Abbreviations Used in Notes
BD — Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (“Big Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary”). Compiled by Tshe tan zhabs drung et al. 2 vols. (Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1985, 1987). DHA — Gso ba rig pa’i tshig mdzod g.yu thog dgongs rgyan (“Ornament of Yutok’s Mind, A Dictionary of Healing Arts”) by Dbang ’dus. (Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1982). GP — Lus kyis mchod sbyin gyi zin bris mdor bsdus kun dga’i skyed tshal (“Grove of Pleasures”) by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye. LTD — Lama Tashi Dondup RH — Zhi byed dang gcod yul gyi chos ’byung rin po che’i phreng ba thar pa’i rgyen. (“The Precious Garland Ornament of Liberation; the Religious History of Pacification (Chöd) and Severance (Zhije)”) by Khams smyon dharma seng ge, alias ’Jig ’bral chos kyi seng ge, in Gcod kyi chos skor, 411–597. (Delhi: Tibet House, 1974). RT — Ringu Tulku Rinpoche SKT — Surmang Khenpo Tsering Text 1 — Phung po gzan skyur gyi rnam bshad gcod kyi don gsal byed (“Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, A Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body As Food”), ed. Nam mkha’i rgyal mtshan/Gang bdag. Copy of handwritten text. Text 2 — Phung po gzan skyur gyi rnam bshad gcod kyi don gsal byed (“Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, A Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body As Food”), ed. Nam mkha’i rgyal mtshan/Gang bdag. Printed by Byams pa bsod nams in Gcod kyi chos skor, fols. 10–410. (Delhi: Tibet House, 1974). TMP — Yuri Parfionovitch, Fernand Meyer, and Gyurme Dorje, eds., Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653–1705) (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992). TOK — Shes bya kun khyab (theg pa’i sgo kun las btus pa gsung rab rin po che’i mdzod bslab pa gsum legs par ston pa’i bstan bcos shes bya kun khyab) (“Treasury of Knowledge”) by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye. 3 vols. (Lhasa: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1982). TR — Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche