ShortChantreatise on the method of "gazing at the mind" (rang gi sems la bltas). Extracts from this text are quoted three times in [STMG] 144.4and [STMG] 160.1and [STMG] 172.2under the titleShort Scripture(lung chung). This is substantially the same text as [BL] IOL Tib J 689, although it omits the last six lines of that text. As first noted in [Okimoto_1979] , a version of this text is also the root text for the commentary found in [Lalou_1939] 699. Thus there are three extant versions in all. There are minor differences between the three: [BL] IOL Tib J 689has six more lines at the end of the text, and [Lalou_1939] 699adds a further line claiming that the work is one of "Ati[-yoga]" (a ti yin no--see [Lalou_1939] 6995a.2). The commentary on this line compares the qualities of the teachers of sutra, tantra, andAtiyoga, making it a significant example of the possible interactions betweenChanand early Atiyoga. This issue is discussed in [Meinert_2002] and in [van_Schaik_and_Dalton_2004] .

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Extra folio(s) have been pasted to the bottom of the manuscript. The writing style is somewhat different from the previous folios. Nevertheless, it appears that this text may begin with the last line of folioRf.2v, which is still in the earlier hand.

"/dang por zhugs pa'i sgo brtan pa dang/Rf.3rsems ci ltar gzhag pai tshul ['am?] ...
ye shes kyi ngang du gyur pa dang/byung tshor [ngo shes /]
sems kyi ['ches] ba'i thabs la mkhas/ des par
lung bstan pa'o/
@//gsang ba sde gsum dang/ 'gu ya lang ka las btus
mtshan gtor chung du gsolo/
@/:/gog [la]Rf.3v@//gleng gzhi [sa?] la/ slob pon gang gis mdzad pa
rgyud gang las btus pa dang/ /don ced chI phyIr mdzad pa
mgo chug du don dus ston pa dang/ tshIg gI le'u 'tshams sbyar
ba dang/ 'o/ slob pon nI'bu ta kub tadang/shI rI man 'judang/
hung ka radang/ /theg pa thams cad kyI yo rtse/ chos
thams cad kyI snyIng po/ de bzhIn gshegs pa thams chad
kyI thugs kyI gsang ba/ [rgums?] kyI bcud/ /gsang sngags
rdo rje theg pa bshad do 'tshol kyI lugs kyIs rtsIs mgo/ "

This appears to be the beginning of an introduction to tantra, based on the "three secret classes" (gsang ba sde gsum) which may be connected to later classification schemes of the three inner yogas.

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