries

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The bla ma yang tig (part of snying thig ya bzhi)

Printed editions of snying thig ya bzhi:

1) The 1975- New Delhi edition of Sherab Gyaltsen Lama in 13 volumes. Scanned by TBRC

2) The 1970-1 New Delhi edition of Tsewang, Jamyang and Tashi in 11 volumes

3) An edition (in-print?) from the Derge (sde dge) Publishing House in Tibet

4) Contained in the bka' ma rgyas pa. Scanned by TBRC. I need verification for this entry. bKa' ma, vol. 44-46 = snying thig ya bzhi, vol. 2-4 = bi ma snying thig 1-3.

13. rab tu spros med kyi dbang chog 'od kyi drwa ba

14. shin tu spros med kyi dbang chog padma'i drwa ba

'15. chi bslu dran pa'i me long

'16. chi ltas dran pa'i me long

'17. od gsal spyod pa'i gnad yig bdud rtsi rgyal po

'18. pho ba 'od gsal snying po

19. bde stong bdud rtsi sprin phung

20. bdud rtsi dri med

21. bdud rtsi ljon shing 'od gsal gyi gnad yig

22. bla ma yang tig gi brgyud pa'i phyag 'tshal

23. bla ma yang tig gi dkar chag

24. bla ma yang tig gi gsol 'debs bdud rtsi'i sprin tshogs

25. bla ma yang tig gi kha byang 'od gsal snying po

26. bla ma yid bzhin nor bu

27. bla ma'i rim pa dngos grub rgya mtsho

28. brtan bsgo'i gegs sel sgron ma snang byed

29. btags grol gyi rgyab yig yid bzhin lhun grub

30. byin rlabs sprin phung ye shes 'bebs pa

31. dam can gyi gsang sgrub snying gi dum bu

32. dam tshig rim pa rnam grol rgya mtsho

33. dkyil 'khor spros bcas kyi ming gi rim pa gsal byed

34. dngos gzhi 'od gsal snying po'i don khrid

35 dpe don gsal byed sgron me

36. gling bzhi rgyan 'gyur gyi maNDal

37. gnad gsum chos nyid kyi 'khor lo

38. gnad yig bum pa'i brda don

39. gza' bdud kyi gsang sgrub me rlung 'khyil ba

40. gzhi snang ye shes sgron me

41. kha byang nyi ma'i snying po

42. khregs chod kyi rgyab yig nam mkha' dri med

43. khregs chod kyi yang yig nam mkha' klong yangs

44. khregs chod thod rgal gyi yang yig nam mkha' klong chen

45. khregs chod ye babs sor bzhag gi don khrid

46 lnga tshan lnga'i maNDal 'bul ba'i cho ga yid bzhin drwa ba

47. lo rgyus rin po che'i phreng ba

48. maNDal 'bul ba'i cho ga tshogs gnyis sprin tshogs

49. mkha' 'gro yid bzhin nor bu

50. mthar thug yid bzhin snying po

51. nges don byang chub snying po

52. ngo sprod dran pa'i me long

53. nyams len gnad kyi sgron me

54. nyin mtshan 'od gsal gyi 'khor lo

55. rig pa sems kyi gegs sel ye shes dri med

56. rlung sbyor ye shes sprin phung

57. rten gzhi lus kyi gegs sel bdud rtsi ljon shing

58. rtog med nam mkha' sprin phung

59. sngags kyi bdag mo'i sgrub thabs

60. sngon 'gro sems sbyong bdun gyi don khrid

61. snyan rgyud 'bring po bar do 'od gsal rang snang

62. snyan rgyud chen mo nges don mngon sum rang snang

63. snyan rgyud chung ngu ye shes rang snang

64. spros bcas kyi dbang chog tshangs pa'i drwa ba

65. spros med kyi dbang chog klong gsal chu bo

66. spros med kyi dbang chog rin po che'i drwa ba

67. thod rgal gyi rgyab yig nyi zla gza' skar

68. thod rgal gyi yang yig nam mkha' klong gsal

69. tshogs mchod kyi rim pa yid bzhin rgya mtsho

70. yang zab ye shes 'khor lo

71. yi dam yid bzhin nor bu

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The mkha' 'gro yang tig (part of snying thig ya bzhi)

