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Treasury of Good Sayings

IV.2 noble lineages

*ord.*	*lineage*	*characterization*
1^st	dmu gS`en	longevity-rites of klu-<bum & ge-khod
2^nd	royal Bru	rode on drum -- protect from frost
3^rd	powerful Z`u	360 rituals of the killed
4^th	holy sPa	in crystal cave -- protect from epilepsy
5^th	scholarly rMe<u	rag-s`a (a nut) rosary; 2 white vultures' crystal eggs
6^th	excellent Khyun	4 garud.a eggs: white, black, yellow, variegated

animals transporting scriptures [from heaven to earth]

*V.B.IV.a*	*VI.B.III.a.2*
	wolves
	tigers
	leopards
wild ass	wild asses
s`an-s`an (winged human = angel)
crane
vulture	vultures
	geese

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: LONDON ORIENTAL SERIES, Vol. 26. The Treasury of Good Sayings, translated by Samten G. Karmay. Oxford U. Pr, 1972.

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Bodish Spirit-Media in Nepal

"The mirror is where the deities of the seance reside, aligned in rows converging to the rear ..., and

where the spirit-medium's consciousness is kept while he is possessed by the deity.

... the consciousness of the spirit-medium (rnam shes) leaves the body through

a channel (dbu ma) at the top of the skull, which

channel goes through the middle of the chest and along the fourth finger of each hand.

This channel is kept clean by special deities called rtsa lam gtsang mkha, and

other deities, called rtsa bdag, guard the channel openings.

... 36 btsan involved in possession ..."

KAILASH, Vol. IV, No. 1. pp. 85-108. P. A. Berglie: "Preliminary Remarks on some Tibetan Spirit-Mediums in Nepal." Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1976. [as summarized in Divine Dyads, p. 65]

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Mustan city in Lo (Dhawala-giri province, Nepal)

p. x "The Mollas were speeches."

pp. 5-6 Mustan & Lo

p. 5	"Mustang ... was the name by which its capital city, Mo:nthang (smon thang), was called ... . ... the people of Lo considered their land to be part of eastern ... Ngari (mnga> ris)".
p. 6	The "name Lo (glo bo) ... appears in ... the Tun Huang Annals, ... and ... in the Ladakh Chronicles ... . . .. blo bo ... appears quite regularly in writings from Dolpo ... . ... *Another ... spelling for Lo is klo bo, ... found ... in the >Dzam gling rgyas bshad".*

p. 81 the 5 parts of Jambu-dwipa, according to the Tsaran Molla, pp. 5a-6b

*direction*	*part*
centre	Bodhgaya
east	5-Peaked Mountain of China
south	mt. Potala
west	Od.d.iyana
north	S`ambhala

p. 84 the 9 kinds of mi-chos recitations, according to the Blon po bka> than, pp. 279a & 244a (as quoted by Stein, Tibetan Civilization, p. 193)

#	*part of lion’s body*	*recitation*
1st	right hindpaw	"the manner in which the world came into being"
2^nd	left hindpaw	"the fashion in which living beings appeared"
3^rd	hindquarters	"the divisions of the earth"
4^th	right forepaw	"genealogy of the rulers"
5^th	left forepaw	"genealogies of the subjects"
6^th	"middle finger"	"the way in which the (Buddha’s) doctrine was born"
7^th	neck	"the tribes (or villages) of each ruler"
8^th	head	"the families of father and mother"
9^th	tail	"songs of joy with symbolic allusions"

p. 87 similes for parts of row

*row*	*simile*
upper	king of mountains
centre	sun
lower	*lake (acc. Tsaran M., p. 5a) or moon (acc. GTS, p. 416.4)*

p. 99 grags-pa bon lugs ("famous – the Bon system") : descent of ancestor of Lo royal lineage, by stages [successive incarnations] from the sky, according to the Tsarang Molla [p. 7b of MS translated on p. 145]

