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Buddhist Texts Through the Ages
Introduction
First Part
THE TEACHING OF THE ELDERS
By I. B. Horner
  • THE SAMGHA17
THE ORDER OF MONKS AND NUNS
Conversion of Anathapindika 17
Conversion of General Siha 20
Ordination of Pajapati the Great 23
Visakha, the Laywoman Supporter 26
Schism 28
SKILL IN MEANS 33
ARAHANTS 42
THE BUDDHIST APOCALYPSE 45
  • THE DHAMMA51
THE FIVE FACULTIES
The Five Faculties collectively 51
The Five Faculties separately 52
Faith 52
Vigour 54
Mindfulness 56
Concentration 60
Wisdom 64
CONDITIONED GENESIS
Conditioned Genesis collectively 65
Cond:tioned Genesis separately 70
Ignorance 70
Consciousness 70
Feelng 72
Craving 73
Grasping 74
Birth, Ageing and Dying 76
THE OBJECT OF WISDOM
Crossing Over 82
Emptiness 90
Nirvana 92
  • THE BUDDHA AND TATHAGATA103


Second Part
THE MAHAYANA
By Edward Conze


  • BASIC NOTIONS119
CRITICISM OF THE HINAYANA POSITION
Bodhisattvas and Disciples 119
The Conversion of Sariputra 120
The two Nirvanas 124
THE BODHISATTVA
Descriptions 127
His Infinite Compassion 131
The Dedication of Merit 132
THE SIX PERFECTIONS
Definition 135
The six Perfections and the Body 136
The Perfection of Giving 136
The Perfection of Patience 137
The Perfection of Meditation 138
THE BUDDHA
The Tathagata as a Rain-cloud 139
The real Buddha 140
The Tathagatas' Coming and Going 143
The Dharma-body 143
Tathagata and Suchness 144
The 18 special dharmas of a Buddha 145
  • NEW WISDOM SCHOOL146
THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM 146
THE ELUSIVENESS OF PERFECT WISDOM 149
THE DOCTRINE OF PERFECT WISDOM 152
EMPTINESS
Preliminary Meditations 158
Definitions and Synonyms of Emptiness 163
Negations 172
Contradictions 175
Unreality of the World 177
Emptiness and Salvation 179
The Germ of Buddhahood in all Beings 181
  • THE BUDDHISM OF FAITH185
FAITH 185
THE ACTS AND REWARDS OF DEVOTION 186
THE OBJECTS OF DEVOTION
The Buddha 190
Avalokitesvara 194
Tara 196
THE PURE LAND 202
  • YOGACARINS207
MIND ONLY 207
TWOFOLD EGOLESSNESS 211
IRREALITY OF THE WORLD 212
THE BUDDHA AS THE BASIS OF ALL 216


Third Part
THE TANTRAS
By David Snellgrove


The Cleansing of Thought 221
Supreme Enlightenment 221
Saraha's Treasury of Songs 224
Anangavajra, The Attainment of the Realization of Wisdom and Means 240
Note on the Mandala 246
Advayavajra, The fivefold Manifestation 249
An Evocation of Prajnaparamita 252
The Mandala conceived within 254
The Story of Tanti 255
Mila Repa and the Novices 257


Fourth Part
TEXTS FROM CHINA AND JAPAN
By Arthur Waley


Introduction
  • TEXTS ORIGINATING IN INDIA274
The Parable of Me and Mine 274
On the Curing of Illness contracted during Dhyana Practice 274
Meditation upon the Element Water 275
Judging the Character of a Dhyana Pupil 276
The Bracelets 278
All Words are true 278
Buddha's Doctrine 279
The Negation of Dhyana 280
Po Chu-i. Poem On Reading the Dhyana Sutra 281
Nationality 282
The Intermediate State 283
Devas repeople the Earth 283
Buddha's Pity 285
  • TEXTS ORIGINATING IN CHINA AND JAPAN287
A Hinayana Sect in early China 287
The Truly So 290
From the Lives of the Nuns 291
On Trust in the Heart 295
From the Conversations of Shen-hui 299
A nice Mountain 302
Rain-making 302
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY307
  • SOURCES311
  • GLOSSARY313
  • ABBREVIATIONS323
Carefree Dignity
  • Dedication7
  • Foreword9
  • Open and Free13
  • Ground22
  • View35
  • Beginning Meditation53
  • Transcending Shamatha64
  • Not Meditating, Not Being Distracted88
  • Guided Meditation102
  • Losing It108
  • Vajrasattva Meditation126
  • Development and Completion Unified140
  • Compassion148
  • Carefree161
  • Progressive Path167
  • Bardo186
  • Fruition201
  • Confidence213
  • Dignity230
  • Afterword235
Cataphatic Emptiness: rGyal-tshab on the Buddha-essence Theory of Asaṅga's Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā
  • List of Tablesv
  • AcknowledgmentsvI
  • Technical Notesvii

Part 1: The Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamika Interpretation of the Buddha-essence Theory

  • Introduction2
  • Chapter 1: Historical and Doctrinal Background17
    • 1. rGyal-tshab's Life and Works17
    • 2. The social-political background26
    • 3. The doctrinal background29
    • 4. The Structure and Contents of the rGyud bla ṭīkā33
  • Chapter 2: Doctrinal Classification of the Ratnagotravibhāga37
    • 1. Asaṅga and the Five Treatises of Maitreya38
    • 2. The subtle emptiness according to the RGV41
      • The truth-habit as the cause of saṃsāra41
      • The truth-habit as the addictive obscuration43
      • Śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas' realization of objective selflessness44
      • Refuting the Vijñānavādin standpoint concerning emptiness47
    • 3. The Three Stages of Teaching according to the DIR49
      • Establishing the unique vehicle49
      • As the distinctive presentation of the Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamika
        viewpoint
        54
    • 4. The Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra and the TGS56
    • 5. The TGS as Being Definitive62
  • Chapter 3: Critiques of Absolutism, Skepticism, and Quietism69
    • 1. Critique of Dol-po-pa's "Great Madhyamaka"70
      • Refuting Dol-po-pa's classification of the TGS71
      • Refuting Buddha-essence as a permanent entity72
      • Refuting Buddha-essence as being endowed with twofold purities77
    • 2. Critique of the Mainstream Positions81
      • 'Gos-lo's position on Buddha-essence84
      • dGe-lugs-pa scholars' responses89
    • 3. A Comparison with Critiques of "Original-enlightenment" theory in
      Modern Chinese Buddhism
      94
      • A comparison of interpretations between 'Gos-lo and Zongmi96
      • Modern Chinese Critiques of "Original-enlightenment"99
  • Chapter 4: Analysis of the Title and Textural Structure110
    • 1. The Title "Mahāyānottaratantra" and Its Implication110
    • 2. The Seven Vajra-Like Bases114
      • Two aspects114
      • rGyal-tshab's revision of rNgog-lo's "two wheels" theory 116
      • The first three bases as ultimate fruition118
      • The last four bases as cause and conditions119
    • 3. The Term "Ratnagotra" and the Textual Structure of RGV121
    • 4. rGyal-tshab on the Fourfold Ratnagotra as Cause and Conditions124
      • The Element as a cause according to RGV I.16124
      • The last three bases as conditions127
    • 5. On RGV 1.3129
    • 6. Conclusion132
  • Chapter 5: Reality, Element, and Natural Luminosity of the Mind134
    • 1. The Buddha-essence and Its Various Names134
    • 2. Reality136
      • As immutable ultimate reality136
      • The tainted reality138
    • 3. Dharmatā140
    • 4. Natural Luminosity of the Mind142
      • Origin in Canonical sources142
      • rGyal-tshab's Exegesis on the Passages from the SMS and the DIR144
      • On the Passage from the GGS147
    • 5. The Element150
      • According to the AAN150
      • According to the MAS154
    • 6. The Buddha-essence and the Madhyamaka Philosophy156
      • The Equation of the Buddha-essence with emptiness156
      • Realizing the Buddha-essence as the Middle Way159
    • 7. Conclusion163
  • Chapter 6: Buddha-essence and Its Ten Aspects164
    • 1. The Tripartite Buddha-essence164
      • The diffusion of the truth body166
      • The indivisible reality and generic potentials168
    • 2. The Ten Points170
      • Nature171
      • Causes173
      • Fruition178
      • Actions187
      • Possession192
      • Engagement194
      • States196
      • All-pervadingness198
      • Unchangeability200
      • Indivisible excellences205
  • Chapter 7: The Eighteen Similes in the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra209
    • 1. rGyal-tshab's General Discussion209
    • 2. The Nine Smiles for the Obscuring Defilements215
      • The lotus simile for latent state of attachment215
      • The bees simile for latent state of hatred216
      • The husks simile for latent state of misknowledge216
      • The filth simile for intense outburst of attachment, hatred, and
        misknowledge
        218
      • The floor simile for ground of instincts for misknowledge219
      • The fruit simile for addictions eliminated by the Path of Insight220
      • The tattered rags simile for addictions eliminated by the Path of
        Meditation
        221
      • The woman simile for addictions related to the Impure Stages222
      • The clay simile for addictions related to the Pure stages223
      • Discussion of the twofold obscuration224
    • 3. The Nine Smiles for the Obscured Element226
      • The three similes for the Truth Body228
      • The gold simile for reality230
      • The five similes for the spiritual gene231
  • Chapter 8: The Twofold Spiritual Gene236
    • 1. Tsong-kha-pa's Analysis of the Vijñānavadin Standpoints237
    • 2. A Mādhyamika Critique of the Vijñānavadin Standpoint248
    • 3. The dGe-Iugs-pa Exegesis of the "Spiritual Gene" Section of the AA250
    • 4. Natural Luminosity of the Mind under Debate256
  • Conclusion264
  • Abbreviations268
  • Bibliography271

Part 2: Appendices

  • 1. A Special Edition of Chapter One of the Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i ṭīkā
    (1a-72a and 64a-170b)
    285
    • A. Topical Outline285
    • B. Special Edition306
  • 2. Translations449
    • A. The Mahāyānottaratantrarvyākhyā (Chapter One: 1.1-7.5 and 21.1-78.22)449
    • B. The Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i ṭīkā (Chapter One: 1a-72a and
      64a-170b)
      525
Chi-tsang's Ta-ch'eng-hsüan-lun: The Two Truths and the Buddha-Nature
  • Acknowledgmentsii
  • I Introduction1
  • II. The Structure and Meaning of the Two Truths14
    • A. The Theoretical Structure14
      • 1. Principle and Teaching: The Two Truths as Teachings15
      • 2. The Context of Truth26
      • 3. The Initial Thesis and the Four Levels of Two Truths33
    • B. The Identity of Emptiness and Existence: Terms and Concepts53
      • 1. The Identity of the Two Truths54
      • 2. The Four Categories of Interpretation62
      • 3. Provisional and Middle: Interdependency, Principle and Teaching68
    • C. The Essence and Function of the Two Truths85
      • 1. The Liang Theories94
      • 2. The Three Kinds of Middle Path101
  • III. The Practice of Insight into the Two Truths113
    • A. Introduction113
      • 1. Theory and Practice121
      • 2. Prajñā and Upāya129
    • B. The Dharmas as Objects-of-Cognition137
      • 1. True Dharma138
      • 2. The True Mark of the Dharmas and the True Dharma145
      • 3. The Non-duality of Subject and Object, Cause and Result154
    • C. The Concurrent Insight of the Two Truths and the Two Knowledges165
  • IV. The Theory and the Practice of the Buddha-nature186
    • A. Introduction: Chi-tsang and the Nirvāṇa-sūtra186
    • B. The Buddha-nature of the Middle Path200
      • 1. The Buddha-nature Theories of the North-South Period201
      • 2. The Buddha-nature of Neither Cause nor Result209
      • 3. The Buddha-nature of Non-sentient Objects217
    • C. The Five Kinds of Buddha-nature231
      • 1. Textual and Historical Development231
      • 2. The Ekayāna and the Buddha-nature244
      • 3. The Two Knowledges and the Perception of the Buddha-nature255
  • Appendix I: The Meaning of the Two Truths269
  • Appendix II: The Meaning of Buddha-nature357
  • Notes419
  • Selected Bibliography443
Collected Papers on the Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine
  • Preface1
  • Editorial Note3
  • Abbreviations5


I. TEXTUAL RESEARCH
  • A Revised Edition of the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, "Kṣanikaparivarta"9


II. THE LAṄKĀVATĀRA AND OTHER TEXTS
  • An Analysis of the Laṅkāvatāra: In Search of Its Original Form101
  • The Concept of Manas in the Laṅkāvatāra118
  • Sources of the Laṅkāvatāra and Its Position in Mahāyāna Buddhism128
  • The Structure of the Anuttarāśrayasūtra (Wu-shang-i ching)156
  • Remarks on the Sanskrit Fragments of the Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra165
  • On the Myaṅ 'das175
  • Textual Problems of the Mahāyānaśraddhotpāda184


III. TECHNICAL TERMS AND BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE
TATHĀGATAGARBHA THEORY
  • The "Tathāgatôtpattisaṃbhava-nirdeśa" of the Avataṃsaka and the Ratnagotra-
       vibhāga
    : With Special Reference to the Term Tathāgata-gotra-saṃbhava
    201
  • The Description of Ultimate Reality by Means of Six Categories in Mahāyāna
       Buddhism
    208
  • A Comment on the Term Ārambaṇa in the Ratnagotravibhāga, 1.9219
  • Dharmatā, Dharmadhātu, Dharmakāya and Buddhadhātu: The Structure of the
       Ultimate Value in Mahāyāna Buddhism
    228
  • On Upādāna/Upādāyaprajñapti246
  • On Upādāna (II): Ālayavijñāna and Its Two Kinds of Upādāna265
  • On Gotrabhū280


