9789004534223 Acknowledgements Conventions Used Sigla Introduction Part 1 An Essay in Approaching Effortlessness 1 Evoking Effortlessness 2 Effortlessness as a Trope of Demarcation 3 Looking Back: A Precedent in Nyak Jñanakumara 4 An Internal Contradiction? 5 Coalescence of the Transcendence-Immanence Relational Polarity 6 Effortlessness as Path 7 Inwardness and Spaciousness 8 The Question of Method 9 Effortlessness and Conduct 10 Encounter and Transmission Conclusion Part 2 The Texts Introductory Remarks 1 A Note on the Editions of the Orally Transmitted Injunctions of the Nyingma 2 Overview of the Root Texts in Their Various Versions 3 Categories of Variants1 rJe btsan dam pa'i 'grel pa / Commentary on the Holy Revered One (JDG) 2 Byang chub sems bde ba 'phra bkod kyi don 'grel / Meaning Commentary on the Inlaid Jewel of Bliss, the Enlightened Mind (DPG) 3 rDo rje gzong phugs kyi 'grel pa / Commentary on the Adamantine Piercing Awl (DZG) 4 rTse mo byung rgyal 'grel pa / Commentary on the Victorious Peak (TBG) Bibliography Index.