*class of deities (in that heaven)*	*name while in that incarnation*	p. 107, nn. 8:10-12 mentions of incarnation in other literature
lha	>Od-de-gun-rgyal	n. 10 "the name of a sacred mountain, and as a god he was included among the divine ancestors of the Yarlung kings." (vide TC, pp. 28 & 194)
btsan	rGod-kha-che	*n. 11 bTsan-rgod >Bar-ba-spu-bdun "is mentioned as the original leader of the btsan" in YD, p. 225*
dmu	Khyi>u-chun	*n. 12 Khye>u-chun is mentioned in TFS, p. 95, n. 5*

TC = R. A. Stein : Tibetan Civilization. London : Faber & Faber, 1972.

YD = Eric Haarh : The Yar-lun Dynasty. Copenhagen : G. E. C. Gad’s Forlag, 1969.

TFS = Giuseppi Tucci : Tibetan Folk Songs from Gyantse and Western Tibet. Ascona, Switzerland : Artibus Asiae, 1966.

pp. 99-100 realm of the divine ruler gNam-lha-gun-rgyal / Mi-rje-gun-rgyal, according to the Tsarang Molla [p. 8a of MS translated on pp. 145-146]

p.	*features of realm*	p. 107, nn. 8:14-16 mentions of realm in other literature
99	"The sky was like an eight-petalled wheel, the was like an eight-petalled lotus, and the sides were like the eight facets of a jewel."	n. 14 vide TA, p. 12, n. 29
	The region was named Yar-klun sa dkar (‘Yarlun earth-white’) [sa-dkar = ‘chalk’] : there "he built a castle called >Om-bu-lha-mkhar".	n. 15 also spelled />Om-bu-bla-sgan/
	"The first local god (lha) was" Yar-lha-s`am-po;	n. 16 "Name of a sacred mountain and god".
100	the first clans were the 6 clans of Z`an-z`un.

TA = R. A. Stein : Les tribus anciennes des marches sino-tibe’taines. Paris, 1961.

p. 138, n. 9:11 origin of the 4 families of the Khyun-po clan from 4 eggs of the Khyun

#	*color of egg*	*hatchling*
1st	dkar ‘white’	Khyun-rgod thog-la-me->bar (IV) / Khyun-rgod thog->bar (I, p. 428) / Khyun thog->bar (II)
2^nd	black	Khyun-ser lHa-khyun (II, III) / lHa-khyun-rgyan-pa (I, p. 428) / lHa-khyun (IV)
3^rd	yellow	Khyun->phags khra-mo (I, II, IV, V) / Khyun->phags khro-bo (III, p. 31)
4^th	khra ‘variegated’ (I, II, III) or ljan ‘green’ (IV) [the 4^th egg was "third in the sequence of IV and V".]	Khyun-nag Mu-khyun-rgyan (III) [nag ‘black’ indicating the color of his birth-egg?] / Mu-khyun-rgyan (II) Mu-khyun-brgyan (I, p. 428) / Mu-khyun (IV)

{for "green" as variant of "variegated", cf. "green rainbow" in Apokalupsis of Ioannes}

p. 138, n. 9:11 adventures of the 4 hatchlings

"For each of the four boys there also came into existence

a life-stone" (bla rdo>i pha bong ...),

"precious castle" (rin chen sku mkhar), and

a "turquoise lake" (g.yu>i mtsho) (I, II, III). ...

Of the four youths, three remained closer to the original spot of the khyung’s descent,

while a fourth, Khyung->phags-khra-mo [khra ‘variegated’ indicating the color of his birth-egg?] who was the second to the youngest (tha ltag ...), rode east on a turquoise dragon ... . He landed in Rgyal-rong in far-eastern Tibet, where he founded a family line". {Khams (far-eastern Tibet) is Bon.}

literary sources :-

I = the 2^nd of Three Sources for a History of Bon. Delhi : 1972. pp. 426-8.

II = Samten G. Karmay : The Treasury of Good Sayings. Oxford U Pr, 1972. pp. 11-12, 206.