IV. TATHĀGATAGARBHA DOCTRINE IN GENERAL
  • The Buddhist Concept of the Spiritual Family293
  • The Tathāgatagarbha Theory in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra299
  • Tathāgatagarbha and the Community of Bodhisattvas311
  • Ethische Implikationen der Tathāgatagarbha-Lehre324
  • Thoughts on Dhātu-vāda and Recent Trends in Buddhist Studies343
  • The Tathāgatagarbha Theory Reconsidered: Reflections on Some Recent Issues in
       Japanese Buddhist Studies
    352


V. JAPANESE AND EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM
  • A History of East Asian Buddhist Thought: The Formation of a Sphere of
       Chinese-Canon-Based Buddhism
    369
  • "Japanization" of Buddhism417
  • The Ekayāna (One Vehicle) Doctrine as the Basis of Japanese Buddhism432
  • Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai) and Tathāgatagarbha Thought451
  • Saṃsāra eva nirvāṇam480
  • "Non-Sentient Beings Preaching the Dharma": Buddhist Views on the
       Environment
    499
  • Some Problems in the Tibetan Translations from Chinese Materials524


VI. BUDDHIST STUDIES IN JAPAN
  • One Hundred Years of Buddhist Studies in Japan539


VII. BOOK REVIEWS
  • John M. Koller, Oriental Philosophies565
  • David Seyfort Ruegg, La théorie du tathāgatagarbha et du gotra571
  • Alex & Hideko Wayman, The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā586
  • Hajime Nakamura, Indian Buddhism591
  • Index 595
Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTSix
  • ABBREVIATIONSxi
  • CONVENTIONS OF USAGExii
  • Introduction: Prolegomenon to the Study of Medieval Chinese
        Buddhist Literature
    1

  • Part 1: The Historical and Cosmological Background
  • 1. The Date and Provenance of the Treasure Store Treatise31
  • 2. Chinese Buddhism and the Cosmology of Sympathetic Resonance77

  • Part 2: Annotated Translation of the Treasure Store Treatise
        Introduction to the Translation
    137
  • 3. The Treasure Store Treatise/Chapter One
        The Broad Illumination of Emptiness and Being
    143
  • 4. The Treasure Store Treatise/Chapter Two
        The Essential Purity of Transcendence and Subtlety
    193
  • 5. The Treasure Store Treatise/Chapter Three
        The Empty Mystery of the Point of Genesis
    228

  • Appendix 1: On Esoteric Buddhism in China263
  • Appendix 2: Scriptural Quotations in the Treasure Store Treatise279
  • NOTES287
  • WORKS CITED345
  • INDEX379
Commentary on The Presentation of Grounds, Paths, and Results
  • Chapter 1
  • Two Approaches to Ultimate Realization1


THE PRESENTATION OF THE PATHS
  • Chapter 2
  • The Presentation of the Paths 3
    • The Meaning of Path 3
      • The Presentation of Grounds and Paths in the Causal Vehicle of Characteristics4
      • 1. The presentation of the natures of the paths5
  • Chapter 3
  • The Entity of Path 7
      • 1.1. The entity of path7
    • The Definition of Path8
    • The First Incorrect Definition8
    • The Second Incorrect Definition9
    • The Third Incorrect Definition10
    • Summary of the Three Incorrect Definitions10
  • Chapter 4
  • The Classificational Enumerations of the Paths11
      • 1.2. The classificational enumerations11
    • Five Paths, One Practice12
  • Chapter 5
  • The Semantic Explanation of Path15
      • 1.3. The semantic explanation of the meaning of the term15
  • Chapter 6
  • Nominal and Actual Paths17
      • 1.4. The difference between actual and nominal paths17
  • Chapter 7
  • The Five Paths 19
      • 1.5. The detailed explanations of each one of the five paths19
  • Chapter 8
  • The Path of Accumulation21
      • 1.5.1. The path of accumulation21
  • THE DEFINITION OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION21
      • 1.5.1.1. Setting up its definition21
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION22
      • 1.5.1.2. Identifying its illustration22
  • THE EXTENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION23
      • 1.5.1.3. The extensive classification23
    • The Threefold Classification of Lesser, Medium, and Greater23
      • The Four Intense Applications of Mindfulness24
      • The Four Perfect Relinquishments24
      • The Four Limbs of Miraculous Powers25
      • Two Reasons for the Threefold Classification25
    • The Alternative Fourfold Classification26
  • THE NATURE OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION27
      • 1.5.1.4 Determining its nature27
    • The Psychophysical Supports in Which It Arises27
    • The Grounds on Which It Relies28
    • The Objects on Which It Focuses28
  • THE FEATURES OF RELINQUISHMENT & REALIZATION OF THE PATH
    OF ACCUMULATION
    29
      • 1.5.1.5. The features of relinquishment and realization29
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION31
      • 1.5.1.6. Stating its qualities31
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION33
      • 1.5.1.7. Its function33
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE PATH OF ACCUMULATION35
      • 1.5.1.8. Teaching its semantic explanation35
  • Chapter 9
  • The Path of Junction37
      • 1.5.2. The path of junction37
  • THE DEFINITION OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION37
      • 1.5.2.1. Setting up its definition37
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION40
      • 1.5.2.2. Identifying its illustration40
  • THE EXTENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION40
      • 1.5.2.3. The extensive classification40
    • The Classification Through Nature41
    • The Classification in Terms of Accumulation and Junction41
    • The Classification in Terms of Lesser and Greater42
    • The Classification by Way of Realization43
      • The Phase of Heat 45
      • The Phase of Peak 46
      • The Phase of Endurance 49
      • The Phase of Supreme Dharma50
  • THE NATURE OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION52
      • 1.5.2.4. Determining its nature52
    • The Psychophysical Supports in Which It Arises52
    • The Grounds on Which It Relies53
    • The Objects on Which It Focuses56
  • THE FEATURE OF RELINQUISHMENT & REALIZATION OF THE PATH
    OF JUNCTION
    58
      • 1.5.2.5. The features of relinquishment and realization58
    • What Is Relinquished 59
    • What Is Realized 60
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION63
      • 1.5.2.6. Stating its qualities63
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION64
      • 1.5.2.7. Its function64
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE PATH OF JUNCTION65
      • 1.5.2.8. Teaching its semantic explanation65
  • Chapter 10
  • The Path of Seeing 67
      • 1.5.3. The path of seeing67
  • THE DEFINITION OF THE PATH OF SEEING67
      • 1.5.3.1. Setting up its definition67
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PATH OF SEEING69
      • 1.5.3.2. Identifying its illustration69
  • THE EXTENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATH OF SEEING70
      • 1.5.3.3. The extensive classification70
  • THE NATURE OF THE PATH OF SEEING71
      • 1.5.3.4. Determining its nature71
    • The Way in Which the Factors to be Relinquished Through Seeing Are Relinquished72
      • 1.5.3.4.1. The presentation of the way in which the factors to be relinquished
        through seeing are relinquished
        72
    • The Definition of the Factors to be Relinquished72
      • 1.5.3.4.1.1. The definition of the factors to be relinquished72
    • The Extensive Classification of the Factors to be Relinquished73
      • 1.5.3.4.1.2. The extensive classification of the factors to be relinquished73
      • 1.5.3.4.1.2.1. The classification of their entity74
      • 1.5.3.4.1.2.2. The classification of the way of relinquishment76
    • The Way in Which the Factors to be Relinquished Are Relinquished78
  • 1.5.3.4.1.3. The way in which the factors to be relinquished are relinquished78
    • The Way in Which the Path of Seeing Arises82
      • 1.5.3.4.2. The presentation of the way in which the path of seeing arises82
    • The Psychophysical Supports in Which It Arises82
      • 1.5.3.4.2.1. The (psychophysical) supports in which it arises82
    • The Grounds on Which It Relies83
      • 1.5.3.4.2.2. The grounds on which it relies83
    • The Ways of Realization 85
      • 1.5.3.4.2.3. The ways of realization85
    • From How Many Moments It Arises87
      • 1.5.3.4.2.4. (The issue) from how many moments it arises87
      • 1.5.3.4.2.4.1. The system of the common vehicle87
      • 1.5.3.4.2.4.2. The uncommon system91
  • THE FEATURES OF RELINQUISHMENT & REALIZATION OF THE PATH
    OF SEEING
    93
      • 1.5.3.5. The features of relinquishment and realization93
    • What Is Relinquished 93
    • What Is Realized 94
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE PATH OF SEEING96
      • 1.5.3.6. Stating its qualities96
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF SEEING99
      • 1.5.3.7. Its function99
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE PATH OF SEEING99
      • 1.5.3.8. Teaching its semantic explanation99
  • Chapter 11
  • The Path of Meditation103
      • 1.5.4. The path of meditation103
  • THE DEFINITION OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION103
      • 1.5.4.1. Setting up its definition103
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION104
      • 1.5.4.2. Identifying its illustration104
  • THE EXTENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION108
      • 1.5.4.3. The extensive classification108
    • The Mundane Path of Meditation109
      • 1.5.4.3.1. The mundane path of meditation109
    • The Supramundane Path of Meditation109
      • 1.5.4.3.2. The supramundane path of meditation109
    • Classification Through Its Psychophysical Supports110
    • Classification Through the Factors to be Relinquished111
    • Classification Through the Paths111
    • Classification Through Its Entity112
    • Classification Through Familiarization112
  • THE NATURE OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION113
      • 1.5.4.4. Determining its nature113
    • The Factors to be Relinquished Through Meditation113
      • 1.5.4.4.1. The way in which the factors to be relinquished through meditation are relinquished113
      • The Definition of the Factors to be Relinquished Through Meditation114
      • Their Extensive Classification116
      • The Way in Which They Are Relinquished Through the Remedies117
    • The Arising of the Path of Meditation118
      • 1.5.4.4.2. The way in which the path of meditation arises118
      • The Psychophysical Supports in Which It Arises118
      • The Grounds on Which It Relies119
      • The Objects on Which It Focuses120
  • THE FEATURES OF RELINQUISHMENT & REALIZATION ON THE
    PATH OF MEDITATION
    121
      • 1.5.4.5. The features of relinquishment and realization121
    • What is Relinquished 122
    • What is Realized 122
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION124
      • 1.5.4.6. Stating its qualities124
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION125
      • 1.5.4.7. Its function125
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE PATH OF MEDITATION126
      • 1.5.4.8. Teaching its semantic explanation126
  • Chapter 12
  • The Path of Completion 129
      • 1.5.5. The path of completion129
  • THE DEFINITION OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION129
      • 1.5.5.1. Setting up its definition129
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION131
      • 1.5.5.2. Identifying its illustration131
  • THE EXTENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION131
      • 1.5.5.3. The extensive classification131
    • The Classification of the Three Vehicles132
    • The Classification of the Two Paths132
    • The Classification of the Three Grounds132
    • Two Other Distinctive Features132
    • The Ten Dharmas of No More Learning134
    • The Five Uncontaminated Aggregates135
  • THE NATURE OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION136
      • 1.5.5.4. Determining its nature136
    • The Psychophysical Supports in Which It Arises & The Grounds It Relies on136
    • The Objects It Focuses on 137
  • THE FEATURES OF RELINQUISHMENT & REALIZATION OF THE
    PATH OF COMPLETION
    138
      • 1.5.5.5. The features of relinquishment and realization138
    • What is Relinquished 139
    • What is Realized 139
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION140
      • 1.5.5.6. Stating its qualities140
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION141
      • 1.5.5.7. Its function141
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE PATH OF COMPLETION141
      • 1.5.5.8. Teaching its semantic explanation141