Printed editions of snying thig ya bzhi: see above for the bla ma yang tig

72. gsol 'debs bdud rtsi'i chu rgyun

73. chi ba brtag bslu'i man ngag nyi zla gza' bral

'74. 'khrul snang gzhi grol

75. od gsal 'khor lo

'76. od gsal pra khrid

'77. od gsal sbubs 'jug

78. bar do gnad kyi sgron me

79. bar do sbubs 'jug

80. bdag 'jug padma klong yangs

81. bde gshegs rigs lnga'i sgrub thabs padma stong ldan

82 bdud rtsi sprin phung

83. bshan pa srog sgrub nag mo'i gsang sgrub

84. btags grol rgyud kyi man ngag rin chen snying po

85. byin rlabs thugs sgrub

86. dbyings snang ngo sprod

87. gnad gsum sgron me

88. gnod sbyin dmar nag gi sgrub pa me rlung 'khyil ba

89. gsang lam rin po che'i ngo sprod

90. gsang spyod rdo rje'i lam bstan

91. gter 'byung rin po che'i lo rgyus

92. gza' bdud gsang sgrub

93. gzhan phan 'od kyi 'khor lo

94. gzhi snang ngo sprod

95. khrid yig nor bu lugs

96. khrid yig nyi zla gza' skar

97. khrid yig rin po che gser gyi phreng ba

98. kun 'dus rin po che'i ngo sprod

100. man ngag rin po che gser gyi sgrom bu

101. mchod rten rab gnas rin chen drwa ba

103. mkha' 'gro bde chen rgya mtsho'i bskyed rim

104. mkha' 'gro yang tig gi dkar chag

105. mkha' 'gro yang tig gi khog 'bub sa bcad bsdus don

106. mkha' 'gro yang tig gi them byang dpag bsam ljon shing

107. mthong snang rin chen gser gyi drwa ba

108. mthong snang rin po che 'od kyi dra ba

109. nam mkha' dri med

110. nam mkha' klong yangs

111. nam mkha' rab 'byams

112. nges don snying po

113. phyag 'tshal dri med zla rgyas

114. phyag rgya bzhi mchod 'od kyi 'khor lo'i gnad yig

115. rab gnas cho ga ye shes dri med

116. rdo rje g.yu sgron ma'i sgrub thabs zla ba 'dod 'jo

117. rigs lnga'i bcud len bdud rtsi thig pa

118. rin chen mchog sgrub

119. rin po che dbang gi phreng ba

120. rlung sbyor ye shes drwa ba

121. rmi lam sbubs 'jug

122. sgron ma bzhi skor

123. sreg sbyong 'od kyi snye ma

124. them byang rin chen ljon shing

125. tshig don rin po che'i bang mdzod

126. tshogs mchod rgya mtsho'i sprin

127. zab don gnad kyi lde mig

128. zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin

Translated: Scheidegger, Daniel A.: Der Grund allen Seins : aus "Die ozeanische Wlke des Tiefen Sinns" (Zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin) / von Longchenpa. Tibet. Rikon : Tibet-Inst., 1998

129. zab don snying po

130. zab lam bde chen rgya mtsho

131. zab mo rab dbye

132. zhal chems dri ma med pa'i 'od

133. zhal chems gnad kyi me long

134. zhal chems mthar thug gcig ma

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The zab mo yang tig (part of snying thig ya bzhi)