III = G.yun drun bon gyi bstan l>byun. Dolanji : 1972. pp. 309-10.

IV = the 2^nd of 2 works in The Autobiography of >Jam-mgon Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mtha->yas. Kangra : 1973. pp. 94-5.

V = Kon-sprul : Collected Works. Paro : 1975. vol. 11, p. 17.

David P. Jackson : The Mollas of Mustang. Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala, 1984.

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Mandala Cosmogony

p. 14 languages of countries

*language*	*country*
lha<i ("divine")	g.yundrun
bon	rtag-gzig
smar	z`an-z`un
bod	spu-rgyal (an antient name for Tibet)
San-kri-ta (Samskr.ta)	"the land of the Thirty-three")

pp. 24-25 animal[-gods] who cut

*animal*	*activity*	*location*	*cut __*
swan	floating	on a lake	integument of bon-n~id
crystal wild sheep	sealing	the rocks	rope of significance
tortoise [should be turtle]	ints limbs withdrawn	in the ocean	face of the mind
garud.a	soaring	in the sky	tree trunks

p. 26 3 sets of 24 extra-terrestrial gathering-places of skygoers

*gathering-place*	*meaning*	*color of face*	*which preached the __ Buddhaized Tantra*
	None Higher	sky-pure	Totally
dga< ldan	joy-owner	blazing red	Directly
mkha<i spyod	heavenly sphaere	pure white	Completely

fn. 149, pp. 40-41 the 5 great mountains

#	*direction*	*name*	*meaning*
1^st	center	gsan-ba mchog-gi ri-bo glin bz`i<i mgyos-ma	secret supreme mountain continents 4 swift
2^nd	east	khu-byug rol-pa<i ri-bo dkar-mo mche- gtsigs	cuckoo playing mountain white fang-barer
3^rd	north	rgyal-po kun-spyod ri-bo nag-mo sder chen	royal deportment mountain black claws big
4^th	west	ye-s`es mgon-<gur-gyi ri-bo dmar-mo g.yag thod	knowledge revealed mountain red yak skull
5^th	south	g.yun-drun brtan-pa<i ri-bo mkha<-la khyun ldin	swastika aeternal mountain sky garud.a soar

p. 43 over mountains hover objects

*above __ mountain*	*hovereth __*
central	gold throne
eastern	bronze boulder
northern	stone for weight-lifting
western	meteorite-metal ritual-dagger
southern	sword

ASIATISCHE FORSCHUNGEN, Band 124. Dan Martin: Mandala Cosmogony. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1994.

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Antient Civilization in Bod

p. 44 animal-guardians of doors to palace of gN~an chen than lha

*entrance*	*guardian*
south	white horse
east	white yak
west	tiger, leopard, bear, dred-mo
north	flying birds

man.d.ala of gNam chen than lha

*p.:e.n.*	*direction*	*deity (@ = rdo rje >bar ba rtsal)*	*color of body*	*traits*	*retinue*
88:91	east	Z^i mdzad @	white	holding medicinal plant	healing deities
	south	rGyas mdzad @	yellow	holding flaming jewel	yaks.a-s & treasure-guards
	west	dBan gi lha @	red	holding longevity-vase made of ruby	longevity-deities & sages
	north	Kar ma las kyi khro bo @	black	yellow-red-haired; riding winged black horse	dregs pa
88:92	southeast (?)	Lha chen gz^on nu skyes bu bz^in bzan ("deva great holy youth with salutary face")	white	blue-haired, clad in white	helpers of same appearance
	southwest	>Bron gyag z^ol dkar ("wild yak fringed white")	white ?	iron-horned, mist from mouth	wild yak
89:92	northwest	dPa> bo @ ("hero of force of blazing vajra")	bright red	in coral abode
	northeast	Srid gsum gyi bdag po ("existence 3 of sphaeres")	orange	on bed of jewels; long-bearded

