Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (xxi): Continuation of the zur lineage

[Full title: The Zur Geneology (xxi): Continuation of the zur lineage south, north, and east into khams].

At mang dkar in Upper gtsang, the Doctrine was well taught and practiced by stod zur ba and his followers. It spread widely towards south las stod and throughout the North. In the North I have seen books composed by se ston 'byung ldan 'od, snar ston seng ge 'od, byang tar la mo pa yon tan dbang phyug and others.

Though in general, it is possible to guess the number of disciples of the three zur (zur rnam pa gsum), as given by former (scholars) at gshar, and that of their innumerable followers, it is impossible to give their respective names and their clans.

Those who became famous throughout khams, became known as the followers of the khams school (khams lugs pa), as stated in the commentary by rong zom.

The preaching of the mdo and Māyā (sgyu 'phrul), together with the practice of initiation and meditation according to the Lineage of gtsang pa, appears to exist even now in the hermitage of ka thog,^[1] near sbom po on the bank of the 'bri chu, founded by sga dam pa bde gshegs shes pa, a maternal cousin of dpal phag mo gru pa.

According to what had been said above, the "Great Commentary on the gsang ba snying po" (gsang ba snying po’i rgya cher ‘grel pa) composed by the ācārya nyi ma’i ‘od kyi seng ge, had originated in khams. Therefore one has to admit that the teaching of the Lineage of bai ro tsa na had also originated in khams.

The Chapter dealing mainly with the Cycle of the Māyā (26a) (sgyu 'phrul rgyud)

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

one of the ka pe rdzogs gsum, the three great monasteries of the rnying ma pas