Printed editions of snying thig ya bzhi: see above for the bla ma yang tig

135. da' ki kha don gyi man ngag

'136 od gsal snying po

137. bi ma la'i sgrub pa'i rim pa

138. bskang gso dngos grub char 'bebs

139. btags grol snying po

140. bum pa'i brda don

141. dam tshig gsum bkod

142. dgongs rgyud gsol 'debs

143. dkyil 'khor spros bcas ming gi rim pa

144. dus kyi gsal byed

145. gdams khrid don gyi mdo chings

146. gsang ba bla med spyi bab

147. gsang skor dbang gi lag len

'148. gsol 'debs bdud rtsi'i chu rgyun

149. gzhi lam 'bras bu'i gnas gsal

150. gzhi ma bcos ji bzhin ngo sprod pa'i rim pa

151. khrid yig sangs rgyas mnyam sbyor

152. khyung chen gshog rdzogs

Translated: The full-fledged Khyung-chen bird : an essay in freedom as the dynamics of being / Klong-chen rab- ´byams-pa Dri-med ´od-zer ; edited, translated, and annotated by Herbert Guenther.

Uniform Title: [Khyun-chen g´sog-rdzogs. English}

Published/Created: Tokyo : The International Institute for Buddhist Studies of ICABS, 1996.

153. khyung chen gshog rdzogs kyi bsdus don

154. lag khrid snying po

155. lo rgyus rin po che 'od kyi phreng ba

156 maNDal 'bul ba'i cho ga gling bzhi'i rgyan gyur

157. mchog gsang lam khrid chen mo

158. mthar thug don gyi snying po

159. nges don snying po

160. phyag 'tshal byin rlabs sprin phung

161. phyag 'tshal yid bzhin nor bu

162. pra khrid

163. raa hu la'i gsang sgrub snying gi dum bu

164. rab tu spros med dbang chog byin rlabs chu bo

165. rgya mtsho ar gtad kyi mun khrid

166. rig pa brtul zhugs kyi spyod pa

167. rnal 'byor bzhi'i rim pa

168. shin tu spros med dbang chog ye shes chu bo

169. snyan rgyud don gyi me long

170. snyan rgyud gnad kyi mdo chings

171. snyan rgyud kyi rgyab chos zab don gnad kyi me long

172. snyan rgyud thugs kyi me long

173. snying po don bsdus

174. snying po yang bcud

175. snying po ye shes bla sgrub

176. spros bcas kyi dbang chog dngos grub rgya mtsho

177. thun mong gi sngon 'gro rin chen pra khrid

178. tshig don snying po

179. ye grol sor bzhag

180. zab don snying po

181. zab mo bcud bsdus

182. zab mo yang tig gi bka' srung drag po gsum sgril

183. zab mo yang tig gi dkar chag dpag bsam ljon pa

184. zab mo yang tig gi dkar chag nyi zla gza' skar

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The rang grol skor gsum (The Trilogy of Self-liberation)

Three texts with a cycle of autocommentaries. Three texts belong to the sems nyid rang grol cycle, two belong to the chos nyid rang grol cycle, and the final two to the mnyam nyid rang grol cycle, seven in all. TBRC digital volume 2630.

185. rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid rang grol

Translations

1) Verse-text translated in Tulku Thondup: Buddha Mind, p. 316-354, and auto-commentary on p. 355-374.
2) Verse Text translated by Herbert Guenther: "The natural freedom of mind." Crystal Mirror 4:113-146 (1975).
3)  Verses and commentaries translated into french in "La liberté naturelle de l'esprit" by Phillipe Cornu, p. 205-238.
4) Anonymous e-text translation from the Leaves from the Buddha's Grove website
here  

186. rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid rang grol gyi lam rim snying po'i don khrid

Autocommentary on 185. Cornu, p. 238-257.

187. sems nyid rang grol gyi gsol 'debs

Autocommentary on 185

188. rdzogs pa chen po chos nyid rang grol

1) Translated into french in La liberté naturelle de l'esprit by Phillipe Cornu, p. 259-281.

