Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (xx): from shAk 'bum pa to ‘gos lo tsA ba

shAk 'bum pa, the precious son of yar klungs sprul sku, made a thorough study of the gsang snying under sman lung pa. Mkhas grub chos dpal pa, father and son, heard the exposition of the gsang snying from him. Rgya ye shes mgon po, who occupied the chair of chos kyi seng ge of skyi, and glan bsod rgyal mastered the mdo and Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) systems.

The nephew dpal Idan rdo rje rgyal mtshan having first gone to gsang phu, made a thorough study of the Pramāṇa-viniścaya,^[1] and later studied the mdo and Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) systems under rgya ye shes mgon po.

He composed a commentary basing himself on the text of the gsang snying ‘grel pa par khab,^[2] a manual on its rite of initiation, and other texts.

He taught his nephew bla ma tshul rgyal ba. Ri gdong pa shes rab rgyal mtshan heard the Doctrine from the latter.

He proceeded to dags po and taught it to ku rab pa and his followers, as well as to some Tantrics. The practice of the benign and wrathful aspects of the Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) exists there without interruption up to the present.

Zhang mkhar ba bsod nams bzang po, a disciple of shes rab rgyal mtshan.

His disciple was the ācārya bdag nyid chen po bkra shis rgya mtsho.

From him I obtained the permission (lung) to read the Great Commentary (mahāṭīkā) of the gsang snying, composed by rdo rje rgyal mtshan. Further, from this Great Soul I obtained the initiation of phur pa lha nag ma (a form of Vajrakīla), as well as the textbook composed by rdo rje rgyal mtshan. I also obtained several smaller texts, such as the bshad ‘bum rdo rje don gsal and others.

Now his Spiritual Lineage: the ācārya pad+ma and his śakti, 'bre a tsar sa le, lang lab byang chub rdo rje,^[3] sna nam tshul khrims shes rab, khyung po 'chal chen, 'chal chung, blo gros rgyal mtshan, ya 'brog pa gu rub yang dag, who based himself on the text of the phur pa mya nan las das pa’i rgyud^[4] and changed the color of deities to black, his disciple 'gos ston byang 'bar, khyung po seng ge, khyung po khro bo, gnyal ston grags, chos kyi seng ge of skyi, rgya ye shes mgon po, dpal ldan rdo rje rgyal mtshan, bla ma tshul rgyal ba, ri gdong pa shes rab rgyal mtshan, the ācārya bsod nams bzang po, and the ācārya bkra shis rgya mtsho ba. Ngog shes rab bla ma heard the (Vajra)kīla system of rtse sgang pa and snye mdo ba from gu rub.His son bkra shis grags pa. Later the sons spread the Lineage.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

tshad ma rnam nges, Tg. tshad ma, No. 4211

[2]:

a famous commentary

[3]:

a personal enemy of rwa lo tsa ba, murdered by the latter

[4]:

rdo rje phur bu chos thams cad mya nan las ‘das pa’i rgyud, rnying rgyud dkar chag, fol. 236a