pp. 132-133, e.n. 45 +Yum-sras & her entourage

*direction*	*deity*	*color*	*wearing __*	*holding __*	*riding __*
center	+Yum-sras	dark-green	cloak of peacock feathers	red-&-white-striped lasso	chough
in front	Lha rgod sn~in khrom bsam gtan gans bzan		white cloak with turquoise collar; tiger-skin hat	cymbal	white horse
on right	kLu bdud than lha	white c.	white robe; conch hat	flag-spear	white horse
on left	Mi bdud byams pa	dark	yak-skin coat; black turban	axe	lion
to rear	bTsan bdud hur pa	brown	red striped robe; red turban	red lasso	brown horse with black hindquarters

p. 315 the 4 gn~an emanations of rTa-rgo

*ord.#*	*name*	*color*	*description*	*holding __*	*his horse*
1^st	Yul sa dkar po	white	turquoise toupee	prayer-flags	gray-&-white-striped
2^nd	Phyag gn~an gn~an dmar skyes bu btsan gyis chas	red	robe of the bTsan	sword	of the gN~an
3^rd	Phyag gn~an >om ron		robe of the >khor gsum rgyan ldan	drawn bow-&-arrow	pink-&-white
4^th	Phyag gn~an sgo bdag	dark-red	ornaments of >khor gsum chas ldan	arrow & spear	wind-horse of the bTsan

pp. 315-316 the rTa-rgo mched bdun rol brgyad (according to older text)

p.	*ord.#*	*name*	*color*	*helmet & armor*	*his steed (h. = horse)*	*eradicator of disease caused by the __*
315	1^st	rTa rgo lha btsan >bum kyi rje	white	conch	yellow goose	Lha bTsan
315-6	2^nd	No dmar lha btsan tshal thig rje	of fire	bse	red h.	bTsan
316	3^rd	Ge khod lha btsan dbyugs pa rje	purple	quartz	chestnut h., white spot on forehead	Srin
	4^th	Gans lun lha btsan [l]cog dkar rje	yellowish-red	gold	tan-&-white antelope	kLu bTsan
	5^th	Khri mun lha btsan zur ra rje	dark-red face	conch		bDud
	6^th	dPa> bo>i lha btsan rna khur rje	dark-brown face	copper		dMu
	7^th	Ma mo lha btsan U kyu rje	white face	iron	red h.	+Ma mo
	8^th	Yul sa dkar po yul chas rje	white with red reflection		light-gray h.

p. 341 increasing numbers of forms of +Byams ma ("loving mother")

108

360

5,000

100,000

pp. 342-343 +Dan ra rgyal mo & her female entourage

p.	*direction*	*deity*	*color*	*wearing __*	*holding __*	*riding __*
342	center	+Dan ra rgyal mo	golden green		flowers
	in front	+Dan chun mtsho sman ma	light-green			blue aquatic horse
342-343	on right	+sMan chub mtsho sman ma		white	turquoise basket	female antelope
343	on left	+Grogs mtsho sman ma		robe of vulture-feathers	silver me-lon	red-striped tiger
	to rear	+Khro sman gan chun ma		blouse of peacock-feathers	vase of life-essence

p. 343 sisterhood of +Dan ra (according to another text)

*name*	*color*	*wearing __*	*riding __*
+Dan ra mtsho sman	white with blushing cheeks	blue	blue mdzo
+Dan chun mtsho sman gyu dkar mdog	white		blue horse
+sMan chun mtsho sman za ma tog		white
+Da grogs mtsho sman		vulture-feather dress	tiger with red stripes
+Kre sman gon na gon chun		peacock-feather dress	a hind

p. 343 mounts (animal-vehicles) of manifestations of +Dan ra

*as chiefess of the __*	*she rideth a __*
+sMan mo	blue deer
sMan	vulture
bDud	"blue iron" wolf
brTan ma	skyun ka
sDe brgyad	blue aquatic mdzo

