The Garland of Views: An Instruction

The Garland of Views: An Instruction (T. man ngag lta ba'i phreng ba མན་ངག་ལྟ་བའི་ཕྲེང་བ་). A concise commentary by Padmasambhava on a chapter from the Guhyagarbha Tantra on the different Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical views, including the Dzogchen view.

This text provides the basis for the system of the nine yanas that subsequently became the accepted way of classifying the different Buddhist paths in the Nyingma tradition.

It is the only text in the Kama collection attributed to Padmasambhava; all his other compositions belong to the category of terma.

Translations

• Padmasambhava; Jamgon Mipham (2016), A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala Publications 
• Keith Dowman, The Flight of the Garuda, Boston: Wisdom, 1993
• Translation by Geshe Thupten Jinpa

Commentaries

• Rongzom Mahapandita
• Tsangtön Dorje
• Jamgön Kongtrul
• Mipam Gyatso, A Treasury of Gems (T. nor bu'i bang mdzod)
• Tsultrim Zangpo, man ngag lta ba’i phreng ba’i bsdus ‘grel blo gros ‘dab stod ‘byed pa’i nyi snang
• 14th Dalai Lama, Recorded Live at the University of Miami, English Translation by Geshe Thupten Jinpa, September 19-21, 2004. Available as a Quicktime video [1]