Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (Light of Berotsana 2024)

Translation of Precious Treasury of Dharmadhātu, A Treasure Trove of Scripture: A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of Dharmadhātu

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Root text translation of one of the Seven Treasures or seminal works composed by the illustrious illuminator of the Great Perfection doctrine, the Omniscient Longchenpa.

Not only was the unsurpassed Longchen Rabjam one of the most prolific Buddhist authors of the 14th century, he was a fully realized practitioner who relied on his own incisive knowledge to compose many unparalleled shastras or enlightened commentaries. He composed the Seven Treasures as his crowning achievement, and the Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu is the pinnacle of them all. This astonishing masterpiece sets forth the structure and practice of the Great Perfection path known as trekcho, cutting through to original purity. The root verses are presented in poetically rhythmic, profound, and alluring verses that have been recited from memory by distinguished Dzogchen masters of the Great Perfection lineage for centuries up to the present time.

This publication also includes Omniscient Longchenpa’s autocommentary called A Treasury of Citations, which is an indispensable guide to the root verses that are woven throughout this shastra, to illuminate how they refer to the context of the ground, path, and fruition, as well as the view, meditation and conduct of this exceptional Great Perfection path. True to the title, this commentary disseminates the most crucial information by citing the original speech of Buddha Vajradhara found in the seventeen Great Perfection upadesha tantras, as well as including many quotations from the sutras, tantras, and shastras in general. In short, for trekcho and togal practitioners of the quintessential Heart Essence cycle of Atiyoga, this text clarifies the necessary stages to realize and accomplish complete enlightenment in a single lifetime, at the moment of death, in the dharmata bardo, or in a natural nirmanakaya pure realm. (Source: Berotsana Publications)

Citation	Chonam, Lama, and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana Translation Group), trans. Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhātu (chöying rinpoche'i dzöd): With the Autocommentary, A Treasury of Citations. By Omniscient Longchen Rabjam. Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2024.

List of Illustrationsxiii
Foreword by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche (Tibetan)xv
Foreword by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche (English)xxi
Foreword by Khenchen Tsultrim Lodrö (Tibetan)xxix
Foreword by Khenchen Tsultrim Lodrö (English)xxxv
Foreword by Khenchen Sodargye (Tibetan)xli
Foreword by Khenchen Sodargye (English)xliii
Translators' Prefacexlv

PART ONE: THE ROOT VERSES
Introduction3
Chapter One: How Saṃsāra and Enlightenment Never Move from the Dhātu5
Chapter Two: Phenomenal Existence Arising as Pure Realms9
Chapter Three: Symbolic Indications for Bodhicitta13
Chapter Four: The Nature of Bodhicitta17
Chapter Five: The Transcendence of Effort, Achievement, Cause, and Result21
Chapter Six: All Is Contained within Bodhicitta25
Chapter Seven: Everything Is Spontaneously Accomplished within Bodhicitta from the Beginning29

Chapter Eight: Nonduality within Bodhicitta33
Chapter Nine: How All Phenomena Are Determined to Be the Profound Expanse of Bodhicitta37
Chapter Ten: How the Transcendent State Never Departs from Dharmatā43
Chapter Eleven: How Circumstantial Appearances Are Pure and Even like Space53
Chapter Twelve: How the Nature of Phenomena Is Originally Liberated in Bodhicitta from the Beginning57
Chapter Thirteen: How All Phenomena Awaken in Bodhicitta from the Beginning, Yet without Concerted Effort, Awakening
Occurs Again65
Conclusion69

PART TWO: AUTOCOMMENTARY
Introduction73
Chapter One: How Saṃsāra and Enlightenment Never Move from the Dhātu81
Chapter Two: Phenomenal Existence Arising as Pure Realms101
Chapter Three: Symbolic Indications for Bodhicitta117
Chapter Four: The Nature of Bodhicitta135
Chapter Five: The Transcendence of Effort, Achievement, Cause, and Result149
Chapter Six: All Is Contained within Bodhicitta177
Chapter Seven: Everything Is Spontaneously Accomplished within Bodhicitta from the Beginning189
Chapter Eight: Nonduality within Bodhicitta201
Chapter Nine: How All Phenomena Are Determined to Be the Profound Expanse of Bodhicitta221
Chapter Ten: How the Transcendent State Never Departs from Dharmatā259
Chapter Eleven: How Circumstantial Appearances Are Pure and Even like Space319
Chapter Twelve: How the Nature of Phenomena Is Originally Liberated in Bodhicitta from the Beginning347
Chapter Thirteen: How All Phenomena Awaken in Bodhicitta from the Beginning, Yet without Concerted Effort, Awakening
Occurs Again409
Conclusion443

Glossary of Terms, Phrases, and Categories455
Notes461
Works Cited469
Index473
Other Translations by Light of Berotsana475