p. 344 the 4 secret +sMan mo of the dMu, in jewelled fort on turquoise rock

*goddess*	*riding a __*
+kLu zu gyu phyug	gnam kyug
+gYu bun grags mo	aquatic mdzo
+sMan btsun phyug mo	blue horse
+Dan chun gyu los	aquatic ox

pp. 344-345 male deities under command by +Dan ra

p.	*on her right*	*weareth a __*	*rideth a __ horse)*
344	rTa rgo		pink with white face
	Pho mo yer tse		pink gray with white spots
	Se btsan		yellow
	Zu ra de>i rlun btsan		dark-blue
	Yul sa dkar po yul chas rje	white cloak

	*on her left*	*weareth a __*	*rideth a __ horse*
	Pha bon gn~an dmar	cloak of bse
344-345	>om ron skyes bu	tiger-skin	light-pink with blue face
345	rBa drag dar lun klu btsan		blue aquatic

John Vincent Bellezza: Divine Dyads: Ancient Civilization in Tibet. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala (H.P.), 1997.

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Arrow & Spindle

p. 105 4 rivers from mountain g.yun-drun dgu brtsegs

*direction*	*from mouth of a __*
east	horse
north	lion
west	elephant
south	peacock

pp. 172 & 178 3 boys throwing dice on cloth

#	*boy wearing __*	*was throwing __-inlaid*	*__ dice*	*onto __ dice-cloth*	*was carrying __*	*name*
1^st	ibex-skin	turquoise	golden	white	golden sword	Prayer-born One
2^nd	goat-skin	copper	iron	black	iron saw	One born from the Misery of Curses
3^rd	woolen cloak				crystal rosary

p. 177 the 5 suns

*ord.#*	*the sun on __*	*is __*	*shining on __*
1^st	the master	insight	the realm of the void
2^nd	father	wisdom	means
3^rd	mother	praecept	inspired teachings
4^th	brethren & sistren	vow	fraternal love
5^th	self	intellect	itself

p. 179 peoples as descendants of deities

*peoples of __*	*are descendants of __*
<ol mo lun lin	dmu
bod	phywa
bru-s`a	gtsug

p. 417 4 powers of vase

*door in the __*	*hath __*
seat	merit
south	gift of oratory
west	fame
north	wealth

Samten Gyaltsen Karmay (ed.): The Arrow and the Spindle. Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, 1998.

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New Horizons

p. 259 figurine for rite of ransom of soul

*__ of the ransomed*	*is made of __*
body	5 kinds of grain
teeth	cowrie-shell
tongue	coral
eyen	lan than
nose	stick of incense
"royal radiance"	white mustard
clothes	pretious brocade
right arm	gold
left arm	turquoise
right leg	iron
left leg	copper

p. 262 bird-vehicles

*to the __*	*the __ deity*	*sitteth astride the __ bird*
east	glacier	black iron
south	indigo	indigo
west	copper	black bse
north	byan	gold

SENRI ETHNOLOGICAL REPORTS, 15 = BON STUDIES, 2. Karmay & Nagano (eds.): New Horizons in Bon Studies. Osaka, 2000.

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Hidden Treasures

p. xxiv names ( __ Min)

phyi>i (outer)

nan gi(inner)

gsan (secret)

yan gsan (innermost secret)

p. xxv colors of texts deriving from "visions ... with the appearance of young maidens of various skin complexion."

*color*	*text*
yellow (ser-po)	sutra (mdo sde) & dharani (gzuns sde)
red (dmar-po)	tantra & rdzogs-chen
blue (snon-po)	ancillary (cha lag) & activity manuals (las mtha>)

p. 6, # 8d the 6 fulfillments (__ bsKan)

*ord.#*	*fulfillment*
1^st	phyi (outer)
2^nd	nan (inner)
3^rd	gsan (secret)
4^th	dgyes (rejoicing)
5^th	rten (support)
6^th	gnad (key-points)

