Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The text, titled The Path and Result Which Purifies the Precious Mind, begins with a formal homage to the protector Ajita. The fragment establishes a foundational Buddhist argument regarding the precariousness of human existence, specifically the rarity and fragility of the freedoms and endowments required for spiritual practice. The author asserts that the cycle of karma and its subsequent results are inherently characterized by suffering. Consequently, the text commits the reader to a practice of meditation as the primary means of abandoning these suffering-inducing karmic patterns. The work is structured as a guide to purification, positioning the realization of impermanence and the nature of karmic causality as the necessary catalysts for the reader to engage in the path toward a purified mind.
Provenance
About this text
A treatise on the purification of the mind, the Cittaratnaviśodhanamārgaphala belongs to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. It is attributed to the Indian author Kaśmīri Buddhajñāna. The work entered the Tibetan tradition through the efforts of Kaśmīri Buddhajñāna and the translator lo tsa ba byams pa’i dpal, and it is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཟི, where it occupies one page. In the classical Tibetan language, it is known as the sems rin po che sbyang ba'i lam 'bras. The work opens with an homage to the protector Ajita and argues that the rare freedoms and endowments of existence are fragile and quickly perish. It asserts that karma and its results are characterized by suffering, urging the practitioner to abandon these through the meditation of insight and compassion to attain the three purposes across the three births. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to examine its foundational arguments regarding the precariousness of human existence and the necessity of meditative practice as a means of overcoming karmic causality to achieve a purified mind.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “The Path and Result Which Purifies the Precious Mind” (Toh 2465), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2465
Summary & commentary
Significance
This work is significant as it exemplifies the traditional Indo-Tibetan pedagogical approach of initiating a practitioner through the contemplation of suffering and impermanence. For the modern reader, it illustrates the conceptual framework of karmic causality and the urgency associated with spiritual cultivation in the Tibetan tradition.
Structure
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Introduction
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, a homage to Ajita, and an opening exhortation to meditate on the fragility of life and the nature of karmic suffering.
Themes
Impermanence (1)
Karmic causality and suffering (1)
Spiritual purification (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaThe Path and Result Which Purifies the Precious Mind·
In the language of India: Cittaratnaviśodhanāmārgaphalam. In the language of Tibet: Sems rin po che sbyang ba’i lam ’bras. Homage to the venerable protector Ajita.
The freedoms and endowments, so difficult to find, quickly perish. Karma and its results are suffering. To abandon these, meditate on insight and compassion. Through the path of the three births, the three purposes are attained. By means of the three excellences, merit is accumulated. Through vast methods, it is perfectly increased. Through profound insight, it is purified. With the dedication of union, it is sealed.
This concludes "The Path and Result of Purifying the Precious Mind," spoken by the great Paṇḍita Buddhashrījñāna, the supreme among the five fields of knowledge, who was born in Nepal from a Kashmiri lineage. It was translated into Tibetan by the great scholar-translator Jampai Pal in the presence of that very master, at the temple of Yamgal in Nepal.
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.