THE PRESENTATION OF GROUNDS
  • Chapter 13
  • The Presentation of Grounds143
  • Chapter 14
  • The Two Grounds149
      • 2. Teaching the presentation of the grounds149
      • 2.1. The presentation as two grounds149
      • 2.1.1. The brief introduction149
  • THE GROUNDS FREE FROM ATTACHMENT150
      • 2.1.2. The detailed explanation150
      • 2.1.2.1. The grounds free from attachment150
    • The Ground of Fully Seeing What is White151
    • The Ground of Disposition 152
    • The Eighth Ground 152
    • The Ground of Seeing 153
    • The Ground of Diminishment 153
    • The Ground of Freedom From Desire153
    • The Ground of Realizing Completion153
    • The Ground of Hearers154
    • The Ground of Solitary Realizers155
  • THE BUDDHA GROUNDS 156
      • 2.1.2.2. The Buddha grounds156
  • THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO157
      • 2.2. Teaching the differences between these two157
    • The Difference of Miraculous Powers158
    • The Difference of Supernatural Knowledges158
    • The Difference of Realization 158
    • The Difference of Meditation 159
    • The Difference of Seeing 159
    • The Difference of Language, Teaching the Dharma, and Promoting Welfare161
    • The Difference of Nirvāṇa 162
  • Chapter 15
  • The Detailed Explanation of the Buddha Grounds165
      • 2.3. The detailed explanation of the Buddha grounds165
  • THE ENTITY OF GROUND 165
      • 2.3.1. The entity of ground165
  • THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE BUDDHA GROUNDS166
      • 2.3.2. The illustration 166
  • THE SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE BUDDHA GROUNDS166
      • 2.3.3. The semantic explanation166
  • THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE BUDDHA GROUNDS168
      • 2.3.4. The classifications168
    • The Classification in Terms of Beings and Noble Ones168
      • The Grounds of Ordinary Worldly Beings169
      • The Supramundane Grounds170
    • The Classification in Terms of the Ways of Attainment170
    • The Classification in Terms of the Ways of Accomplishment172
    • The Classification in Terms of Pride173
  • Chapter 16
  • The Special Explanation of the Buddha Grounds175
      • 2.3.5. The special explanation of the grounds of the uncommon great vehicle175
  • THE ENTITIES & SEMANTIC EXPLANATION OF THE NAMES175
      • 2.3.5.1. The entities and semantic explanations of the names175
  • THE THOROUGH PURIFICATIONS177
      • 2.3.5.2. The thorough purifications and where one is transferred to177
  • THE PRACTICES & PERSONS ON THE TEN BHŪMIS179
      • 2.3.5.3. The practices and persons179
    • The Ten Pāramitā Practices 181
    • Persons With Pure View 181
  • THE THREE TRAININGS & THE FIVE AGGREGATES184
      • 2.3.5.4. The three trainings and the aggregates184
    • The Three Trainings 184
    • The Five Pure Aggregates 187
  • PURITY, RELINQUISHMENT, & REALIZATION188
      • 2.3.5.5. Complete purities, relinquishments, and realizations188
    • The Progressive Purification of the Ten Bhūmis188
    • The Factors to be Relinquished on Paths of Seeing and Meditation189
    • The Realization of the Ten Bhūmis191
  • THE QUALITIES OF THE TEN BHUMIS195
      • 2.3.5.6. The differences in terms of qualities and arising195
  • HOW BODHISATTVAS ARE REBORN198
    • Rebirth Through Influence 198
    • Rebirth Through Complete Maturation200
  • Chapter 17
  • Why the Grounds Are Ten201
      • 2.3.6. The reason why the number of the grounds is definitely ten201


THE PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
  • Chapter 18
  • The Presentation of Results205
      • Determining the results of the vehicle of characteristics205
  • Chapter 19
  • The Three Nirvāṇas207
      • 1. The general explanation of nirvāṇa, the result of the three vehicles207
    • Natural Nirvāṇa 208
    • The Nirvāṇa of Cessation 209
      • The Nominal Nirvāṇa of Cessation210
      • The Actual Nirvāṇa of Cessation210
    • Partially Incomplete & Complete Actual Cessations211
    • Nonabiding Nirvāṇa 212
  • Chapter 20
  • The Special Explanation of Buddhahood213
      • 2. The special explanation of Buddhahood, the result of the great vehicle213
      • 2.1. The nature of Buddhahood213
    • The Terminological Meaning of Buddhahood215
      • 2.2. The terminological meaning of this name215
  • Chapter 21
  • The Three Kāyas217
      • 2.3. The way in which the activity of enlightened bodies is accomplished217
    • The Causes of the Three Kāyas217
      • 2.3.1. The teaching about the connection in terms of what is accomplished from
        which causes
        217
    • The Accumulations of Merit & Wisdom218
    • The Great Akaniṣhṭha221
      • 2.3.2. The explanation of the distinctive features of how this is accomplished in
        certain places
        221
    • How the Form Kāyas Manifest 223
    • Why the Kāyas Are Three 223
    • The Detailed Explanation of the Three Kāyas225
      • 2.3.3. The detailed explanation of the result that is accomplished225
      • 2.3.3.1. The explanation of the support, the enlightened bodies225
      • 2.3.3.1.1. The definitions and other (related topics)225
  • Chapter 22
  • The Dharmakāya227
      • 2.3.3.1.1.1. The Dharma Body227
      • 2.3.3.1.1.1.1. The meaning of the term and the definition227
    • The Eight Defining Characteristics229
    • The Twofold Classification 230
      • 2.3.3.1.1.1.2. Its classification as different enlightened bodies230
  • Chapter 23
  • The Sambhogakāya231
    • The Meaning of Sambhogakāya231
      • 2.3.3.1.1.2. The Enjoyment Body231
      • 2.3.3.1.1.2.1. The meaning of the term and the definition231
    • The Definition of Sambhogakāya232
    • The Eight Characteristics & Five Certainties233
    • Classifications of Sambhogakāya234
      • 2.3.3.1.1.2.2. The classification234
    • How Sambhogakāyas Appear 235
  • Chapter 24
  • The Nirmāṇakāya 239
    • The Meaning & Definition of Nirmāṇakāya239
      • 2.3.3.1.1.3. The Emanation Body239
      • 2.3.3.1.1.3.1. The meaning of the term and the definition239
    • The Eight Characteristics of a Nirmāṇakāya240
    • Classifications of Nirmāṇakāya242
      • 2.3.3.1.1.3.2. The classification242
  • Chapter 25
  • The Intention of the Uttaratantra245
      • 2.3.3.1.1.4. Teaching the intention of The Sublime Continuum as a
        supplementary topic
        245
    • The Perfection of Genuine Purity245
    • The Perfection of Genuine Identity246
    • The Perfection of Genuine Bliss247
    • The Perfection of Genuine Permanence247
    • The Enlightened Body of a Buddha248
    • The Five Defining Characteristics248
  • Chapter 26
  • The Distinctive Features of the Three Kāyas251
      • 2.3.3.1.2. The explanation of the distinctive features of the three enlightened bodies251
      • 2.3.3.1.2.1. The distinctive feature of equality251
      • 2.3.3.1.2.2. The distinctive feature of permanence252
      • 2.3.3.1.2.3. The distinctive feature of appearance252
  • Chapter 27
  • The Five Wisdoms255
      • 2.3.3.2. The explanation of the supported, the wisdoms255
      • 2.3.3.2.1. The detailed classification255
      • 2.3.3.2.2. The meanings of the terms and their entities256
    • Dharmadhātu Wisdom 256
      • 2.3.3.2.2.1. The explanation of the meaning of the expanse of dharmas256
    • Mirrorlike Wisdom 258
      • 2.3.3.2.2.2. The explanation of the meaning of mirrorlike258
    • The Wisdom of Equality 259
      • 2.3.3.2.2.3. The explanation of the meaning of equality259
    • Discriminating Wisdom 260
      • 2.3.3.2.2.4. The explanation of the meaning of all-discriminating260
    • All-Accomplishing Wisdom 261
      • 2.3.3.2.2.5. The explanation of the meaning of all-accomplishing261
    • The Causes of the Five Wisdoms262
      • 2.3.3.2.3. The causes through which they are accomplished262
    • The Five Wisdoms & the Eight Consciousnesses263
      • 2.3.3.2.4. The ways of changing state263
    • The Five Wisdoms & the Three Kāyas265
      • 2.3.3.2.5. The way in which they are related to the enlightened bodies together
        with their way of knowing
        265
    • The Way in Which Buddhas Know265
  • Chapter 28
  • The Qualities of Freedom & Maturation269
      • 2.3.3.3. The explanation of the qualities of freedom and complete maturation269
      • 2.3.3.3.1. The brief introduction269
      • 2.3.3.3.2. The detailed explanation270
  • THE QUALITIES OF FREEDOM270
  • 2.3.3.3.2.1. The qualities of freedom270
    • The Thirty-Two Qualities 271
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1. The thirty-two (qualities) as per the intention of The Sublime
        Continuum
        271
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1.1. Connection through a brief introduction271
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1.2. The detailed commentary on their meaning271
    • The Ten Powers 271
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1.2.1. The ten powers271
    • The Four Fearlessnesses 273
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1.2.2. The four fearlessnesses273
  • The Eighteen Unique Qualities274
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.1.2.3. The eighteen unique qualities274
    • The Twenty-One Uncontaminated Qualities278
      • 2.3.3.3.2.1.2.2. The twenty-one uncontaminated groups (of qualities) as per the
        intention of The Ornament of Clear Realization
        278
  • THE QUALITIES OF COMPLETE MATURATION283
      • 2.3.3.3.2.2. The explanation of the qualities of complete maturation283
      • 2.3.3.3.2.2.1. The brief introduction283
      • 2.3.3.3.2.2.2. The detailed explanation283
      • 2.3.3.4. The explanation of the enlightened activity that is performed289
      • 2.3.3.4.1. The detailed explanation of the seven points of activity290
      • 2.3.3.4.2. Their summary in two points291
  • Chart I: The factors to be relinquished through seeing and meditation
    according to the great vehicle
    293
  • Chart II: The factors to be relinquished through seeing and meditation
    according to the vehicle of the hearers
    295
Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology
  • PREFACEVII
  • INTRODUCTION1
  • CHAPTER 1. RNGOG LO-TSĀ-BA BLO-LDAN SHES-RAB AND THE
    RNGOG-LUGS OF EPISTEMOLOGY
    29
  • CHAPTER 2. PHYA-PA CHOS-KYI SENG.-GE AND THE TSHAD-MA
    BSDUS-PA YID-KYI MUN-SEL
    59
  • CHAPTER 3. SA-SKYA PANDXTA KUN-DGA' RGYAL-MTSHAN AND THE TSHAD MA RIGS-PA'I-GTER97
  • CHAPTER 4. A TOPICAL OUTLINE OF GO-RAM-PA'S
    PRAMĀNAVĀRTTIKA COMMENTARY THE "RADIANT LIGHT OF SAMANTABHADRA"
    116
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIES241
  • NOTES257
  • INDICES317
  • ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS330
Counsels from My Heart
    • Preface by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpocheix
    • Translator's Notexi
    • Acknowledgementsxv
  • 1 The Buddhadharma1
  • 2 The Essence of the Path27
  • 3 The Long Oral Lineage of the Nyingmapas31
  • 4 Practicing the Teachings without Sectarian Bias47
  • 5 An Introduction to the Bardo59
  • 6 Magical Nectar77
  • 7 Heart Jewel of the Fortunate83
  • 8 An Aspiration to the Great Perfection89
  • 9 The Life Story of Dudjom Rinpoche91
    • Glossary95
    • Notes107
Creation and Completion (2002)
  • Foreword vii
  • Preface ix
  • Technical Note xi
  • Introduction 1
    • Buddhism 2
    • Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma 2
    • Buddhism in Tibet 6
    • Deity Practice 7
    • The Guru 11
    • Creation Stage 13
    • Completion Stage 16
    • Jamgön Kongtrul 20
    • Literary Works 24
  • The Root Text in Tibetan and English 27
    • The Essential Points of Creation and Completion That Will Benefit the
      Beginner Who Has Entered the Path
      29
  • Commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche 83
    • Introduction 83
    • Essential Points for Approaching the Path 84
    • Essential Points for Traversing the Path 94
    • Purification 106
    • The Emergence of Confusion 120
    • Working with Confusion 134
    • Cultivating Lucidity 141
  • Notes 155
  • Bibliography 177
  • Index 181
Critical Buddhism
  • Acknowledgmentsvii
  • List of Abbreviationsix
  • Introduction1
  • 1 Buddhism, Criticism, and Postwar Japan17
  • 2 The Roots of "Topicalism"51
  • 3 Problems in Modern Zen Thought83
  • 4 Criticism as Anamnesis125
  • 5 Radical Contingency and Compassion155
  • Bibliography175
  • Index197
Cultivating Original Enlightenment
  • Prefacevii
  • Abbreviations and Conventionsxi


Part 1: Study
  • I Contemplative Practice in the Exposition of the Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra3
  • II The Writing of the Exposition17
  • III The Exposition as Commentary28


Part 2: Wŏnhyos Exposition of the Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra:
An Annotated Translation
  • ROLL ONE47
  • Part One: A Statement of Its Main Idea47
  • Part Two: An Analysis of the Themes of the Sūtra48
  • Part Three: An Explication of the Title50
  • Part Four: An Exegesis of the Text57
    • Section One: Prologue57
    • Section Two: Main Body62
      • First Division of Contemplation Practice: Rejecting All Characteristics of Sense-Objects to Reveal the Signless Contemplation65
  • ROLL TWO116
      • Second Division of Contemplation Practice: Extinguishing the Mind
        Subject to Production in Order to Explain the Practice of Nonproduction
        116
      • Third Division of Contemplation Practice: The Inspiration of Original Enlightenment137
      • Fourth Division of Contemplation Practice: Abandoning the Spurious to Access Reality166
  • ROLL THREE211
      • Fifth Division of Contemplation Practice: Sanctified Practices Emerge
        from the Voidness of the True Nature
        211
      • Sixth Division of Contemplation Practice: Immeasurable Dharmas
        Access the Tathāgatagarbha
        243
    • Section Three (A): Dhāraṇī (Codes)271
    • Section Three (B): Dissemination271
  • Appendix: A Schematic Outline of Wŏnhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra309
  • Notes335
  • Glossary of Sinitic Logographs377
  • Bibliography385
  • Index411
Currents and Countercurrents
    • Acknowledgmentsix
    • Introduction Patterns of Influence in East Asian Buddhism: The Korean Case
      Robert E. Buswell, Jr.
      1

  • CHAPTER 1 Paekche and the Incipiency of Buddhism in Japan
                           Jonathan W. Best
    15
  • CHAPTER 2 Kyǒnghǔng in Shinran's Pure Land Thought
                           Hee-Sung Keel
    43
  • CHAPTER 3 Korea as a Source for the Regeneration of Chinese Buddhism:
                           The Evidence of Ch'an and Son Literature

