the Zabmo Yangtig. According to Germano, Longchenpa's compilation "brought much needed order and organizational clarity to the at times chaotic mass of the Vimalamitra-transmitted Seminal Heart scriptures inherited from Kumaradza." Other works Some of his other important original compositions include: The Trilogy of Natural Freedom (rang grol skor gsum), mainly focuses on Mind Series (semde) forms of contemplation. The Trilogy of Natural Ease (ngal gso skor gsum), provides a graduated lamrim (stages of the path) style approach to Dzogchen practice. The Trilogy of Dispelling Darkness, three commentaries on the Guhyagarbha Tantra (The Nucleus of Mystery) which draw on the Dzogchen texts as well A commentary on the Kunyed Gyalpo Tantra The Triumph over Error (’Khrul pa rab 'joms) The Melodious Thunderclap [like the voice of] Brahmā (sNgags kyi spyi don tshangs dbyangs ’brug sgra). English translations Seven Treasuries 1. Padma karpo (The White Lotus) (excerpts). In Tulku Thondup. The Practice of Dzogchen Chapter One translated by Kennard Lipman in Crystal Mirror V: Lineage of Diamond Light (Compiled by Tarthang Tulku, Dharma Publishing, 1977), chapter "How Saṃsāra is Fabricated from the Ground Up" pp. 336–356. 2. The Precious Treasury of Pith Instructions (Upadeśa ratna kośa nāma/Man ngag rin po che'i mdzod ces bya ba). Translated by Richard Barron (Lama Chökyi Nyima). Padma Publishing, 2006. 3. The Precious Treasury of Philosophical Systems (Yāna sakalārtha dīpa siddhyanta ratna kośa nāma/Theg pa mtha' dag gi don gsal bar byed pa grub pa'i mtha' rin po che'i mdzod ces bya ba). Translated by Richard Barron (Chökyi Nyima). Padma Publishing, 2007. The Treasury of Doxography (Grub mtha mdzod). In The Doxographical Genius of Kun mkhyen kLong chen rab 'byams pa. Translated by Albion Moonlight Butters. Columbia University, 2006. 4. Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning (tsig don rinpoche dzod). Translated by Light of Berotsana. Snow Lion 2015 The Treasury of Precious Words and Meanings. Illuminating the Three Sites of the Unsurpassed Secret, the Adamantine Nucleus of Radiant Light (Padārtha Ratnasya Kośa nāma/Tshig Don Rin-po-che mDzod Ces Bya Ba), chapters 1-5. In David Francis Germano. Poetic Thought, the Intelligent Universe and the Mystery of Self: the Tantric Synthesis of rDzogs Chen in fourteenth century Tibet. The University of Wisconsin, 1992. Tshigdon Dzod (excerpts). In Tulku Thondup. The Practice of Dzogchen 6. The Basic Space of Phenomena (Dharmadhātu ratna kośa nāma//Chos dbyings rin po che'i mdzod ces bya ba). Translated by Richard Barron (Chökyi Nyima). Padma Publishing, 2001. Spaciousness: