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• Wylie:'phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i man ngag  + (The text appears in several editions of th … The text appears in several editions of the Tengyur, as well as in collections on Severance. It was known as the Fifty-Verse Poem (Tshigs su bcad pa lnga bcu pa), or the Grand Poem (Tshigs bcad chen mo). Apparently the name that we find here, Esoteric Instructions on the Perfection of Wisdom, was attached by a later editor. This text attributed to the Brahmin Āryadeva (Bram ze A rya de ba). There is very little information on the Brahmin Āryadeva, though it is clear that this is not the same person as Ācārya Āryadeva, the famous disciple of Nāgārjuna, since both Āryadevas often appear in the same lineage of Severance. In the various complex lines of transmission, Brahmin Āryadeva is placed variously after Nāgārjuna and Ācārya Āryadeva, after Tārā and Sukhasiddhī, and after Mañjuśrī, all indicating his importance as an ancient source. In all cases, however, the direct recipient of his lineage is Dampa Sangye, said to be his nephew. It is Dampa Sangye (also called Pa Dampa, or “father” Dampa) who apparently brought the text from India to Tibet, having himself translated it, and gave it to the translator Zhama to edit, as stated in the colophon. The Chod Practice (Cutting the Maras), the Profound Meaning of the Prajnaparamita.he Profound Meaning of the Prajnaparamita.)

• Wylie:'phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i man ngag  +