                           John Jorgensen
    73
  • CHAPTER 4 Ch'an Master Musang: A Korean Monk in East Asian Context
                           Bernard Faure
    153
  • CHAPTER 5 Wǒnch'ǔk's Place in the East Asian Buddhist Tradition
                           Eunsu Cho
    173
  • CHAPTER 6 The Korean Impact on T'ien-t'ai Buddhism in China:
                            A Historical Analysis

                           Chi-wah Chan
    217
  • CHAPTER 7 Ǔich'ǒn's Pilgrimage and the Rising Prominence of the Korean
                           Monastery in Hang-chou during the Sung and Yuan Periods

                           Chi-chiang Huang
    242

    • About the Contributors277
    • Index279
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Die Anwendung der Tathagatagarbha-Lehre
  • Inhalt
  • Vorwort8
  • 1 Einleitung
  • 1.1 Zielsetzung11
  • 1.2 Methode und Abgrenzung des Themas13
  • 1.3 ’Jam mgon Kong sprul Blo gros mtha’ yas, sein Leben und Wirken
  • 1.3.1 Kong sprul und die ris med Bewegung16
  • 1.3.2 Publikationen zu Kong sprul24
  • 1.3.3 Wesentliche Ereignisse im Leben von Kong sprul, eine Chronologie32
  • 1.3.4 Kong spruls literarisches Lebenswerk, die mDzod Inga („Fünf Schätze“)47
  • 1.4 Das Thema der Buddha-Natur
  • 1.4.1 Mahāyāna-Schriften zur Buddha-Natur und ihre Datierung52
  • 1.4.2 Einschlägige Mahāyāna-Sūtren aus Sicht der tibetischen Exegese55
  • 1.4.3 Indische Lehrwerke zur positiven Beschreibung der absoluten
            Wirklichkeit
    59
  • 1.4.4 Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zur Buddha-Natur bzw. damit verwandten
            Themen
    64


  • 2 Der Ratnagotravibhāga in Tibet
  • 2.1 Der Ratnagotravibhāga in der tibetischen Exegese74
  • 2.2 Für die Karma bKa’ brgyud pa-Tradition wesentliche Ratnagotravibhāga
         Überlieferungen
  • 2.2.1 Maitrīpas Lehrtradition76
  • 2.2.2 Sajjanas tibetische Schüler77
  • 2.3 Stellung des Ratnagotravibhāga in den mahāmudrā-Lehren der Karma
         bKa’ brgyud pa-Tradition
    84


  • 3 gzhan stong in Tibet
  • 3.1 gzhan stong, Allgemeines94
  • 3.2 Grundlagen für die tibetische gzhan stong-Exegese in indischen Lehrwerken99
  • 3.3 gzhan stong-Mādhyamikas in Tibet bzw. Lehrer, in deren Wirken sich
         Elemente der gzhan stong-Lehre finden
    104
  • 3.4 gzhan stong-Proponenten in der Darstellung von Kong spruls gZhan stong
         lta khrid
    , Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede
  • 3.4.1 Allgemeine Bemerkungen113
  • 3.4.2 Von Kong sprul als Wegbereiter der gzhan stong-Lehren bezeichnete
            tibetische Lehrer
  • 3.4.2.1 Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje116
  • 3.4.2.2 Dol po pa Shes rab rgyal mtshan132
  • 3.4.2.3 Klong chen pa Dri med ’od zer138
  • 3.4.3 Weitere von Kong sprul als gzhan stong-Proponenten bezeichnete Lehrer145
  • 3.4.3.1 Karma pa Chos grags rgya mtsho145
  • 3.4.3.2 Shākya mchog ldan150
  • 3.4.3.3 Tāranātha Kun dga’ snying po155
  • 3.4.3.4 Si tu Chos kyi ’byung gnas160
  • 3.5 Kong spruls Sichtweise165


  • 4 Kong spruls gZhan stong lta khrid: „Die makellosen Lichtstrahlen des vajra-Mondes,
       eine Anleitung zur Sichtweise von gzhan stong, dem Großen Madhyamaka“
  • 4.1 Das gZhan stong lta khrid in Kong spruls Werken, allgemeine Beschreibung des
         Textes
    195
  • 4.2 lta khrid als Literaturgattung; Zweck und Verwendung197
  • 4.3 Aufbau von Kong spruls gZhan stong lta khrid
  • 4.3.1 Struktur des Textes200
  • 4.3.2 Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte in Kong spruls gZhan stong lta khrid
  • 4.3.2.1 Die drei Lehrzyklen, ihre hinführende und/oder definitive Bedeutung und
              die exegetische Zuordnung des Ratnagotravibhāga
    202
  • 4.3.2.2 Die im gZhan stong lta khrid dargestellte Anleitung gemäß der Sūtra-Tradition:
  • 4.3.2.2.1 „Was zu verstehen ist“
  • 4.3.2.2.1.1 Die weltliche und die überweltliche Sichtweise214
  • 4.3.2.2.1.2 Sichtweise und Meditation gemäß dem Niḥsvabhāvavāda-
                   Madhyamaka
    220
  • 4.3.2.2.1.3 Mögliche Fehlerquellen beim Niḥsvabhāvavāda-Madhyamaka231
  • 4.3.2.2.1.4 Sichtweise und Meditation gemäß des Yogācāra-Madhyamaka234
  • 4.3.2.2.1.5 Kong spruls Sicht zur nicht-zweiheitlichen Gnosis238
  • 43.2.2.2„Die eigentliche Praxis“ gemäß der Sūtra-Tradition
  • 4.3.2.2.2.1 „Die Vorbereitung“ 240
  • 4.3.2.2.2.2 „Der Hauptteil“
  • 4.3.2.2.2.2.1 „Die Zufluchtnahme und das Entwickeln von bodhicitta“ 242
  • 4.3.2.2.2.2.2 „Die Anleitung zur meditativen Übung der Einheit von śamatha
                       und vipaśyanä
    244
  • 4.3.2.2.2.2.3 „Das genaue Unterscheiden und die dadurch erfolgende Einführung
                       in die Buddha-Natur“
    258
  • 4.3.2.2.3 Die Praxis außerhalb der Meditation273
  • 4.3.2.3 Die im gZhan stong lta khrid dargestellte Anleitung gemäß der Tantra-
              Tradition
  • 4.3.2.3.1 Vorbemerkungen282
  • 4.3.2.3.2 „Was zu verstehen ist“283
  • 4.3.2.3.3 „Die eigentliche Praxis“291
  • 4.3.2.4. „Der Nutzen“294
  • 4.4 Textedition und Übersetzung
  • 4.4.1 Anmerkungen zur tibetischen Textausgabe297
  • 4.4.2 Anmerkungen zu Edition und Übersetzung300
  • 4.4.3 Inhaltsübersicht des gZhan stong lta khrid mit Seitenverweis auf Edition
            und Übersetzung
    302
  • 4.4.4 Edition des tibetischen Textes303
  • 4.4.5 Übersetzung323


Abkürzungen, Bibliografie und Indices

  • Allgemeine Abkürzungen353
  • Indische Werke354
  • Tibetische Werke356
  • Sekundärliteratur364
  • Internet379
  • Indices380
Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature
    • Foreword vii
    • Introduction ix
  • Distinguishing Phenomena from their Intrinsic Nature 1
    • The Title 6
    • The Translator's Homage 7
    • The Meaning of the Scripture 7
    • The Essence of Cyclic Existence and the Transcendence of Suffering 8
    • The Characteristics of Phenomena 10
    • The Characteristics of their Intrinsic Nature 11
    • The Underlying Rationale for These Characteristics 12
    • Are Phenomena and Their Intrinsic Nature the Same or Different? 14
    • The Two Abodes 17
    • The Nonexistence of Apprehended and Apprehender 21
    • An Extensive Explanation of the Intrinsic Nature 28
    • Conclusion 66
    • Appendix: Ju Mipham's Topical Outline of Distinguishing Phenomena from Their
            Intrinsic Nature
      71
    • Notes75
    • English-Tibetan Glossary77
    • Tibetan-English-Sanskrit Glossary83
    • Bibliography93
    • Index95
Books/Dolopopa's Mountian Dharma (Thrangu 2023)
  • Editor's Preface1
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Dolpopa's Teachings7
    • 1. Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma8
    • 2. The Rangtong and Shentong schools11
  • Chapter 2: Buddha Nature in the Scriptures17
    • 1. Deity as the indivisibility of Expanse and Awareness17
    • 2. Buddha Nature Present in the Three Jewels22
    • 3. How Nature of Phenomena and Buddha Nature Relate23
    • 4. and 5. Buddha Nature as a Family24
    • 6. Buddha Nature and the Vajra Family25
    • 7. Buddha Nature is All-pervasive25
    • 8. Buddha Nature is Unchanging26
    • 9. The Three Stages of Beings in the Sutras26
    • 10. Purifying the Disturbing Emotions in the Vajrayana27
    • 11. The Ground and Fruition Are Inseparable27
    • 12. The Indivisibility of the Ground and Path28
    • 13. The Dharmakaya Contains All Qualities of a Buddha28
    • 14. Did Nagarjuna and Followers Teach Buddha Nature?29
  • Chapter 3: The Ground of Buddha Nature35
    • 1. In Brief: The Ground, Path, and Result (or Fruition)35
    • 2. Buddha Nature Exists37
    • 3. Attaining the Result38
    • 4. The Ground of Practice in Detail40
  • Chapter 4: Buddha Nature Is Not a Provisional Teaching43
    • 1. Is Buddha Nature a Provisional or Definitive Teaching?44
    • 2. Buddha Nature as Provisional Because of Five Faults46
    • 3. Refuting Buddha Nature as a Provisional Teaching47
  • Chapter 5: The Path53
    • 1. Sentient Beings Have the Dharmakaya Within Them53
    • 2. Realizing the Rangtong View53
    • 3. The Practice of Meditation on Emptiness54
    • 4. The Practice of Subtle Winds and Channels54
    • 5. The Development of Pure Meditation and Conduct55
    • 6. Distinguishing What Exists from What Does Not56
    • 7. Understanding Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma57
    • 8. Why There Are Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma57
    • 9. Which Turnings Are Definitive and which Provisional?58
    • 10. Is Sutra of Definitive Commentary a Mind Only Text?58
    • 11. Buddha Nature Is Not Provisional from Third Turning59
  • Chapter 6: The Common View of the Path67
    • 1. Problems from Not Believing Buddha Nature67
    • 2. Having Faith in Meditation Methods68
    • 3. Benefits of Faith and Devotion in Buddha Nature68
    • 4. Problems with Having Incorrect Views71
  • Chapter 7: Having the Correct View of the Path75
    • 1. Third Turning Is Not Just Mind Only Teachings75
    • 2. Commentaries on the Existence of Buddha Nature79
    • 3. Is Middle from the Extremes a Mind Only Teaching?79
    • 4 to 9. All Appearances Are Mind80
    • 10. The Shentong View Summarized81
  • Chapter 8: The Uncommon View of the Path83
    • 1. Transcending the Three Realms and Three Times83
    • 2. Meditating on Just Emptiness of Self84
    • 3. Scriptures Stating That Buddha Nature Does Not Exist84
    • 4. When Negative Qualities are Eliminated, Positive Manifest85
    • 5 to 7. When Negative Qualities Have Been Dispelled86
    • 8. The Benefit of Having Faith in Buddha Nature86
  • Chapter 9: The Features of Buddha Nature95
    • 1. The Utterly Pure Dharmakaya Is Not Mere Emptiness95
    • 2. Utterly Pure Dharmakaya from the Vajrayana Perspective96
    • 3. Impure Appearances Become Female Body of the Deity97
    • 4. The Ultimate Deity and Ultimate Compassion99
    • 5. The 37 Factors of Enlightenment100
    • 6. The Eight-Fold Path101
  • Chapter 10: The Fruition103
    • 1. The Amazing Bodies (Kayas) of the Buddha104
    • 2. The Amazing Wisdoms of the Buddha107
    • 3. The Amazing Qualities of the Buddha109
    • 4. The Activities of the Buddha112
    • 5. The Pure Realms and Settings of the Buddha116
  • Chapter 11: The Features of the Buddha123
    • 1. Ground and Ultimate Result Are Inseparable123
    • 2. To Reach Enlightenment We Need to Follow the Path123
    • 3. We Need to Purify the Disturbing Emotions124
    • 4. Using the Subtle Winds and Channels124
    • 5. Buddha Nature Remains When Adventitious Stains Go125
    • 6 and 7. When Stains Are Removed, The Dharmakaya Remains126
    • 8. A Buddha's Wisdom Remains When Stains Are Removed127
  • Chapter 12: Summary of the Shentong View129
  • The Appendices132
  • The Glossary145
  • The Glossary of Tibetan Terms159
  • The Bibliography162
  • Index170
Dusting Off Your Buddha Nature
    • Introduction1
  • I     Getting Started on the Path
  • 1     The Ten Steps — Graglia 201212
  • 2     The Dangers of Skipping Ngöndro — Bologna 201427
  • II     The Common Preliminary Practices
  • 3     The Four Thoughts — Graglia 201246
    •      A     Precious Human Rebirth49
    •      B     Impermanence53
    •      C     Karma57
    •      D     Fault of Samsara60
  • III     The Uncommon Preliminary Practices
  • 4     Refuge — Graglia 201266
  • 5     Bodhicitta — Graglia 201282
  • 6     Mandala — Graglia 201396
  • 7     Kusali Chod — Graglia 2013116
  • 8     Vajrasattva — Graglia 2013126
  • 9     Guru Yoga — Graglia 2012 and 2013140
  • IV     Beyond the Preliminaries
  • 10     Phowa — Graglia 2013166
  • 11     Ego Guru Yoga — 2012 New York Summer Retreat173
  • Epilogue197
  • Appendix - Guided Practice — Seven Branch Prayer, Bodhisattva Vow,
    Guru Yoga — Graglia 2013
    202
Early Ch'an in China and Tibet

