'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag

འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་འཆི་ཁ་མའི་མན་ངག།

'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag

Instruction for the Moment of Death

Commentary of Atyayajñānasūtra

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One of a series of short texts by the Kadam scholar Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim, which represent an intersection between the works of Maitreya, particularly the Ratnagotravibhāga, and the practical instructions of Mahāmudrā.

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Other Titles	~ Pith Instructions on the Wisdom at the Point of Passing when about to Die (Brunhölzl)
Text exists in	~ Tibetan
Literary Genre	~ Contemplative Guide Books and Instructional Manuals - gdams ngag skor
Commentary of	~ 'phags pa 'da' ka ye shes zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo

Kadam - The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (phyi dar) in the tenth century. Tib. བཀའ་གདམས་

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These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

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Mahāmudrā - Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā. Skt. महामुद्रा Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ།

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