Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (xxi): Summary of mdo and Māyā

[Full title: The Zur Geneology (xxi): Summary of mdo and Māyā commentarial lineage from rog shes rab ‘od].

Again the precepts of the teaching of the mdo and Māyā (sgyu 'phrul): rog shes rab ‘od heard the system from numerous teachers. First he heard it from rog ston btsan po. From lhab dres ma gong pa he heard the mdo, the Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) and the "Mental" Class (sems phyogs) according to the method of so. He also heard the mdo and the Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) systems according to the method of skyo. He heard the mdo and Māyā systems according to the method of zur from the ācārya yam shud dngos grub, the assistant preacher (zur chos pa) of lhab. Snubs ston, the disciple of sgro sbug pa, taught it to kha rag snying po.

The latter to yam shud.

Further, kha rag snying po taught it to his son pad+ma 'bar.

The latter to shes rab 'od. Rog shes rab 'od heard the mdo and the sgyu 'phrul mtshan mangs from so dar ma seng ge. Glan shAkya bzang po of chu bar who taught his son glan jo btsun seng ge.

The latter (taught) so dar ma snying po.

The latter (taught) so dar ma seng ge.

Rog shes rab 'od heard also the mdo and the Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) systems from myang nag mdo pa, a disciple of lha rje nya ri ba. He also composed an abridgement of the basic text of the "Path and Fruit" (lam 'bras) doctrine of the Māyā system, and a commentary on the lam rnam par bkod pa.

He taught the system to snye mdo, the All-knowing. He also composed detailed notes to the commentary on the gsang snying and detailed notes on the lam rnam par bkod pa.

These (books) greatly helped the teaching of the Tantras and the initiations among the Lineage of rog.

At dan bag the teaching of the Māyā (sgyu 'phrul) system continued through this Lineage.klong chen rab 'byams (rdo rje gzi brjid) also studied it there, and used to say that the method of explaining the commentary of the gsang snying 'grel pa par khab was unsatisfactory, but that the method of rong zom was good. He composed the spyi'i khog dbub pa and the rgyud kyi rnam bshad.^[1] He composed them basing himself on the precepts of the snying thig system.

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[1]:

known as the klong chen pa'i gsang snying ‘grel pa