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations

I. CHINA

  • a. State of Scholarship
  • New Japanese Studies in Early Ch'an History1
      • Philip Yampolsky


  • b. Formative Period
  • The Li-tai fa-pao chi and the Ch'an Doctrine of Sudden Awakening13
      • Yanagida Seizan


  • Seng-ch'ou's Method of Dhyāna51
      • Jan Yiin-hua


  • T'an-ch'ien and the Early Ch'an Tradition: Translation and Analysis of the Essay "Wangshih-fei-Iun"65
      • Whalen W. Lai


  • The Teachings of the Fourth Ch'an Patriarch Tao-hsin (580-651)89
      • David W. Chappell


  • The Concept of Ii nien ("being free from thinking") in the Northern Line of Ch'an Buddhism131
      • Robert B. Zeuschner


  • Early Hua-yen, Meditation, and Early Ch'an: Some Preliminary
    Considerations
    149
      • Robert M. Gimello


  • The Early Ch'an Monastic Rule: Ch'ing-kuei and the Shaping of Ch'an
    Community Life
    165
      • Martin Collcutt


  • c. The Developing Tradition
  • The "Recorded Sayings" Texts of Chinese Ch'an Buddhism185
      • Yanagida Seizan


  • Lin-chi on "Language-Dependence," An Interpretive Analysis207
      • Ronald L. Burr


  • Sinitic Mandalas: The Wu-wei-t'u of Ts'aoshan229
      • Whalen W. Lai


  • d. Interaction
  • The Ambiguity of the Buddha-nature Concept in India and China259
      • Andrew Rawlinson


  • The Problem of Desire and Emotions in Taoism and Ch'an281
      • John Visvader and William C. Doub


  • The Pure and the Impure: The Mencian Problematik in Chinese Buddhism299
      • Whalen W. Lai


II. TIBET

  • a. State of Scholarship
  • The Study of Tibetan Ch'an Manuscripts Recovered from Tun-huang: A Review
    of the Field and its Prospects
    327
      • Daishun Ueyama


  • b. Tibetan Meditation Systems and Ch 'an
  • 'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet351
      • Herbert V. Guenther


  • 'The Great Perfection' in the Tradition of the Bonpos367
      • Per Kvaerne


  • Indian Materials on the Doctrine of Sudden Enlightenment393
      • Luis O. Gomez


Index

Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle
  • Acknowledgmentsix
  • Translator s Introductioni
    • The Audacity of Rongzom’s Worki
    • The Context for Rongzom’s Work2
    • The Story of Rongzom s Life6
    • Rongzompa’s Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle8
      • Summary of Chapter 112
      • Summary of Chapter 215
      • Summary of Chapter 319
      • Summary of Chapter 422
      • Summary of Chapter 526
      • Summary of Chapter 631
    • On the English Translation34
  • The Commentarial Treatise Entitled Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle by
       Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo
  • 1. The Reality of Affliction39
    • The Śrāvaka System39
    • The Pratyekabuddha System42
    • The Yogācāra System42
    • The Madhyamaka System44
    • The Madhyamaka and Guhyamantra Systems53
    • Conclusion56
  • 2. Objections and Replies59
    • First Objection: Concerning the Reality of Illusions59
    • Second Objection: Concerning the Reality of Causality63
    • Third Objection: Concerning the Reality of Pure Phenomena66
    • Fourth Objection: Concerning the Reality of Samsara79
  • 3. Distinguishing the Perfected System of the Illusory in the Great Perfection
        from the Other Vehicles That Retain the Nomenclature of Illusion
    89
    • First Objection: Concerning the Reality of Confused Appearances89
    • Second Objection: Concerning Reality in an Illusory World91
    • Third Objection: Concerning the Yogācāra View of Concepts99
    • Some Supplementary Explanation concerning the Differences between the
         Aforementioned Views with respect to Limitations and Power
      105
    • Great Perfection as a Vehicle106
    • Great Perfection as a Transmission106
    • Great Perfection as a Doctrinal Discourse107
    • Great Perfection as a Continuum107
    • Great Perfection as a Hidden Intention108
    • Great Perfection as Intimate Advice108
  • 4. The Great Perfection Approach to the Path Is Not Undermined by Reason111
    • Bodhicitta111
    • Conceptual Frameworks, Appearance, and Nature112
    • General Systems for Such Things as the Establishment and Negation of
      Identity and Difference
      115
    • On the Two Methods of [Establishing] Proofs116
    • Grammatical Treatises122
    • Logical Treatises122
    • Conclusion126
  • 5. Writings on Great Perfection129
    • The Nature of Bodhicitta129
    • The Greatness of Bodhicitta129
    • Deviations and Obscurations130
    • Methods for Settling Bodhicitta130
    • From the Writings of Great Perfection130
      • Eight Additional Rubrics131
      • All Phenomena Are Seen to Be Perfected within the Single Sphere of
           Bodhicitta
        131
      • All Confused Appearance Is Seen as the Play of Samantabhadra132
      • All Sentient Beings Are Seen as the Profound Field of Awakening132
      • All Domains of Experience Are Seen as Naturally Occurring Self-
           Appearing Gnosis
        133
      • All Phenomena Seen as Perfected within the Nature of the Five
           Types of Greatness
        133
      • The Six Great Spheres137
      • The Elimination of Deviations and Obscurations138
      • Twenty-Three Points of Deviation143
      • The Seven Obscurations155
      • The Three Beings158
      • The Three Great Assurances159
      • The Three Fundamental Esoteric Precepts159
      • Resolution through Bodhicitta160
      • What Is Resolved in Great Perfection160
      • The Disclosure of Methods for Consolidating Bodhicitta161
      • Disclosing Those Points through Scriptural Sources164
    • On Critical Impediments to Concentration175
    • Criteria for the Attainment of Mastery over the Ordinary Mind180
    • On the Signs of Warmth184
    • On the Qualities of Bodhicitta185
  • 6. Instructions on Paths Encountered through Methods Connected with
        Effort for Those Who Are Unable to Remain Effortlessly within the Natural
        State according to the Great Perfection Approach
    191
    • Other Paths as Doors to Great Perfection191
    • Six Faults Connected with Concentration192
    • Conceptuality193
    • Nine Obscurations Associated with the Path194
    • The Eightfold Concentration That Eliminates the Five Faults193
    • Six-Limbed Yoga199
    • Five Signs of Mental Stability201
    • After Attaining Such Signs of Mental Stability202
  • Closing Verses209
  • Appendix: Tibetan Names in Phonetic and Transliterated Forms211
  • Abbreviations213
  • Notes215
  • Works Cited239
  • Index243
Esoteric Instructions
  • Foreword by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoché9
  • Preface13
  • Introduction17
  • The Root Text: Esoteric Instructions:
          A Detailed Presentation of the Process
           of Meditation in Vajrayāna
    49
    • 1. Nyingma63
    • 2. Kadampa97
    • 3. Lamdré113
    • 4. Marpa Kagyu137
    • 5. Shangpa Kagyu233
    • 6. Zhijé and Chöd255
    • 7. Jordruk289
    • 8. Dorjé Sumgyi Nyendrup331
    • 9. Supplement: Śāntigupta339
  • Appendix One: Outline of Book Eight, Part Four:
          Esoteric Instructions
    345
  • Appendix Two: General Contents of Kongtrul’s
          Treasury of Knowledge
    355
  • Abbreviations359
  • Notes363
  • Bibliography of Works Cited by the Author451
  • Reference Bibliography473
  • Index495
Existence and Enlightenment in the Laṅkāvatāra-Sūtra
  • Forewordxiii
  • Prefacexv

Introduction
  • 0.1. The Purpose of the Study, and the Significance of the
           Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra within Buddhist Doctrinal History
    1
  • 0.2. Dating the Text: Problems of Form and Interpretation13
  • 0.3. Methodology and Outline of the Study23

Part One: Concepts of Being
  • 1.0. The Nature of Buddhist Ontology39
  •        General considerations * The practical aim of the Yogācāra Philosophy
  • 1.1. The Threefold Meaning of Tathāgata-garbha and its
           Relation to Ālaya-vijñāna: the Essence of Being
    51
  •        Preliminary considerations * Tathagāta-garbha as essential, supramundane,
           pure dharma, and its contrast with the Hindu Ātman * Tathagata-garbha
           as embryo, and the dynamics of Buddhahood * Tathāgata-garbha
           as womb or matrix of Buddhahood * Conclusion
  • 1.2. The Five Skandhas: the Temporal Manifestation of Being79
           Introduction * Brief overview of the Ātman controversy prior to the
           Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra * Rūpa, or the formative elements of the five Skandhas
           * Nāma, or the formless elements of the five Skandhas * The Skandhas and
           the empirical self, or personality * The Skandhas and the trans-empirical
           Self, the Tathāgata * The five Skandhas and the denial of metaphysical
           dualities * Concluding remarks on the notion of Self and its varieties
  • 1.3. Dharmadhātu: the Spatial or Cosmic Dimension of Being117
           Introductory remarks * Dharmādhatu as cosmic Law: the fundamental
           structure of the universe * Dharmādhatu as universal Void: the ground
           of Being * Concluding observations

Part Two: Concepts of Knowing
  • 2.0. Buddhist Epistemology, Buddhist Dialectics135
           Truth, untruth, half-truth, "the truth" * The tetralemma logic: a thousand
           years of Buddhist dialectics * The early use of the tetralemma in the
           Pāli canon * Rationality and irrationality in Nāgārjuna's relativistic logic
           * Epistemology in the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra: a radical critique of language,
           logic, and knowledge * Conclusions and preview of part two
  • 2.1. The Epistemological Reduction of the Citta-mātra (Mind-only) Doctrine169
  •        Preliminary considerations * Citta as the empirical mind
           * Citta as the transcendental Mind * Citta-mātra as explanation for the
           triple world (Tribhava) * Concluding words and the connection between
           Laṅkāvatāra and Zen
  • 2.2. From Mind to No-mind: the Transcendental Leap beyond Empirical
           Cognition
    209
           * Introduction * The five Dharmas or epistemic categories * The three
           Svabhāvas or modes of cognition * The attainment of Āryajñāna:
           transcendental Wisdom or Gnosis * Concluding remarks
  • 2.3. The Conjunctive System of the Eight Vijñānas: the Integration of Both Mind
           and No-mind
    States of Consciousness
    237
           * Introductory remarks * Jñāna and Vijñāna: abstract intuition versus
           concrete knowledge * Khyāti- and Vastuprativikalpa-vijñāna:
           the perceptual and the object discriminating knowledge * The inner
           revolution (Parāvṛtti): the return to the tranquil state of
           pure consciousness (Ālaya-vijñāna) * Conclusion
  • 2.4. The Disjunctive Theory of Causation: Things are Neither this, Nor that,
           for They Are All Subject to Causes and Conditions (Hetu-pratyaya)
    261
           * Introduction * The expansion of the relevance of causation: from the
           psychological to the cosmic-philosophical principle * Causation as a
           possible theoretical basis for a monistic view of the world * Causation as a
           teaching device * Excursus: highlighting Nāgārjuna's thought in respect to
           causation * The soteriological value of the theory of causation
           * Concluding observations

  • 3.0. Final Overview287
  •        Appendix295
  •        Notes323
  •        Bibliography357
  •        Index365
Exposition of the Sutra of Brahma's Net