2) Peter Fenner, The Natural Freedom of Being - a Translation of kLong Chen Pa's Chos Nyid Rang Grol, unpublished manuscript, 1994. Forthcoming: Longchenpa and Peter Fenner, The Natural Freedom of Being: a contemporary commentary on a traditional Complete Fulfillment (Dzogchen) text

189. chos nyid rang grol gyi don khrid yid bzhin snying po

Cornu, p. 281-299

190. rdzogs pa chen po mnyam nyid rang grol

Translated into french in La liberté naturelle de l'esprit by Phillipe Cornu, p. 301-333

191. mnyam nyid rang grol gyi don khrid rin chen snying po

Cornu, p.333-347

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The ngal gso skor gsum (The Trilogy of Resting-at-Ease)

Three texts in verse with prose autocommentaries.

192. sems nyid ngal gso

The Mind finding rest in itselft

Translation:
1) Herbert Guenther in Kindly Bent To Ease Us, I Mind
2) Thierry Berton: Dans le confort et l'aise [Texte imprimé]. 1, L'esprit / Longchenpa ; [trad. du tibétain par Thierry Berton]. Paris: le Publier, 2002.
192 p.

193. sems nyid ngal gso'i 'grel pa shing rta chen po

The Grat Chariot -The Commentary on "The Mind finding rest in itself" Autocommentary on no. 192

Translation: 1) Waldo, Ives: The Great Chariot: A Treatise on the Great Perfection by Longchen Rapjampa (forthcoming in the The Library of Tibetan Classics Series) from The Institute of Tibetan Classics. More info here
2) There is an e-text
here
3) Parts of the autocommentaries is translated in Tulku Thondup: Buddha Mind

194. bsam gtan ngal gso

Finding rest in meditation

Translation: Herbert Guenther in Kindly Bent To Ease Us, II Meditation.

195. bsam gtan ngal gso'i 'grel pa

Autocommentary on no. 194

196. sgyu ma ngal gso

Finding rest from Illusion

Translation: Herbert Guenther in Kindly Bent To Ease Us, III Wonderment

197. sgyu ma ngal gso'i 'grel pa

Autocommentary on no. 195

198. ngal gso skor gsum gyi spyi don

199. rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso'i gnas gsum dge ba gsum gyi don khrid byang chub lam bzang

200. sems nyid ngal gso'i gnas gsum dge ba gsum gyi don khrid

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The mun sel skor gsum (The Darkness-dispelling Trilogy)

Three texts on the Guhyagarbha Tantra

201. gsang ba'i snying po'i 'grel pa phyogs bcu mun sel

1) Translated: Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth century commentary phyogs-bcu mun-sel by Dorje, Gyurme . Ph.D Thesis, University of london 1987

2)Tr. by Sangye Khandro  as part of her work on the Guhyagarbha commentaries. Not for publication.

202. gsang ba'i snying po de kho na nyid nges pa

203. gsang ba snying po'i spyi don yid kyi mun sel

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The gsung thor bu (A collection of writings)

Miscallenous minor works, including (vajra) -songs (glu) and -poems (mgur). Some works belonging more properly to other cycles (as for example the rang grol) are included in this list, but is not numbered. The texts is in the index (dkar chag) and TBRC database grouped into cycles (skor), but below is the list of individual texts.

Editions:
1) Delhi: Sanje Dorje, 1973

2) Paro, Bhutan: Lama Ngodrup and Sherab Drimey, 1982

3) Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim: Pema Thinley, [199-?]

204. bstan bcos kyi dkar chag rin po che'i mdzod khang zhes bya ba

Index (dkar chag)

205. kun mkhyen chos kyi rgyal po dri med 'od zer gyi gsung thor bu'i bzhugs byang rin po che'i snye ma

206. blo gsal ri bong gi rtogs pa brjod pa'i dris lan lha'i rnga bo che lta bu'i gtam

207. po ta la kun tu dga' ba'i gtam

The tale of the universal happiness in Potala

Translated: A visionary journey / Longchenpa ; translated and annotated by Herbert V. Guenther.

