An introduction to the Degé Tengyur catalog by Shuchen Tsultrim Rinchen, an essential reference work describing how the treatises were compiled, printed, and organized, with comprehensive tables of contents for the entire collection.
A New Moon to Make the Ocean Swell: The Wondrous Account of How Billowing Cloud Banks of Merit Amassed in the Age of Perfection from the Miraculous SourceTexts Which Became an Endless Dharma Gift of All the Treatises That Unravel the Intent Behind the Teachings of the Omniscient Friend of the Sun as Translated in the Language of the Land of Snows
kun mkhyen nyi ma’i gnyen gyi bka’ lung gi dgongs don rnam par ’grel ba’i bstan bcos gangs can pa’i skad du ’gyur ro ’tshal gyi chos sbyin rgyun mi ’chad pa’i ngo mtshar ’phrul gyi phyi mo rdzogs ldan bskal pa’i bsod nams kyi sprin phung rgyas par dkrigs pa’i tshul las nye brtsams pa’i gtam ngo mtshar chu gter ’phel ba’i zla ba gsar pa
Shuchen Tsultrim Rinchen (1697–1774)
Folios: 1.a–503.a
Total pages: 1,005
On the Buddhist Teachings, a Chapter to Inspire Faith
sar+ga dang po: yid ches bskyed pa’i ched du bstan pa gang las byung ba
On the Deeds of the Holders of the Teachings, a Chapter to Inspire Joy
sar+ga gnyis pa: spro ba skyed pa’i ched du bstan skyong rnams kyi bya ba byas pa
A Presentation of the Good Dharma, a Chapter Determining the Subjects ofExegesis
sar+ga gsum pa: bkral bya nges pa’i ched du dam pa’i chos kyi rnam par gzhag pa
A Presentation of All the Treatises, a Chapter Determining How to ConductExegesis
sar+ga bzhi pa: ’grel tshul nges pa’i ched du bstan bcos kun gyi rnam par gzhag pa
How the Commentaries Were Put into Print, a Chapter to Ensure the TeachingsEndure
sar+ga lnga pa: bstan pa gnas pa’i ched du dgongs ’grel par du bsgrub par bskul ba
On the Process of Publication, a Chapter whose Request Could not be Refused
sar+ga drug pa: bskul ba mi ldog ched du ji ltar par du bsgrub pa
The Table of Contents, a Chapter to Make the Purpose Easily Understood
sar+ga bdun pa: dgos don rtogs par sla phyir chos kyi bzhugs byang smos pa
Dedicating the Virtue to Awakening, a Chapter to Make This Composition Meaningful
sar+ga brgyad pa: brtsams pa don yod ched du dge ba byang chub tu bsngo ba
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