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ISSN 2753-4812
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Parting from the Four Attachments

Mind Training (Lojong) Parting from the Four Attachments

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If attached to this life, you are not a dharma practitioner;

If attached to the three realms, you have no renunciation;

If attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhicitta;

If there is grasping, you do not have the view.

A series of texts related to the famous four-line instruction that Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158) received from Mañjuśrī:

Commentaries

by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
Drakpa Gyaltsen's famous commentary on the four-line instruction that his father, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, received from Mañjuśrī, is so closely associated with the root text that it is often known by the same title, Parting from the Four Attachments.
Advice Sakya Kabum Damngak Dzö
by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak
Little is known about the author, Nubpa Rigdzin Drak, who may have been a student of Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216), but his commentary is among the best known works on Parting from the Four Attachments—partly as a result of its inclusion in the Blo sbyong brgya rtsa compendium. The text explains the antidotes to each of the four attachments and the results that will accrue from applying them.
Advice Damngak Dzö
by Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen
A brief commentary on Parting From the Attachments (zhen pa bzhi bral), the famous four-line instruction originally revealed by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), Sakya Paṇḍita's great uncle.
Advice Sakya Kabum Damngak Dzö 10 Apr 2014

Lineage Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Supplementary verses to be added to the prayer to the lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments composed by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382–1456).
Lineage Prayers Damngak Dzö Sakya 22 Feb 2019
by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo
A prayer to the lineage of masters who held the instructions for the famous four-line teaching from the Buddha and Mañjuśrī down to Ngorchen's own guru, Sharchen Yeshe Gyaltsen (shar chen ye shes rgyal mtshan, 1359–1406).
Lineage Prayers Damngak Dzö Compendium of Sādhanas Sakya 21 Feb 2019

Root Text

spoken by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
This famous four-line teaching was spoken by Mañjuśrī, who appeared in a vision to the young Sachen Kunga Nyingpo during a six-month retreat. It is said to encapsulate the entire bodhisattva path of the pāramitās.
Advice Damngak Dzö 26 Jan 2007

Song

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This experiential song (nyams dbyangs) based on 'Parting from the Four Attachments' (zhen pa bzhi bral) was composed in the cave of Rangjung Dorje, where Mañjuśrī is said to have delivered the original teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158).
Songs and Poems 7 Feb 2007

Related Topics

Advice Mind Training (Lojong) Sakya Sakya Kabum

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

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Further information:

BDRC T1504 (zhen pa bzhi bral)

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