Uniform Title: [Nags tshal kun tu dga' ba'i gtam. English

Published/Created: Boston : Shambhala, c1989.

Po ta la kun tu dga' ba'i gtam. English. 1989.

Contents: The story of the wildwood delights -- The story of the Mount Potala delights -- Appendix: The royal song of Saraha.

208. nags tshal kun tu dga' ba'i gtam

The tale of the complete happiness of the forest

Translated in A visionary journey. See no. 208

209. chos kyi sdom bzhi

The four summmaries of the Dharma

210. bde bar gshegs pa la bstod pa lha'i rnga bo che'i sgra dbyangs

211. 'phags pa 'jam dpal la bstod pa me tog gi chun po

212. 'phags pa 'jam dpal gzhon nu la bstod pa

213. dbyangs can ma la bstod pa

214. tshogs bdag gi bstod pa

215. yer pa'i gnas bstod padma dkar po'i phreng ba

216. zhwa padma dbang chen gyi bstod pa rol mo'i sprin phung

217. zhwa padma dbang chen gyi dkar chag gtsigs kyi yi ge zhib mo

218. 'bum thang lha'i sbas yul gyi bkod pa me tog skyed tshal

The Flower-garden. A composition on Bumthang in the Hidden Land of the gods (Bhutan)

219. chos bzhi rin po che'i phreng ba zhes bya ba

Translations: 
1) The four-themed precious garland = Chos-bzhi rin-chen' phreng [sic] phreng-ba : an introduction to Dzog-ch'en, the great completeness / by Long-ch'en Rb[sic]-jam-pa Dr'i-me wö-zer ; with explanation and oral commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche and Beru Khyentze Rinpoche ; translated, edited, and prepared by Alexander Berzin in conjunction with Sherpa Tulku and Mattthew Kapstein. Published: Dharamsala : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1979. Reprinted: reprinted in S. Batchelor, The Jewel in the Lotus (London: Wisdom Publications, 1987).
2) e-text of chapter 1
here
3) Daniel A. Scheidegger: Die in vier Themen gegliederte kostbare Anordnung / Longtschenpa. Verlag, 1994. Chos bzhi rin po che phreng ba

220. rgyu la khams 'dus pa me tog gi phreng ldan

At (my) departure - with a string of flowers to the Kham group. Farewell poem directed against Klong chne pa's persecutors at Samye Monastery, and constructed using the letters of the alphabet.

Translated in Stéphane Arguillčre: Profusion de la vaste sphčre: Klong-chen rab-’byams (Tibet, 1308-1364), sa vie, son oeuvre et sa doctrine, as n° 167 of the series Orientalia Lovaniensa Analecta, by Peeters Publishing in Leuven [Forthcoming].

221. rkyen la khams 'dus pa ka kha sum cu zhes bya ba

222. dus la mngon par skyo ba'i rabs bi dza ha raM

223. rang la gros su gdams pa rdo rje'i mgur

The Vajra-song of Advices to counsel oneself

224. thar pa la skul ba'i rabs

225. ngang pa'i dris lan sprin gyi snying po

Translation: Looking deeper : a swan's questions & answers / Klong-chen rab-'byams pa ; translated and annotated by Herbert V. Guenther.

Uniform Title: [Nan pa'i dris lan sprin gyi sńin po. English

Published: Porthill, ID : Timeless Books, c1983.

226. snying gtam sum cu pa

Thirty heartfelt advices

Translations (multiple):

Kun-mkhyen Klon-[chen]-rab-'byams kyi gsun sńin gram sum cu pa b´zugs so = Thirty pieces of advice from the heart / by Gyalwa Longchenpa.

Published/Created: Darjeeling : Ogyan Kunsang Choekhorling, 1979.

