Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines
Numéro quatre-vingt – Janvier 2026
Northern Treasures Histories — Volume 1: Before Rigdzin Gödem
Based on Khenpo Chöying’s
The Garland of Wondrous Tales
Jean-Luc Achard, Stéphane Arguillère, Tenpa Tsering Batsang, Cécile Ducher, Simon Martin, Jay Valentine
Volume editor: Stéphane Arguillère
General Foreword
1. Constructing Legitimacy
2. Northern Treasures: from Trend to Institution
3. Reassessing Northern Treasures within the Nyingma School
Abbreviations
Introduction: Methodological Remarks and Overview of the Content
I. Methodological Remarks
II. Presentation of the First Volume
II. Overview of the Following Volumes
Chapter 1: A Concise Presentation of the Life of Padmasambhava
Introduction
Prophecies
Education & Training
Commentary by Jamgön Mipham
Concealment and Revelation of the Treasures
Concealment and Revelation of the Prophetic Guides
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Legend of the Great Zhang Nanam Dorjé Düjom
The Previous Lives of Nanam Dorjé Düjom
The Life of Nanam Dorjé Düjom
Padmasambhava’s General Statements and
Predictions about Nanam Dorjé Düjom
Later Manifestations of Nanam Dorjé Düjom
Chapter 3: Imperial Legends of the Northern Treasures: Padmasambhava & Nanam Dorjé Düjom
The Biography of Padmasambhava
Outline of Khenpo Chöying’s Biography of Padmasambhava
The Biography of Nanam Dorjé Düjom
Outline of Khenpo Chöying’s Biography of Nanam Dorjé Düjom
Chapter 4: Düjom Rinpoché’s The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism in Context: Understanding Recent Nyingma Historiography
An Overview of Düjom Rinpoché’s Global Narrative
Chapter 5: The Padmasambhava Epic and the Standard Explanation of the Termas
Chapter 6: An Overview of the Kama and Terma Traditions up to Rigdzin Gödem’s Time According to Düjom Rinpoché
Chapter 7: An Outline of Rigdzin Pema Trinlé’s (1641–1717) The Biographies for the Sūtra Initiation Lineage’
Presentation of Pema Trinlé’s The Biographies for the Sūtra Initiation Lineage
Structure of The Biographies for the Sūtra Initiation Lineage
Chapter 8: The Uninterrupted Oral Tradition Heritage of the Northern Treasures Masters and the Early Termas: 8th to 10th centuries
The Indian Origins: Questions about the More or Less Central Status of Padmasambhava
First Generations of Tibetan Masters (until the second diffusion of the Dharma in Tibet): the Great Importance of Nub Sangyé Yeshé
Vairocana, Nyak Jñānakumāra and Sokpo Palgyi Yeshé Nubchen Sangyé Yeshé, Nub Khulungpa Yönten Gyatso, and Nub Yeshé Gyatso
Chapter 9: Zurpoché, Zurchungwa, his Disciples, and Drophukpa in the Context of the “Tibetan Renaissance”
A Side Note on Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo
From Drophukpa to Yungtönpa and Drölmawa (14th century)
Chapter 10: What is the Source of Rigdzin Gödem’s Lineage for the Bima Nyingthik?
Chapter 11: Terma Lineages, First Part: Gya Zhangtrom’s Mañjuśrī Master of Life
Chapter 12: Late 11th–13th Century: Tertön Sarben Chokmé, Nyangral, Gongri Sangyé Wangchen, and Guru Chöwang
Tertön Sarben Chokmé’s Mañjuśrī’s Dzogchen
12th Century: Nyangral Nyima Özer (1124–1192)
Gongri Sangyé Wangchen (12th Century)
and The Secret Cycle of Hayagrīva
Thirteenth Century: the Mongol Empire
Guru Chöwang (1212–1270)
Chapter 13: An Overview of the Religious and Political Situation in Early Fourteenth Century Tibet
Butön Rinchen Drub (1290–1364) and Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen (1312–1375)
Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé (1284–1339)
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (1292–1361)
An Overview of the Political Situation from Late 13th to Mid-15th Centuries and its Religious Consequences
Chapter 14: A Key Figure at the turn of the 14th Century: Pema Ledreltsal (1291–1319)
Pema Ledreltsal’s Life
Rāhula
The Khandro Nyingthik
Chapter 15: The Struggle for Legitimacy over Pema Ledreltsal’s Legacy: Rinchen Lingpa and Longchenpa
Rinchen Lingpa (1289–1368)
Longchenpa (1308–1364)
Chapter 16: Other Tertöns in the Time of Rigdzin Gödem
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Pönsé Khyungö Tsal and his identification with Rigdzin Gödem
Appendix 2: Timeline (dates mentioned in this volume)
Appendix 3: Table of Equivalences
Bibliography
Tibetan Sources
Collections
Canonical Texts
Kangyur
Nyingma Canonical Collections
Sources in Western Languages
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