Preface to

  • The Collected Works of Korean Buddhismi

On the Occasion of Publishing

  • The Collected Works of Korean Buddhismv

Preface to the English Edition of

  • The Collected Works of Korean Buddhismviii
  • Prefacexxvii
  • Abbreviationsxxx
  • I. INTRODUCTION3
    • 1. Foreword5
    • 2. Taehyeon's Life and Works6
      • A. Taehyeon's Life6
      • B. Taehyeon's Writings13
    • 3. Taehyeon's Mahāyāna Vinaya Studies19
      • A. Silla Research on the Sutra of Brahma's Net19
      • B. Sutras, Vinayas, śāstras, and Commentaries quoted in the Beommanggyeong gojeokgi23
      • C. Characteristics of the Beommanggyeong gojeokgi30
      • D. Influence in Japan34
      • E. Taehyeon's Interpretive Approaches toward the Sutra of Brahma's Net39
    • 4. Meeting the Demands for Secular Relevance44
      • A. Taehyeon's View of the Sutra of Brahma's Net and "Filial Piety" 孝 and "Obligation for Kindnesses Received" 恩44
      • B. Other Regulations for Dealing with the World of the Time48
    • 5. Vinaya Thought through the Three Pure Sets of Precepts52
    • 6. References59
      • A. Canonical Collections59
      • B. Scriptural Sources60
      • C. Attributed Works60
      • D. Modern Works62
  • II. ROLL ONE65
    • Commentator's Preface68
      • 1. Time and Place68
      • 2. Capacity (of the Audience)68
      • 3. How it is Categorized Within the Canon68
      • 4. Circumstances and Details regarding the Translation69
        • A. Number of Verses 頌品70
        • B. Causes and Conditions in China 中國 因緣70
      • 5. Doctrinal Tenets 宗趣72
        • A. In General 總72
        • B. Mental Behavior 心行73
        • C. The Ultimate Theme 歸趣74
      • 6. The Title 題名79
        • A. The Short Title 題目79
    • Main Text81
        • A. The Explanation by the Original Teacher 本師說82
        • B. Opportunity for an Audience and Questions 見問84
        • C. The Answer 答93
  • III. ROLL TWO151
    • Ten Grounds 十地153
      • 1. Ground of the Equality of the Essence 體性平等地153
      • 2. Ground of the Skillful Wisdom of the Essence 體性善慧地157
      • 3. Ground of the Luminosity of the Essence 體性光明地169
      • 4. Ground of the Knowability of the Essence 體性爾焰地173
      • 5. Ground of Wisdom-Illumination of the Essence 體性慧照地179
      • 6. Ground of the Floral Radiance of the Essence 體性華光地184
      • 7. Ground of Completion of the Essential Nature 體性滿足地188
      • 8. Ground of the Buddha's Roar of the Essential Nature 體性佛吼地193
      • 9. Ground of the Flower Ornamentation of the Essence 體性華嚴地198
      • 10. Ground of Entry into the Buddha Realm of the Essential Nature
        體性入佛界地
        201
  • IV. ROLL THREE209
    • The Grave Precepts 戒文211
      • 1. Invocation 付囑211
        • A. The Teaching Transmitted to the Transformation-body Buddhas
          化佛傳說
          213
        • B. Repaying of Kindness and Separate Iteration of the Teaching
          報恩別化
          213
        • C. The Exhortation 策發221
        • D. The Bodhisattva Precepts224
        • E. Preface on the Formation of the Precepts 結戒序246
      • 2. The Main Sermon 正說分254
        • A. General Outline 總標254
      • 3. The Ten Grave Precepts 十重戒260
        • A. Prohibition of Pleasurable Killing 快意殺生戒第一260
        • B. Prohibition of Stealing the Property of Others 劫盜人物戒第二266
        • C. Prohibition of the Heartless Pursuit of Lust 無慈行欲戒第三經275
        • D. Prohibition of Intentional Lying 故心妄語戒第四經284
        • E. Prohibition of the Sale of Alcohol 酤酒生罪戒第五經287
        • F. Prohibition of Speaking of the Faults of Others
          談他過失戒第六經
          289
        • G. Prohibition of Praising Oneself and Disparaging Others 自讚毀他戒第七293
        • H. Prohibition of Stinginess and Abuse of Others 慳生毀辱戒第八296
        • I. Prohibition of Holding Resentments and Not Accepting Apologies 瞋不受謝戒第九303
        • J. Prohibition of Denigration of the Three Treasures
          毀謗三寶戒第十
          307
        • K. Conclusion 結成門309
  • V. ROLL FOUR315
    • The Minor Precepts317
      • 1. Preface to the Minor Precepts 輕戒序文317
        • A. Concluding the Former (Grave Precepts) and Initiating the Latter (Minor) 結前生後317
      • 2. Enumeration of the Precepts 次第誦出318
        • A. Division of Ten Precepts 判十戒318
        • B. Division of Ten Precepts 判十戒341
        • C. Division of Ten Precepts 判十戒357
        • D. Division of Nine Precepts 判九戒375
        • E. Division of Nine Precepts 判九戒401
      • 3. General Conclusion 總結424
        • A. Dissemination Section 流通分425
  • INDEX429


  • Contributors451
  • Members of the English Translation Editorial Board The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism453
  • Members of the Compilation Committee of Korean Buddhist Thought454
  • In Memoriam: The Most Venerable Kasan Jikwan455
  • Executive Members of the Steering Committee of Korean Buddhist Thought457
  • Collected Works of Korean Buddhism458
Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind
  • Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpochexiii
  • Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpochexv
  • Translators' Introductionxix
  • Part One: Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind
  • Prologue3
    • 1. The Freedoms and Advantages of Human Birth So Hard to Find5
    • 2. Impermanence11
    • 3. The Sufferings of Samsara17
    • 4. The Karmic Law of Cause and Effect35
    • 5. The Spiritual Master51
    • 6. Refuge67
    • 7. The Four Unbounded Attitudes75
    • 8. Cultivating the Attitude of Mind Oriented toward Enlightenment85
    • 9. The Generation and Perfection Stages and Their Union103
    • 10. The View That Dwells in Neither of the Two Extremes, the Wisdom      whereby the Nature of the Ground Is Realized115
    • 11. The Path: Stainless Meditative Concentration127
    • 12. The Three Aspects of Meditative Concentration143
    • 13. The Great, Spontaneously Present Result151
  • Conclusion163
  • Part Two: Excerpts from The Great Chariot
  • The Mind Is the Root of All Phenomena167
  • Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness171
  • The Eight Consciousnesses as the Basis of Delusion175
  • The Three Natures179
  • The Universal Ground191
  • The Universal Ground, the Eight Consciousnesses, and the State of Sleep201
  • The Tathagatagarbha205
  • Refuge243
  • The Three Concentrations of the Generation Stage253
  • The Simple Practice of the Generation and Perfection Stages257
  • The Mind and the Objects That Appear to It261
  • The Omniscient Longchenpa Speaks about His Realization265
  • Notes269
  • Texts Cited in The Great Chariot301
  • Bibliography305
  • The Padmakara Translation Group Translations into English309
  • Index311
Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy
  • Foreword by Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche 7
  • Introduction 9
  • The Root Text: Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy: A Systematic Presentation
    of the Cause-Based Philosophical Vehicles
    57
    • 1. Three Yānas and Four Tenet Systems 83
  • Section I: Hīnayāna
    • 2. The Shrāvakayāna: An Overview and the Four Truths 87
    • 3. The Shrāvakayāna: Its Tenet Systems, Orders, and Results 123
    • 4. The Pratyekabuddhayāna 151
  • Section II: Mahāyāna
    • 5. The Mahāyāna’s Distinctions and Training 161
    • 6. Chittamātra 175
    • 7. An Overview of Madhyamaka 195
    • 8. Rangtong-Madhyamaka 203
    • 9. Svātantrika 217
    • 10. Prāsaṅgika 223
    • 11. Shentong-Madhyamaka 249
    • 12. Secret Mantra-Madhyamaka 269
  • Appendix: Outline of the Text 275
  • Glossary 283
  • Endnotes 301
  • Bibliography of Works Cited by the Author 407
  • Reference Bibliography 423
  • Index 459
Freedom From Extremes
  • Preface
  • by José Ignacio Cabezónvii
  • In Memoriam: Geshe Lobsang Dargyay (1935-94)
  • by Eva Neumaierxi
  • Introduction1
  • Distinguishing the Views of Emptiness: Moonlight to Illuminate the Main Points
    of the Supreme Path
    • Thematic Subdivisions of the Text63
    • Chapter 1
    • Three Ways of Understanding the Madhyamaka69
    • Chapter 2
    • The Refutation of Dol po pa97
    • Chapter 3
    • The Refutation of Tsong kha pa115
    • Chapter 4
    • The Middle Way as Freedom from Extremes203
  • Abbreviations239
  • Notes243
  • Bibliography337
  • Index383
From Reductionism to Creativity
  • Forewordix
  • Acknowledgmentsxv
  • Introduction1
  • 1 ABHIDHARMA : ITS SCOPE AND MEANING9
    • The Meaning of the Term Abhidharma9
    • The Meaning of the Term Buddha13
  • 2 THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEM "MIND"15
    • The Importance of a Healthy Attitude15
    • A Structural Model of "Mind"23
    • "Mind" as a Self-Structuring Process34
  • 3 THE CONTEXTUALIZED SYSTEM "MIND"41
    • Sociocultural Operators41
  • 4 POLLUTANTS AND QUASI POLLUTANTS52
    • Pollutants52
    • The Quasi Pollutants58
    • Summary61
  • 5 CONCENTRATION, CONTEMPLATION, MEDITATION:
       PRELIMINARIES ON THE WAY OF GROWING UP
    62
    • Objectivistic-Reductionistic Concentration66
    • Mentalistic-Creative Contemplation81
    • Holistic Imparting of Meaning89
  • 6 THE WAY: THE EARLIER VIEW I95
    • Introductory Remarks95
    • The Theravāda Conception of the Way97
  • 7 THE WAY: THE EARLIER VIEW Il106
    • The Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha Ways106
    • The Śrāvaka Conception of the Way106
    • The Pratyekabuddha Conception of the Way122
  • 8 THE WAY: THE LATER VIEW I126
    • The Bodhisattva Way I: Prelude126
    • The Meaning of the Terms Bodhisattva and Bodhicitta126
    • rigs/khams128
    • de-bzhin/bde-bar gshegs-pa'i snying-po132
    • The Activation of Bodhicitta136
    • Ethics and Sociocultural Levels145
  • 9 THE WAY: THE LATER VIEW II151
    • The Bodhisattva Way II: The Exact Itinerary151
    • The Build-up Phase151
    • The Probability of a Breakthrough161
    • The Way of Seeing165
    • The Way of Cultivating What Has Been Seen172
    • The Way of No More Learning174
  • 10 RDZOGS-CHEN: SUPERCOMPLETENESS I184
    • Introductory Remarks184
    • The rDzogs-chen Program188
  • 11 RDZOGS-CHEN: SUPERCOMPLETENESS II195
    • The Homologous Evolution of Man and God/Teacher195
    • The Evolution of the God/Teacher Idea195
    • The Evolution of Man as the Holomovement's Errancy Mode199
  • 12 RDZOGS-CHEN: SUPERCOMPLETENESS III206
    • Ontological Difference and Coordinated Hierarchy206
    • The Ontological Difference206
    • Coordinated Hierarchy215
  • 13 RDZOGS-CHEN: SUPERCOMPLETENESS IV223
    • The Role of Fluctuations in an Individual's Psychic Evolution223
    • The Homology of Mentation Pollutants and Originary-Awareness Modes223
    • The Dynamics of Self-Organization: Obscuration and Clearing235
  • Epilogue245
  • Notes249
  • References284
  • Indexes291
    • A. Technical Terms291
    • B. Subjects300
Fundamental Potential for Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism
  • Colour Plates7
  • Illustrations9
  • Foreward by His Holiness the Dalai Lama11
  • Acknoweledgements13
  • Homage15
  • Introduction17
  • PART ONE: POTENTIAL ACCORDING TO THE 'ORNAMENT FOR THE MAHAYANA SUTRAS'25
  • 1 Brief Explanation of Buddha Potential27
  • 2 Extensive Explanation of Buddha Potential29
  • 3 Summary83
  • PART TWO: POTENTIAL ACCORDING TO THE 'SUBLIME CONTINUUM'85
  • 4 Brief Explanation83
  • 5 Clear Light Nature of Mind87
  • 6 The Nine Examples of Buddha Potential91
  • 7 The Meaning of the Nine Examples117
  • 8 How to Practise Buddha Potential133
  • 9 Great Enlightenment153
  • Dedication201
  • Biography of Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden203
  • Outline231
  • Quotations235
  • Glossary283
  • Bibliography299
  • Index305
Gateway to Knowledge Vol. III
Acknowledgements


VII


15. The Mundane Vehicles


181


16. Hinayana


183


17. The Superiority of Mahayana


186


18. The Path of Mahayana


190


19. Buddha-nature


217


20. The Journey of Mahayana


221


21. Buddhahood


224


22. The Conditioned and the Unconditioned


252


Notes


272
Gongchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
  • Foreword 7
  • Acknowledgements 9
  • Translator's Note 10

'JIG RTEN GSUM MGON (JIGTEN SUMGON)

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG) - THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

  • ROOT TEXT 11
    • The Invocation 13
    • Section I 13
    • Section II 14
    • Section III 15
    • Section IV 16
    • Section V 16
    • Section VI 17
    • Section VII 18
    • Epilogue 19
    • The Supplement 20

RIG 'DZIIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

  • DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA 25
    • The Invocation 27
    • Section I 29
    • Section II 47
    • Section III 55
    • Section IV 69
    • Section V 85
    • Section VI 101
    • Section VII 115
    • Section VIII 125
    • Epilogue 143
    • Bibliography and Abbreviations 147

RIG 'DZIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

  • TIBETAN TEXT 153
    • Notes on the Tibetan Text154
    • The Invocation 155
    • Section I 156
    • Section II 174
    • Section III 182
    • Section IV 195
    • Section V 210
    • Section VI 227
    • Section VII 240
    • Section VIII 250
    • Epilogue 272
Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler
      • Introduction
      • By Thupten Jinpa and Donald Lopez Jr. 1
  • 1 First, How I Set Out from Lhasa29
  • 2 General Formation of the Land of India and How It Acquired Its Name59
  • 3 How the Lands Were Given Their Names71
  • 4 The Snow Mountains of the North and Analysis of Related Issues89
  • 5 What the Famous Places of the Past Are Like95
  • 6 On Men, Women, Food, Drink, and Various Apparel129
  • 7 Identification of Various Species of Flowers and Trees and How to Recognize
    Them
    175
  • 8 Writing Systems of Various Regions of Past and Present189
  • 9 On the Linguistic Rules of the Tibetan Language209
  • 10 The Inscriptions of the Dharma King Aśoka Carved on the Rock Face of Mount Girnar221
  • 11 The Gupta Dynasty229
  • 12 The Pāla Dynasty259
  • 13 From 1,600 Years after the Passing of the Buddha to the Present279
  • 14 On the History of Siṅghala305
  • 15 On the Conditions and the Customs of the Tibetan People in Ancient Times349
  • 16 The Religion of the Tīrthikas363
  • 17 Conclusion397
      • Appendix A: Tibetan Transliteration417
      • Appendix B: Glossary of Terms419
      • Acknowledgments425
      • Notes427
      • Index453
Guhyasamāja Practice in the Ārya Nāgārjuna System - Vol. 1
  • Abbreviationsxi
  • Translator’s Prefacexv
  • Translator’s Introductionxxix


