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It is cited in the various lists of the \u201cEighteen Translations of the Semd\u00e9\u201d, with the exception of the list by Nyangrel Nyima \u00d6zer (12th c.).<\/p>\n<p>Along with &#8220;The Pure and Perfect Spirit&#8221;, &#8220;Light of the Three Dimensions of Existence&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/dzogchentoday.org\/the-sublime-monarch\/\">The Sublime Monarch<\/a> and the &#8220;All-Encompassing One&#8221;, this texte is one of the \u201cfour [so-called] minor teachings\u201d that were taught by Shri Singha to Bairotsana immediately after the transmission of the \u201cfive ancient translations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that reading this text will be profitable and enlightening for you, but we would like to stress the crucial importance of a direct oral transmission of this text by a teacher who has realized it. 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