The Ambrosia of Heart Tantra

by Yeshi Dhonden and Jhampa Kelsang (Tr.)

The original Sanskrit work was probably written during the fourth century A.D. It was translated into Tibetan by Vairochana and given to King Khrisrong IDe'u btsan (755-797) A.D. and to the royal court physician, the Elder Yuthog Yontan Gonpo (708-833 A.D.). Youthog not only clarified this work but also wrote 18 supplements to it. It is most likely that after the famous international medical conference at Samye, Yuthog synthesized the best of then known medical systems and rewrote the rGyudbzhi; Four Tantras. His work was shaped by his most famous descendent, the Younger Yuthog Yontan Gonpo (1112-1203).