227. zhu yig rin po che gser gyi mchod sdong

228. rgyal ba rang byung rdo rje la dris tshig le'ur byas pa

Questions put into verses to the Conqueror Rangyuig Dorje. A letter to the 3rd Karmapa , rang byung rdo rje 1284 -1339.

Translated in Stéphane Arguillčre: Profusion de la vaste sphčre: Klong-chen rab-’byams (Tibet, 1308-1364), sa vie, son oeuvre et sa doctrine, as n° 167 of the series Orientalia Lovaniensa Analecta, by Peeters Publishing in Leuven [Forthcoming].

229. sems dang ye shes kyi dri lan

Questions and answers on mind and wisdom

230. rgyal ba zhi khro'i sgrub dkyil rin po che'i gter mdzod

231. 'phags pa 'jam dpal gyi sgrub thabs yid bzhin nor bu

232. 'phags ma dbyangs can ma'i sgrub thabs 'od kyi dra ba

233. dpal tshogs kyi bdag po'i sgrub thabs rin chen spungs pa'i ri rgyal

234. bla ma zhi ba'i phrin sgrub rin po che'i sgron me

235. sde bdun gyi dbang chog lag len dang bcas pa

236. dpal sngags kyi srung ma'i rjes gnang dngos grub rgya mtsho'i rang bzhin

237. r'a hu la'i skong gso khrag mtsho 'khyil ba

238. drang srong gza'i bcos thabs kyi gdams pa rin chen phreng ba

239. gnod sbyin dmar nag gi skong gso dgra las rnam rgyal

240. shan pa srog sgrub nag mo'i skong gso'i cho ga dgra las rnam rgyal

241. rgyal brngan lag len gnad kyi lde'u mig

rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid rang grol

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid rang grol gyi lam rim snying po'i don khrid

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

sems nyid rang grol gyi gsol 'debs

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

rdzogs pa chen po chos nyid rang grol

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

rdzogs pa chen chos nyid rang grol khrid yig

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

rdzogs pa chen po mnyam nyid rang grol

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

rdzogs pa chen po mnyam nyid rang grol gyi don khrid rin chen snying po

Belongs to the rang grol skor cycle

242. byang chub sems kun byed rgyal po'i don khrid rin chen gru bo

(Brief) Commentary on the meaning of the kun byed rgyal po, "The Jewelship."

Translated: You are the eyes of the world / Longchenpa ; translated by Kennard Lipman and Merrill Peterson under the inspiration of Namkhai Norbu.

Uniform Title: [Byan chub kyi sems kun byed rgyal po'i don khrid rin chen sgru bo. English

Published/Created: Ithaca, NY : Snow Lion Publications, c2000.

Partial online version of this the translation here.

243. rdo rje glu'i dkar chag legs par bkod pa

244. gsol 'debs yan lag bdun pa zhes pa'i mgur

245. gnas lugs don gyi maNDal gyi mgur

246. bka' drin dran pa ma zhes bya ba'i gsol 'debs mgur

247. phan pa snying gtam gyi mgur

248. dpe don nges don rdo rje'i mgur

249. nam mkha' mtha' dbus ma

250. rtsa rlung rdo rje'i mgur

251. dgos med don gyi rdo rje'i mgur

252. rdzogs pa chen po yang gsang bla na med pa gnad 'dus rdo rje'i mgur

253. ri khrod dgon pa ma'am / na dga' shi skyid rdo rje'i mgur

254. na ba lam khyer rdo rje'i mgur

255. zhen pa bzhi bral rdo rje'i mgur

256. 'khor ba dong sprugs rdo rje'i mgur ram / 'khor ba dong sprugs ma

257. kun mkhyen dri med 'od zer gyi rdo rje'i glu sum cu pa

258. legs pa dam pa ma zhes bya'i glu

259. nor bu nyi ma zhes bya ba rdo rje'i glu'am / nor bu nyi ma chos kyi glu

260. gzhi lam 'bras gsum rdo rje'i glu

261. theg pa rim dgu ma

262. ona byin rlabs zhes bya ba

263. chang gi byung rabs yon tan brjod pa bdud rtsi'i zil mngar la rdo rje'i glu

264. gtang med rang grol rdo rje'i glu

265. mkha' 'gro don gyi dgongs pa rdo rje'i glu

266. bde skyid ri khrod ma

267. mya ngan chos nyid du grol ba rdo rje'i glu'am / mya ngan zhi grol rdo rje'i glu