/

p. 13, # 22d the 6 ways of secret tantra

*ord.#*	*way of the __*	*with the practice of __ (deity)*	*color of deity*
1^st	rje (king)	>Jigs yed	black
2^nd	blon (minister)	gS`in rje	having a red and black face
3^rd	ded-dpon (merchant)	Yama-raja
4^th	s`an-pa (butcher)	las mkhan (servants or executioners)
5^th	pho-n~a (messenger)	Dregs-pa (arrogant ones)
6^th	srog-gcod (killers)	sDe dpon dmar nag

p. 16, # 29d linked practices

lta-ba (view)

sgom-pa (meditation)

spyod-pa (conduct)

>bras-bu (fruit or result)

dam-tshig (commitments)

p. 16, # 29d tantra-s of the sPyi spuns class

*gender of tantra (__ rGyud)*	*concerned with __*	*categories (__ rGyud)*	*title*	*practice*	*gz^un (treatise) of __ (deity)*
pho (male)	las kyi drwa ba (net of karman)
		outer	*Dra ba nag po*
				outer	Yaks.a Me dbal
				inner	Khams gsum dban bsdud
				secret	Yama-raja
		inner	*Dug ri nag po*
				outer	>Jigs byed chen po
				inner	Khros pa nag po
				secret	dMag dpon chen po
		secret	*Dug mstho khol ma;*
				outer	gS`in rje gs`ed nag
				inner	Khro chu dug ston
				secret	Las kyi gS`in rje
			*Zla gsan nag po>i*
mo (female)	(ma-mo rbod gton) +Ma-mo liberating sorcery		*p. 17: Ma mo yan sn~in >dus pa* (pp. 162, 165-167)**

p. 37 yi-dam mc^og lna (tutelary protective 5)

*ord.#*	*skor (cycle) of the __*	*of __ (deity)*
1^st	sku (body)	Che mchog khro bo
2^nd	gsun (speech)	gDon grags rol pa
3^rd	thugs (mind)	mKhra> >gyin >bar ba
4^th	yon tan (liberating qualities)	dBal chen z^an-z^un (= gTsan ma z^an-z^un dBal chen, fn. 1)
5^th	phur-pa, viz.: grol byed >phrin las (liberating activities)	dBal chen >brug gsas chem pa

p. 47, # 75d brgyud tshul (mode of transmission) of the gSan gzer

*transmitter*	*transmittee*	*on the __ sku (body) level*	*by means of __*
Kun tu bzan po	Ma pan dbyins chen		>od zer (lights-rays)
Ma pan dbyins chen	mKha> >gyin	rdzogs (perfection)	dgons-pa (contemplation)
mKha> >gyin	>Od dkar gnas >dzin		dbyins dan ye s`es tshul (space wisdom manner)
>Od dkar gnas >dzin	gS`en Tshad med >od ldan
gS`en Tshad med >od ldan	>Chi med gtsug phud	sprul (emanation)
	Lha bon Yons su dag pa (Br.has-pati)	lha (gods)
	Klu grub Ye s`es sn~in po (guru of Naga-s)	kLu (Naga-s)
	rGyal bon Mi lus bsam legs (guru of humans)	human

p. 50, # 80d uses of the tantra of dBal phur to bind deities by oath

*practitioner*	*in __ (place)*	*bound by oath the __ (deities)*
Khro bo >brug gsas chem pa		Srin po
gSan ba >dus pa	lCan lo can	bGegs hordes
dBal bon sTag la me	cave on black mountain	log lta sde bz^i (4 groups of beings with perverse views)
Lha bon Yons su dag pa	realm of the 33 gods	Lha men sde gsum (3 kinds of demi-gods)
Ye s`es sn~in po	oceanic realm	kLu srin (Naga daemones)
rGyal gs`en Mi lus bsam legs	mountain gYun drun dgu brtsegs	bDud & Dam sri

pp. 62-63, # 111d practice & successive transmission (each couple transmitting to the husband in the succeeding couple) of the Phur-pa tantra, to subdue daimones

