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Index of Literary Sources

Sources for the Dzogchen Masters' Legends

Garab Dorje
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.490-494 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.120.2-127.2
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.46-48
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma, unpublished manuscript.

Manjushrimitra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol.1, pp.493-494 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.126-127.2
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.48-51

Shri Singha
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.497-501
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.51-52.

Buddhajanapada
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.56ff.
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.494-496 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.127.2-130.6

Jnanasutra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.497-500 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung,  ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.52-54

Vimalamitra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.497-501 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung,  ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.54-59

King Dza
rNying ma rtogs brjod, NGB Vol 35 ff.334-343.
Dunjom Rinpoche includes the Nyingma Tokjo account in his History almost verbatim:
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.458-60
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.78.4-81

Kambalapada, Lawapa
The incomparable story teller Taranatha relates the legends 
of Lawapa in his bKa' 'bab bdun ldan, translated by David Templeman as The Seven Instruction Lineages. Dudjom 
Rimpoche relates three of them and most likely they used a 
common source

The Rosary story
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.33
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.485-6; 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung,  ff.112.4-113.

The Sleeping Bhiksu
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.33.
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. p.486
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, f.113

The Blanket
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.34
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, p.487
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, f.116.

The Bowl of Soup
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.35

Vairotsana
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.538-540; 
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.187.3-190.4.
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, 
     pp.157-159

Namkhai Nyingpo
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma: unpublished translation

Nubchen Sangye Yeshe
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.606-616
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.290-304
Samten Karmay, Dzogchen pp. 11, 69, 99-101, 126, 208 
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma: unpublished translation

The Testaments of the Masters

Garab Dorje to Manjusrimitra: "The Three Incisive
    Precepts",  Tshig gsum gnad rdegs; NYZ Vi ma 
    snying thig Pt 1, Vol Ga. pp.304-18

Garab Dorje to Manjusrimitra: "Stone of Purified Gold",
     rDo la gser zhun, translated into English as
     Primordial Experience by Namkhai Norbu and
     Kenard Lipman, Shambhala, Boston 1987.

Manjushrimitra to Shri Singha: "Six Meditation
    Experiences",  sGom nyams drug pa: NYZ Vi ma
    snying thig Pt 1, Vol Ga, pp. 304-31; DZ Vol 1 
    pp. 476-8 [498].

Shri Singha to Jnanasutra: "Seven Nails", gZer bu 
    bdun pa NYZ Vi ma snying thig Pt 1 Vol Ga
     pp318-25.

Vimalamitra to Jnanasutra: "Four Profound Methods", 
     bZhag thabs bzhi: NYZ Vi ma snying thig Pt 1 
    Vol Ga pp.325-31.

Bibliography
Dudjom Rinpoche, Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje, The Nyingma 
    School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and 
    History, trans. Gyurme Dorje with Matthew Kapstein. 
    Boston, Wisdom Publications 1991.

Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas.
     Buddhayana, Marion MA, 1984.

Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, trans. 
      David Templeman. Dharamsala.

The Cuckoo's Song of Total AwarenessThe Tibetan text is to be found in1.  IOL/Stein 647 in the Tun Huang Collection2.  Tshams brag rNying ma rgyud ‘bum  Vol. Ka. p.113     (Kun byed rgyal po, chap.31). The mDo bcu commentary is found in Tshams brag      rNying ma rgyud ‘bum  Vol. Ka. pp.453.3-453.6.The English translation:Samten Karmay, The Great Perfection, Leyden:     Brill 1988: p.50.John Reynolds, Golden Letters, Ithica: Snow Lion     1996: p.232-3Namkhai Norbu and John Shane, The Crystal and the     Way of Light, London: RKP, 1986: p.xv.Namkhai Norbu and Adriano Clemente, Dzogchen:      the Self-Perfected State, London: Arkana 1989: p.48Namkhai Norbu and Adriano Clemente, The Supreme        Source, Snow Lion 1999: p.174

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