Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.
Catalogue
68 snan ston no-bo so-sor 'jin-pa de srid-du thub-pa'i dgons-pa mi rtogs-par bstan-pa (46 v), ita-ba'i dpyad-pa rjogs-pa'i chad bstan-pa (51 v), thal-'gyur-ba'i lta-ba'i khyad-ííhos bstan-pa (53 r). 25. de gsum thos-bsam-gyis gtan-la phebs-nas nams-su len dgos-par gdams-pa (55 ). 26. brcams-pa mthar-phyin-pa'i chul (56 r). Colophon (57 r): Ses "Lam-gyi gco-bo rnam gsum"-gyi rnam-báad gsun-rab kun-gyi gnad bsdus-pa; "Legs-bsad snin-po" zes bya-ba 'di ni | Thos-bsam glin-pa'i slob-dpon-pa lun-rigs smra-ba 'Jam-dbyans őhos'phel-gyis nan-tan íhen-pos bskul-ba-la brten-nas | ihos-smra-ba'i bcun-pa Blo-bzan ye-ées-kyis Bka'-gdcuns pho-bran-du sbyar-ba'o | This was written by the second pan-chen Lama, Blo-bzan ye-áes (1663-1737), on the inspiration of a Guru from the Thos-bsam monastery, 'Jam-dbyans chos-'phel. The book is, in fact, a commentary on one of Con-kha-pa's letters written to his disciple, Cha-kho dbon-po, Nag-dbah grags-pa and included later on in his collected works under the title: Lam-gyi gco-bo rnam gsum-gyi gdams-pa ("Instruction concerning the three main factors of the way", Suzuki No. 6087, Sendai No. 5275/85). The letter is brief, being only a few pages in length. The commentary is divided structurally into two main parts. The first chapter is devoted to an appreciation of Con-kha-pa's greatness. The fourth chapter of the second part strikes the keynote of the whole work: it contains the commentary on the lam-gyi gco-bo itself. Here the three factors (gco) are discussed, i.e. the ideals of people on the three different stages of development as defined in Lam-rim őhen-mo: 1. the salvationideal (nes-byun, Sanskrit niryäta) for the least mature (skyes-bu öhun-nu); 2. the enli . itenment-ideal (byan-ihub-sems, Sanskrit bodhicitta) for those who have attained an intermediary level ('brin); 3. the ideal of the right perception of the truth (yan-dag-pa'i lta-ba, Sanskrit samyakdrsti) for the most advanced group (skyes-bu chen-po). Cf. TPS p. 133; MHTL Vol. I, p. 52, No. 1.020.
