Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The View of Non-Adherence (Tibetan: Zhen-med-kyi lta-ba) is a short text that begins with a Sanskrit title, Asambandha-sarga-dṛṣṭi-nāma, and an invocation to the deity Vārāhī. The fragment presents a poetic address to a 'Hero,' employing metaphors of horses and steeds associated with the five Sugatas to describe a spiritual or meditative trajectory. By framing the pursuit of the 'view' through the imagery of mounting a steed to navigate the three realms of existence, the text commits the reader to a path of transcendence guided by the wisdom of the Buddhas. The fragment is primarily introductory and devotional in nature, establishing the ritual and symbolic framework for a discourse on non-attachment or non-adherence.
Provenance
About this text
A treatise on the view of non-attachment, the Asaṃbandhasargadṛṣṭi belongs to the tradition of the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian author Kambalapāda. It is preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition under the title Zhen med kyi lta ba, appearing in volume ཟི of the Tengyur, where it extends over two pages. The text opens with an invocation to the Mother Vārāhī and employs poetic imagery of horses and steeds associated with the five Sugatas. Through these metaphors, the work enacts a spiritual trajectory, framing the navigation of the three realms of existence as a process of taming and transcendence guided by the wisdom of the Buddhas. A scholar or serious reader consults this short work today to examine the ritual and symbolic framework used to establish a discourse on non-adherence, specifically how the imagery of the rider and the steed is utilized to describe the attainment of a specific meditative view.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “The View of Non-Adherence” (Toh 2429), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2429
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its use of Vajrayāna imagery and its bilingual titling, reflecting the transmission of Indian philosophical concepts into Tibetan. The invocation of Vārāhī suggests the text belongs to a tantric context where the 'view' is realized through specific deity-centered practices.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
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Introduction and Invocation
Provides the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, an homage to Vārāhī, and a poetic address to a practitioner using the metaphor of the five Sugatas.
Themes
Non-attachment/Non-adherence (1)
Vajrayāna Iconography (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Asambandha-sarga-dṛṣṭi-nāma. In the language of Tibet: Zhen-med-kyi lta-ba (The View of Non-Attachment). Homage to the Mother Vārāhī!
This [horse] of the three realms of existence,
O Hero, take it to your own course!
Mounted upon the steeds of the five Sugatas,
A hero like me, a rider,
Exists nowhere in the world.
By galloping, I have tamed the wild horses of the three poisons;
I have saddled them with the four great deities,
And harnessed them with the reins of insight and method.
A hero like me, a rider,
Exists nowhere in the world.
By galloping, I have tamed the wild horses of the three poisons;
I have provided the fodder of the ten afflictions,
And tethered them in the central stall of the six views.
By galloping, I have tamed the wild horses of the three poisons;
A hero like me, a rider,
Exists nowhere in the world.
Wielding the sword of the Guru’s oral instructions,
I travel above the six abodes of Brahmā.
A hero like me, a rider,
Exists nowhere in the world.
By galloping, I have tamed the wild horses of the three poisons;
Even if one were to gallop through the ten directions,
The tracks of that horse would not be seen.
A hero like me, a rider,
Exists nowhere in the world.
By galloping, I have tamed the wild horses of the three poisons.
The Zhen-med-kyi lta-ba (The View of Non-Attachment), composed by the master Kambala, is hereby complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.