Sources for the Dzogchen Masters' Legends
Garab Dorje
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.490-494
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.120.2-127.2
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.46-48
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma, unpublished manuscript.
Manjushrimitra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol.1, pp.493-494
bDud 'joms chos 'byung,ff.126-127.2
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.48-51
Shri Singha
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.497-501
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.51-52.
Buddhajanapada
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.56ff.
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.494-496
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.127.2-130.6
Jnanasutra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, pp.497-500
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.52-54
Vimalamitra
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.497-501
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.130.5-137.5
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas, pp.54-59
King Dza
rNying ma rtogs brjod, NGB Vol 35 ff.334-343.
Dunjom Rinpoche includes the Nyingma Tokjo account in his History almost
verbatim:
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.458-60
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.78.4-81
Kambalapada, Lawapa
The incomparable story teller Taranatha relates the legends
ofLawapa in his bKa' 'bab bdun ldan, translated by David Templeman as The SevenInstruction Lineages. Dudjom
Rimpoche relates three of them and most likely they used a
common source
The Rosary story
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.33
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.485-6;
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.112.4-113.
The Sleeping Bhiksu
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.33.
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. p.486
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, f.113
The Blanket
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.34
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1, p.487
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, f.116.
The Bowl of Soup
Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, p.35
Vairotsana
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.538-540;
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.187.3-190.4.
Tulku Tondup, The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmas,
pp.157-159
Namkhai Nyingpo
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma: unpublished translation
Nubchen Sangye Yeshe
Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School, Vol 1. pp.606-616
bDud 'joms chos 'byung, ff.290-304
Samten Karmay, Dzogchen pp. 11, 69, 99-101, 126, 208
Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer, Zang gling ma: unpublished translation
The Testaments of the Masters
Garab Dorje to Manjusrimitra: "The Three Incisive
Precepts", Tshig gsum gnad rdegs; NYZ Vi ma
snying thig Pt 1, Vol Ga. pp.304-18
Garab Dorje to Manjusrimitra: "Stone of Purified Gold",
rDo la gser zhun, translated into English as
Primordial Experience by Namkhai Norbu and
Kenard Lipman, Shambhala, Boston 1987.
Manjushrimitra to Shri Singha: "Six Meditation
Experiences", sGom nyams drug pa: NYZ Vi ma
snying thig Pt 1, Vol Ga, pp. 304-31; DZ Vol 1
pp. 476-8 [498].
Shri Singha to Jnanasutra: "Seven Nails", gZer bu
bdun pa NYZ Vi ma snying thig Pt 1 Vol Ga
pp318-25.
Vimalamitra to Jnanasutra: "Four Profound Methods",
bZhag thabs bzhi: NYZ Vi ma snying thig Pt 1
Vol Ga pp.325-31.