268. bar do 'phrang grol gyi mgur

269. sbas yul rin chen ma

270. 'khor ba dong sprugs rdo rje'i glu

271. bkra shis dpal 'bar ma

272. bla ma dam pa ku ma r'a dza la rtogs pa phul ba

273. gsang ba bla na med pa mchod spyod lam khyer gyi rim pa

274. rdzogs chen gsol 'debs rtsa gsum gsol 'debs rdzogs chen don gyi gsol 'debs phun tshogs dpal 'bar

275. rtsa ba gsum gdung sems kyi gsol 'debs smon lam

276. bar do'i gdams pa tshangs sprugs su gdab pa gnad kyi man ngag,

277. bar do'i smon lam ngo sprod

278. bar do ngo sprod

279. bsngo ba rin po che'i phreng ba

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The gdams ngag mdzod

An 18 volume compilation by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, containing among other the following rediscovered works of Longchenpa.

280. spros bcas kyi dbang chog tshangs pa'i drwa ba

281. bka' srung e ka dzA ti sde bdun gyi rjes gnang

282. byang chub kyi sems kun byed rgyal po'i don khrid rin chen gru bo

283. dkyil 'khor spros bcas ming gi gsal bar byed pa

284. gling bzhi rgyan gyi maNDal

285. gsang skor gyi dbang gi lag len gsal ba'i sgron me

286. mchog gsang lam khrid chen mo

287. rab tu spros med pa'i dbang gi tshe lnga tshad lnga'i maNDal rim pa 'bul zhig

288. sgyu 'phrul drwa ba'i 'grel byed lam gyi snying po'i don khrid

289. spros med kyi dbang chog rin po che'i drwa ba

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The rin chen gter mdzod

The compilation (111 volumes) of gter ma (hidden treasures) by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, containing among other the following rediscovered works of Longchenpa.

290. bla ma yongs rdzogs kyi phrin sgrub rin po che'i sgron me

291. bsangs kyi cho ga bde legs kun 'byung rgyags brngan dang bcas pa

292. chos spyod lam rim chen po

293. phud rab rgyas pa 'dod stsol re skong bklag chog tu bkod pa

294. phud rab rgyas pa'i sbyor rjes kyi ngag 'don nyung ngur bsdus pa

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The rnying ma bka' ma shing ru rgyas pa

dpal gsang ba'i snying po de kho na nyid nges pa'i rgyud kyi 'grel pa phyogs bcu'i mun pa thams cad rnam par sel ba

From the mun sel cycle. Unnumbered sofar as it may be identical with one of the Mun Sel Trilogy.

dpal gsang ba snying po'i spyi don legs par bshad pa'i snang bas yid kyi mun pa thams cad sel ba

From the mun sel cycle. Unnumbered sofar as it may be identical with one of the Mun Sel Trilogy.

295. sngags kyi spyi don tshangs dbyangs 'brug sgra

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Other

297. chos 'byung rin po che'i gter mdzod bstan pa gsal bar byed pa'i nyi 'od

Published: Gangtok, Sikkim: Dodrup Sangyey Lama, 1976.
A detailed history of buddhist dharma in India and Tibet.

An outline is found here

298. tshad ma'i de kho na nyid bsdus pa

Khreng tu'u (Chengdu): Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2000. A work on logic and epistemology.

Here is an article by Leonard v. d. Kuijp on the subject.

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