  • Oral Commentary on the Self-Generation Ritual
  • 1. The Initial Practice3
    • Preliminaries3
      • Verses of Supplication3
      • Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously16
      • Blessing the Vajra and the Bell24
      • Blessing the Inner Offering40
      • The Preliminary Torma Offering59
      • Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings80
      • The Mandala Offering87
      • The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation94
      • Worshipping the Merit Field122
      • Meditating on the Protection Wheel162
    • The Main Rite of Clear Realization195
      • Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body196
        • Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness196
        • Generating the Vajra Ground211
        • Generating the Mandala Palace218
        • Installing the Deities235
        • The Activity of the Deities249
        • Drawing the Deities into One's Body251
        • Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality257
      • Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body273
      • Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body284
        • Generating the Emanation-Body Form of Vajradhara285
        • Creating the Body Mandala294
          • Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence295
          • Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities304
        • Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara's Emanation-Body Form319
        • Generating the Three Tiered Beings337
        • Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord341
      • Preparing a Knowledge Consort345
  • 2. The Foremost King of Mandalas363
    • Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents363
    • Emitting the Mandala Deities377
    • Emitting the Mandala Palace409
  • 3. The Foremost King of Activities411
    • Spiritual Practices Carried Out during Meditation Sessions411
      • The Practice of the Subtle Drop411
      • Mantra Recitation422
      • Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved442
      • Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar448
        • Reciting the Verses of Praise449
        • Presenting the Outer Offerings452
        • Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering457
        • The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality466
      • Dissolution468
      • The Generation-Stage Portion of the Aspirational Prayer472
    • Spiritual Practices Carried Out between Meditation Sessions500
      • The Yoga of Ordinary Activities501
      • Blessings One’s Residence502
      • Blessing One’s Clothing503
      • The Spiritual Practice That Relates to Bathing503
      • The Spiritual Practices That Relate to Sleeping and Waking Up504
      • The Meditative Absorption That Relates to Food507
      • Reinvigorating the Body512
      • The Methods of Achieving the Common Spiritual Attainments512
  • The Self-Generation Ritual
  • The Initial Practice517
    • Preliminaries517
      • Verses of Supplication517
      • Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously529
      • Blessing the Vajra and the Bell529
      • Blessing the Inner Offering531
      • The Preliminary Torma Offering533
      • Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings541
      • The Mandala Offering543
      • The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation545
      • Worshipping the Merit Field549
      • Meditating on the Protection Wheel557
    • The Main Rite of Clear Realization571
      • Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body571
        • Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness571
        • Generating the Vajra Ground571
        • Generating the Mandala Palace573
        • Installing the Deities577
        • The Activity of the Deities587
        • Drawing the Deities into One’s Body587
        • Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality589
      • Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body589
      • Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body591
        • Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence593
        • Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities593
        • Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara's Emanation-Body Form605
        • Generating the Three Tiered Beings611
        • Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord611
      • Preparing a Knowledge Consort613
  • The Foremost King of Mandalas617
    • Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents617
    • Emitting the Mandala Deities631
    • Emitting the Mandala Palace647
  • The Foremost King of Activities647
    • Mantra Recitation647
    • Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved649
      • The Principal Deity Enters the State of Ultimate Reality649
      • The Principal Deity Arises from the Clear-Light State651
    • Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar653
      • Reciting the Verses of Praise653
      • Presenting the Outer Offerings653
      • Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering655
      • The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality661
    • Dissolution661
    • The Concluding Torma Offerings663
      • Blessing the Outer Offerings663
      • Blessing the Tormas665
      • Inviting the Recipients of the Torma Offerings667
      • Presenting the Torma Offerings673
    • The Aspirational Prayer679
    • Verses of Auspiciousness689
  • Bibliography695
  • Index to Oral Commentary711
Heart Lamp
  • Advice to Myselfix
  • Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpochexv
  • Introduction by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexvii
  • Lamp of Mahamudra
  • Prologue1
  • Section One: GROUND MAHAMUDRA
    • The View5
  • Section Two: PATH MAHAMUDRA
    • Shamatha and Vipashyana19
    • Faults and Qualities29
    • Experience and Realization37
    • The Four Yogas43
    • The Five Paths and the Ten Bhumis57
    • Enhancement71
  • Section Three: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA
    • The Three Kayas of Buddhahood77
  • Epilogue85
  • The Heart of the Matter
  • Introduction93
  • Translator's Afterword153
  • Well-wishes155
  • Glossary for Lamp of Mahamudra157
  • Masters and Texts Quoted in
    • The Heart of the Matter197
History of Buddhism (Chos-hbyung), Part 1
  • Dedicatory verses1

Book I.


  • I. The Merit of Studying and Preaching the Doctrine8
    • I A. The Merit of Studying and Preaching in general. (3 b. 1)9
      • I Aa. The Merit of Study. (3 b. 2.)9
      • I Ab. The Merit of Preaching. (5 a. 1.)11
        • I Aba1. Worship of Buddha by Preaching the Doctrine. (5 a. 2.) —I
          Abb, Preaching of the Doctrine as superior to Material Gifts.
          (5 a. 3.) — I Abc1 Good Memory — a result of expoundIng Scripture.
          (5 a. 5.) — I Abd1 Augmentation of Virtue and Attainment of
          Enlightenment by Preaching. (5 b. 1.)
      • I Ac. The Merit of Study and Preaching taken together. (5 b. 5.)13
        • 1 Aca 1 Progress of Spiritual Merit through the Study of the 3 Vehicles.
          (5 b. 6.) - 1 Acb 1 Honours of Scholarship. (6 a 2.) - I Ace l Attainment
          of Enlightenment by the Study of the Doctrine. (6 b. 1.)
    • I B. The Special Merit of Studying and Preaching the Mahāyānistic Doctrines.
      (6 b. 6.)
      15
      • I Ba. Prevalence over the Merit of the Hīnayānist Saints. (7 a. 1.)16
      • I Bb. Superiority to every other Kind of Merit in the Path. (7. a. 5.)16
      • I Bc. Certainty of Attaining Omniscience. (7 b. 3.)17
  • II. General Review of the Litterature of Buddhism. (7. b. 6.)18
    • II A. The different Meanings of the word "dharma". (8 a. 1.)18
    • II B. Etymology of "dharma" (8 a. 5.)19
    • II C. Definition of "dharma" in the sense of "The Doctrine". (9 a. 3.)21
    • II D. The various Aspects of the Doctrine. (10 a. 2.)23
      • II Da. The Doctrine from the Standpoint of the Result. (10 a. 3.)23
      • II Db. The Doctrine as the Means of Realising Nirvāṇa (10 a. 5.)23
      • II Dc. The Doctrine In its Iitterary form24
        • II Dca1 The Word of Buddha (pravacana). (10 b. 4.)
          • II Dca1a2 Its Definition (10 b. 5.) — II Dca1b2 Etymology of "subhāṣita" (including the 60 Qualities of the voice of a Buddha). (11 a. 1.) — II Dca1c2 Varieties of the Word of Buddha (B a. 5.)
            • II Dca1c2a3 Varieties of the Word with regard to Time. (13a.5.) — II Dca1c2b3 Varieties with regard to the Subject-Matter. (13 a. 6.) — II Dca1c2c3 Varieties of Form. The 12 Classes. (13 b. 3.) II Dca1c2d3. Varieties of the Word from the standpoint of its being an Antidote against Sin. — The 3 Codes. (14 b .3.)
              • II Dca1c2d3a4 The 12 Classes of Scripture as contained in the 3 Codes. (14 b. 5.) — II Dca1c2d3b4 Etymology of the word "piṭaka". (15 a. 3.) — II Dca1c2d3c4 The Motives for the Establishment of the 3 Codes of Scripture. (15 a.4.)
                • II Dca1c2d3c4a5 The Codes of Scripture as purifying from different forms of Sin. (15 a. 5.) — II Dca1c2d3c4b5 The 3 Codes as corresponding to the 3 Disciplines. (15 b. 2.) — II Dca1c2d3c4c5 The 3 Codes with regard to the Subject studied. (15b.4.)
              • II Dca1c2d3d4 Etymology of "Sūtra" , "Abhidharma", and "Vinaya". (16 a. 2.)
            • II Dca1c2e3 Varieties of the Word with regard to the different converts (Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, Philosophy and Tantra). (16 b. 5) - II Dca1c2f3 Varieties of the Word of Buddha with regard to the opportunity, at which it was pronounced (its principal Cause). (17 b. 5.).
              • II Dca1c2f3a4 The Precepts delivered by the Buddha personally. {17 b. 5.) — II Dca1c2f3b4 The Word as the Result of the Buddha's Blessings. (17 b. 5.) — II Dca1c<suub>2f3c4 The Passages containing the Expression of the Will of Buddha. (18 a. 2.).
        • II Dcb1 The Exegetical Treatises (çāstra). (18 a. 4.)41
          • II Dcb1a2 Definition. (18 a. 4.) — II Dcb1b2 Etymology of "çāstra". (18 a. 5.) — II Dcb1c2 The Varieties of Exegetical Treatises. (18 b. 3.).
            • II Dcb1c2a3 Varieties as regards Quality. (18. b.3.) — II Dcb1c2b3 Varieties from the standpoint of the Aim. (18 b. 6.) — II Dcb1c2c3 Varieties of Subject-Matter (19 a. 1.).
              • II Dcb1c2c3a4 Works, referring to Empirical Reality (nīti-çāstra and the 5 Sciences). (19 a. 2.) — II Dcb1c2b3 Works, referring to Absolute Reality. (21 a. 5). — II Dcb1c2c3c4 Works, showing the Way to Salvation and Omniscience. (21 a.6.).
              • II Dcb1c2d3 Varieties with regard to the Interpretation of Scripture. (21 b. 1.). — 1) Treatises, interpretating Early Scripture. (Hīnayāna). The Works on Vinaya and Abhidharma. (21 b. 2.) — 2. Treatises on Mādhyamika and Prajñāpāramitā. (22 a. 3.) — 3) Treatises, interpreting Scripture of the latest period. The Yogācāra litterature. (23 a. 3.)
            • II Dcb1c2e3 The various classes of Exegetical Treatises. (24. b. 5.)
  • III. The Consideration and Fulfillment of the Rules, prescribed for Study and Teaching. (25 a. 6.)58
    • III A. Character of the Doctrine to be taught. (25 b. 1.)59
    • III B. Character of the Methods of Teaching. (26 b. 6.)62
      • IIIBa. Definition of the Teacher. (26. b. 6.)62
        • III Baa<su>1 The High Wisdom of the Teacher. (27. b. 3.)64
          • III Baa1a2 The Teacher's Knowledge of the Subject to be taught. (27 b. 4.) — III Baa1b2 The Teacher's Skill in the Means of expressing himself. (27 b. 5.) — III Baa1c2 His Knowledge as to his own behaviour and as to the Guidance of his Pupils. (29 a. 2.).
        • III Bab1 The Teacher's Great Commiseration. (29 a. 6.)68
        • III Bac1 Correct Methods. (29 b. 4.)69
      • III Bb. The Means of Teaching. (30 a. 2.)70
      • III Bc. The Character of Teaching. (31 a.5.)73
        • III Bca1 The Character of Teaching with regard to the students.
          (31. a. 5)
          73
        • III Bcb1 The same, with regard to the Aim. (31 b. 4)73
        • III Bcc1 The manner of conducting the Teaching. (31 b. 4.)74
          • III Bcc1a2. Preparations. (31 b. 4.) — III Bcc1b2 The Teaching Itself.
            (32 b. 5.) — III Bcc<sub1c2 The Conclusion of Study. (33 a. 2.)
    • III C. Character of the Methods of Study. (33 a. 3.)76
      • III Ca. Character of the Student. (33 a. 3.)77
        • III Caa1 The Student of acute faculties. (33. a. 3)
          • III Caa1a2 His Defects. (33 a. 4.)77
            • III Caa1a2a313 Defects according to Vyākhyāyukti (33 a. 4) — III Caa1a2b3 6 Defects. (33 b. 3). — III Caa1a2c3 3 Defects (34 a. 1.)
          • III Caa1b2 Definition of the Student of acute faculties (34 a. 6.)
          • III Caa1b2a3 The Student's Intelligence. (34 b. 1.) — III Caab2b3 Zeal and Desire to study. (34. b. 4.) — III Caa1b2c3 Devotion and Absence of Arrogance. (34 b. 5.)
        • III Cab1 The Hearer of mediocre Faculties. (34. b. 6.)81
        • III Cac1 The Hearer of feeble Faculties. (35. a. 3.)82
      • III Cb. The Means of Study. (35 a. 6.)82
      • III Cc. The Manner of Studying. (36 a. 1.)83
        • III Cca1 Preparations. (36 a. 1.)83
        • III Ccb1 The Study by itself. (36 b. 3.)85
        • III Ccc1 Conclusion of the Study. (36. b. 4.)85
    • IIID. The Instructions for realising the Aim of the Doctrine. (36. b. 5.)85

Book II.


