16th Century

Title
rgyud bzhi’i ’grel pa mes po’i zhal lung
Author Zurkha Lodo Gyalpo (zur mkhar ba blo gros rgyal po, 1509-1579), Compiled between 1560 and 1570.
Reprint bod gzhung sman rtsi khang, Dharamsala
Pages
Indian edition: Vol. 1: 3728 pages
Vol. 2: 6782 pages
Electronic Version
Vol. 1: 1.73 MB
Vol. 2: 1.84 MB
Comments Lodo Gyalpo was the main representative of the zur lug school of Tibetan medicine. This is his main work, a commentary on the Gyushi, and is entitled “Commentary on the Four Tantras: Oral Instruction of the Ancestor”. Lodo Gyalpo completed the commentary only on the first and second Tantra and on the first two chapters of the Last Tantra of the Gyushi. The work was later completed by Darmo Menrampa Lobsang Choedrag. This work of dual authorship has been exemplary in the history of Tibetan medical literature. It summarises the main points of previous writers, corrects erroneous views and explores the content of previous Indian sources. It was a major source for Sangye Gyatso’s Vaidurya sngon po.