*husband*	*wife*	*place*	*subdued*
>Chi med gtsug phud	Kun snan gsal ma	southern park of bDud >dul snags kyi glin (daemon-subjugating formula)
Yons su >dus pa (i.e., gSan ba >dus pa)	Lha mo gsan/bsen thub ma	lCan lo can grove	bGegs (Vighna) & Dregs-pa
dBal bon sTag la me >bar	Thugs rje lha mo	dBal gyi ri bo zur gsum (Furies' Cave on Triangular Mountain)	bDud & Srin-po
Yons su dag pa	mKha> >gro >Od zer mdans ldan	pure realm of dGa> ldan	deva-s & asura-s
Klu grub Ye s`es sn~in po	lCam rgyun ne rog	80 Springs of Turquoise	kLu bdud & kLu srin
dBal bon Mi lus bsam legs	[none?]	gYun drun dgu brtsegs mountain	lHa srin
[same]	[unnamed]	southern park of bDud >dul ru tra
[same]	>Od [ldan] >bar [ma]	dBal gyi brag phug (Furies' Cave)

p. 72, # 141d the 3 main trends of practice

*__ practice*	*of __ (deity)*	*for __ accomplishment*
peaceful	Kun tu bzan po	sku (Body)
blessing	mKha> >gyin rgyal po	gsun (Speech)
essential	Phur pa nag po	gsan ba (Secret)

pp. 95-96, #201d the 6 transmissions of the rGyun skyon

*ord. #*	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th
*__ brGyud-pa (Transm.)*	Contemplative				Awareness
*of the __*	Blissful Ones	rDzu >phrul mdzad pa>i gs`en (Miracle-Accomplishing wizards)	Grub thob (Siddha-s)	mKhas pa>i dban po (Powerful Scholars)	Lo pan (translators); mThu chen (practitioners); Rig >dzin (Vidya-dhara-s); +mKha> >gro (sky dancers)	>Chi med (Immortals)
*1^st husband*	Kun tu bzan po	sTag la me >bar	Mu khri btsad po; Ha ra ci par; sTag za li wer-	sTon rgyun mthu chen		Dran pa nam mkha>
*1^st wife*	Kun tu bzan mo	Thugs rje byams ma		mTsho sman rgyal mo		>Od ldan >bar ma
*2^nd husband*	gS`en lha >od dkar	Yons su dag pa	>A nu >phrag thag	S`a ri dbu chen		Tshe dban rig >dzin
*2^nd wife*	Nam mkha> lha mo	>Od zer mdans ldan	gYun drun rgyal mo	lHa lcam >od >phro		Thugs rje kun sgrol
*3^rd husband*	Tshad med >od ldan	Mi lus bsam legs	Sad ne ga>u	lCe tsha mkhar bu		Padma mthon grol
*3^rd wife*	>Od kyi lha mo	rGod lcam don >bar	kLu lcam >bar ma	kLu za bzan mo		Tshogs bdag gzi byin
*4^th husband*	>Phrul gs`en snan ldan	Ye s`es sn~in po	Dad mi thad ke	Gyim tsha rma chun
*4^th wife*	bZan za rin btsun	lCam rgyun ne rog	gYu lo sman gcig	rMa rgyal phyug mo
*5^th husband*	>Chi med gtsug phud	sNan ba mdog can	Zin pa mthu chen
*5^th wife*	Kun snan gsal ma	>Od ldan zer >phro	rGya lcam dkar mo

p. 204, # 444d the 6 points

lta ba (view)

spyod pa (conduct)

tin ne >dzin

dam tshig (commitments)

phrin las (activities)

dnos grub (accomplishments)

sn~in-po (quintessence) = gnal/rnal-ma (natural) gz^i (base) = no-bo (essence) without ma-bcos (artificial corruption)

BRILL'S TIBETAN STUDIES LIBRARY, Vol. 6. Jean-Luc Achard: Bon Po Hidden Treasures. Brill, Leiden, 2004.

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