  • IV. The History of Buddhism. (39 a. 2)90
    • IV A. The Rise of Buddhism in Indien. (39 a. 2.)90
      • IV Aa. The different Aeons. (39 a. 4)90
      • IV Ab. The Buddhas of the Fortunate Aeon. (39 a. 6)91
        • IV Aba1 The Version of the Karuṇā-puṇḍarīka. (1005 Buddhas) (41 b. . .) — IV Abb1 The Version of the Tathāgata-acintya-guhya-nirdeça. (1000 Buddhas) (41 b. 3.)
      • IV Ac. The Rise of the Buddha in this World. (44 b. 5.)100
        • IV Aca1d2 The first Creative Effort (citta-utpāda), according to the Hīnayānistic Tradition. (45 b. 2.) — IV Acb1a2 The Buddha's Accumulation of Merit, according to Hīnayāna. (46 a. 2.) — IV Acc1a2 The Hīnayānistic Tradition, concerning the Buddha's Attainment of Enlightenment. (47 a. 1.) — IV Aca1b2 The Creative Effort according to the Mahāyānistic Tradition. (47 a. 2.)
          • IV Aca1b1a3 Its essential Character. (47 a. 3.) — IV Aca1b2b3 Its Causes. (47 a. 6.) — IV Aca1b2c3 Its Result. (47 b. 2.) — IV Aca1b2d3 Its VarietIes from different points of view. (47 b. 4.) — IV Aca1b2e3 The Mahāyānistic Tradition, concerning the Buddha's first Creative Effort. (48 b. 3.)
        • IV Acb1b2 The Accumulation of Merit, according to Mahayana.
          (49 a. 3.)
          108
          • IV Acb1b2c3 Its Character. (49 a. 3.)
          • IV Acb1b2a3a4 Its Definition (49 a. 4.) — IV Acb1b2a3b4 Connection with the 6 Transcendental Virtues. (49 a. 5.) — IV Acb1b2a3c4 The Etymology of "saṃbhāra". (49 a. 6.) IV Acb1b2a3d4 The Functions of the Accumulation (49 b. 1.) — IV Acb1b2a3e4 Its Modes.(49 b. 1.) IV Acb1b2a3f4 Its Result. (49 b. 3.) — IV Acb1b2a3g4 Its Sphere of Activity. (49 b. 5.) — IV Acb1b2a3h4, The Accumulation from different points of view. (49 b. 5.).
        • IV Acb1b2b3 The Time of Accumulation (the 3 asaṁkhya). (3 a. 3.) — IV Acb1b2c3 The Mahāyānlstic Traditions, concerning the Buddha's Accumulation of Merit. The Account of the Bodhisattva-piṭaka. (55 b. 2.).
      • IV Acc1b2 The Attainment of Buddhahood-Mahāyānlstic Version
        (56 b. 4)
        127
        • IV Acc1b2a3 The Essence of Buddhahoad. (56 b. 5.)
          • IV Acc1b2a3a4 The Essential Character of the 3 Bodies. (57 a. 2.) — IV Acc1b2a3b4 The Etymology of "dharmakāya" , "saṁbhogakāya", and "nirmāṇakāya". (57 a. 3.) — IV Acc1b2a3c4 The 3 Bodies as corresponding to their Aim. (57 b. 3.) — IV Acc1b2a3d4 The 3 Bodies as the Objects of Cognition of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. (57 b. 4.) — IV Acc1b2a3e4 The various Aspects of the 3 Bodies. (58 a. 4.).
        • IV Acc1b2b3 The Acts of the Buddha. (59 a. 3.)
History of Buddhism (Chos-hbyung), Part 2
    • Introduction3
    • The Life of the Buddha according to the Lalita-vistara (as a part of
         IV Acc1 b2 b3 — "The Acts of the Buddha" — in Vol. I.)
      7
    • The Buddha's attainment of Nirvāṇa according to the Vinaya-kṣudraka56
  • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 A detailed Exposition of the Essence of the Doctrine. (88 a. 3.)
    • IV. Acc1 b2 c3a4. The Rehearsals of the Kanon. (Ibid.)73
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 a4 a5. The Rehearsals of the Hīnayānistic Scripture:
        • The First Rehearsal. (88 a. 5.).73}
        • The Second Rehearsal. (96 b. 4.)91
        • The Third Rehearsal and the 18 Sects. (99 a. 1.)96
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 a4 b5 The Rehearsal of the Mahāyanistic Kanon.
             (101 a.3.)
        101
    • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 b4. The Period of Existence of the Doctrine. (101 b. 1.)102
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 b4 a5. The Time during Which the Doctrine is to exist [Ibid.] Quotations from Sūtras and Çāstras. Calculations of Atīça, of the Sa-skya Paṇḍita etc. regarding the time that has passed since the death of the
        Buddha. (103 a. 5.)
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 b4 b5. The Prophecies concerning the persons who
        furthered the spread of Buddhism. (104 b. 3.)
        108
        • The Prophecy of the Mahākaruṇā-puṇḍarīka. (104 b. 6.).109
        • The Prophecy of the Mañjuçrī-mūla-tantra. (105 b. 4.)111
        • The Prophecies concerning the Tantric Ācāryas of the Mahākāla-
          tantra-rāja
          and the Kālacakra- Uttaratantra. (108 b. 4.)
          120
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 b4 c5. The Celebrated Buddhist Teachers of India. (110 a. 1.)
        • The Teacher Nāgārjuna. (Ibid.)122
        • The Teacher Āryādeva. (112 b. 6.)130
        • The Teacher Candragomin. (113 b. 3.)132
        • The Teacher Candrakīrti. (114 b. 2.)134
        • The Biography of the Brothers Āryāsanga and Vasubandhu.
          (115 a. 2.)
          136
        • The Teacher Sthiramati. (119 a. 6.)147
        • The Teacher Dignāga. (120 a. 4.)149
        • The Teacher Dharmakīrti. (121 b.6.)152
        • The Teacher Haribhadra. (123 b. 3.)156
        • The Teacher Guṇaprabha. (125 b. 5.)160
        • The Teacher Çāntideva. (126 b. 1.)161
        • The History of the Grammatical Literature. (128 b. 5.)166
        • The Lost Parts of the Kanon. (130 a. 6.)169
      • IV. Acc1 b2 c3 c4. The Cessation of the Existence of the Doctrine. (131 b.4.)
        • The Prophecy of the Candragarbha-paripṛcchā, etc.171
    • IV B. The History of Buddhism in Tibet. (137 a.1.)181
      • IV. Ba. The Earlier Period of the Propagation of the Doctrine. (137 a. 2.)
        • The Genealogy of the early Tibetan Kings. (137 a. 4.)181
        • The Reign of Sroṅ-tsen-gam-po. (138. a 2.)183
        • The Reign of Ṭhi-sroṅ-de-tsen. (139 b. 1.)186
        • The Controversy between Kamalaçīla and the Hva-çaṅ
          Mahāyāna. (143 a. 1.)
          193
        • The Reign of Ral-pa-can. (144 b. 6.)196
        • The Persecution of Laṅ-dar-ma. (145 b. 2.)197
      • IV. Bb. The Subsequent Period of the Propagation of the Doctrine.
             (147 a. 1.)
        • The Activity of the 10 Monks of Ü and Tsaṅ (Ibid.)201
        • The Monasteries and Monastic Sections founded by them.
          (148 a. 6.)
          203
        • The Arrival of Dīpaṁkaraçrījñāna (Atīça). (153 a. 4.)213
        • The Translation of the Kanonical Texts by the Lotsavas and Paṇḍits.
          (153 b. 1.)
          214
Illuminator, a Light of Gnosis
  • Foreword by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch 3
  • Introduction and acknowledgements 3
  • Provenance 3
  • Other known copies 3
  • Features of the manuscript 4
  • Dating the manuscript 5
  • Scribes and annotators 6
  • Carbon dating 7
  • The author's introduction to the text and the order of chapters 8
  • Translation of the introduction as found in the manuscript9
  • Table of contents of the manuscript and concordance 11
  • Summary of the Foreword in Tibetan 14
  • Dorje Sherab (rDo rje shes rab)
  • Illuminator, a Light of Gnosis: The Great Commentary on The Single Intention (dGongs gcig 'grel chen snang mdzad ye shes sgron me)17
Impermanence Is Buddha-Nature: Dōgen's Understanding of Temporality
  • Prefaceix
  • 1. Impermanence1
  • 2. Buddha-nature18
  • 3. Being-time24
  • 4. Birth and Death72
  • 5. Dialectic78
  • 6. Time and eternity94
  • 7. Thinking113
  • Epilogue130
  • Notes133
  • References141
  • Index145
In Praise of Dharmadhātu
  • Abbreviations7
  • An Aspiration by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé 9
  • Foreword by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé 11
  • Foreword by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche13
  • Preface17
  • Nāgārjuna and His Works21
    • Who Was Nāgārjuna? 21
    • What Did Nāgārjuna Write or Not Write? 22
    • Various Views on Nāgārjuna's Scriptural Legacy and Its Scope 30
    • Who or What Is Praised in Nāgārjuna's Praises?43
  • A Brief "History" of Luminous Mind57
    • A Terminological Map for the Dharmadhātustava and Its Commentaries57
      • The Eight Consciousnesses57
      • The World Is Imagination59
      • Mind Has Three Natures60
      • A Fundamental Change of State63
      • The Expanse of the Basic Element of Being63
      • Self-Awareness and Personal Experience64
      • Having the Heart of a Tathāgata66
      • Luminous Mind67
    • Luminous Mind and Tathāgatagarbha68
      • The Eighth Karmapa on the Dharmadhātu as "Disposition" and Tathāgata Heart83
      • Is Buddha Nature an Eternal Soul or Sheer Emptiness?102
  • The Dharmadhātustava113
    • An Overview of the Basic Themes of the Dharmadhātustava113
    • Translation: In Praise of Dharmadhātu117
    • The Significance of the Dharmadhātustava in the Indo-Tibetan Tradition130
  • The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, and His Commentary on the
    Dharmadhātustava
    157
    • A Short Biography 157
    • Some Preliminary Remarks on Rangjung Dorje's View159
    • On Rangjung Dorje's Commentary on the Dharmadhātustava 193
    • Other Tibetan Commentaries on the Dharmadhātustava198
    • Translation of Rangjung Dorje's Commentary206
  • Appendix I: Outline of Rangjung Dorje's Commentary307
  • Appendix II: Existing Translations of the Praises Attributed to Nāgārjuna in the
    Tengyur
    310
  • Appendix III: Translations of the Remaining Praises313
  • Glossary: English-Sanskrit-Tibetan325
  • Glossary: Tibetan-Sanskrit-English329
  • Bibliography333
  • Endnotes344
  • Index426
Indo-Scythian Studies: Being Khotanese Texts, Vol. 5
  • Prefacepage vii
  • Apparatusxiii
  • Texts1
  • ORIENTAL (British Museum) (Or.)1
  • Hoernle (H.)25–77, 80–106
  • Stein E. 1. 777–79
  • Suvarṇbhāsa-sūtra106–119
  • Khadaliq (Kha.)119
  • Mazar Tagh (M.T.)192
  • Balawaste226
  • Ch. 0042 (Ch. Ch'ien-fo tung)236
  • Ch. 0047 Uttaratantra237
  • P 2740239
  • Ch. 0020242
  • Ch. 1. 0019242
  • Ch. xlvi 0015 a Aparimitāyuḥ-sūtra243
  • Ch. c. 001 755–851249
  • Ch. c. 001 1062–1109253
  • Ch. c. 002255
  • Dandan öilik (D.)255
    • (D. III 1, p. 69)
  • Dumaqu263
  • Farhad beg (F.)271
  • Hardinge271
  • Harvard291
  • Huntington294
  • Hedong295
  • Karma textpage 296
  • Khotanese (India Office) (Khot. IO)290–313, 346–354
  • Kuduk köl313
  • Leningrad S313
  • Otani313
  • Pelliot (P.)315
  • Sampula327
  • Saṃghāṭa-sūtra328
  • Tajik (Taj.)354
  • Toghrak Mazar (T.M.)354
  • E, folio 294355
  • Kauśika-sūtra356
  • Sitātapatrā-dhāraṇī S 2529 and Ch. c. 001, 1–198359, 368
  • Appendix377
  • Concordance390
  • Addenda394
Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity
    • Figuresviii
    • Prefaceix
    • Abbreviations and Conventionsxiii
  • INTRODUCTION
    • A Window on Chinese Buddhist Thought3
    • Historical Context25
    • A Note on the Translation38
  • RUNNING TRANSLATION41
  • ANNOTATED TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
    • Tsung-mi's Preface65
    • Part 1 Exposing Deluded Attachments:
      • Confucianism and Taoism80
    • Part 2 Exposing the Partial and Superficial:
      • Introduction105
      • The Teaching of Humans and Gods110
      • The Teaching of the Lesser Vehicle128
      • The Teaching of the Phenomenal Appearances of the Dharmas148
      • The Teaching That Refutes Phenomenal Appearances161
      • Conclusion176
    • Part 3 Directly Revealing the True Source:
      • The Teaching That Reveals the Nature177
    • Part 4: Reconciling Root and Branch:
      • The Process of Phenomenal Evolution189
    • Glossary of Names, Terms, and Texts207
    • A Guide to Supplemental Readings227
    • Bibliography of Works Cited235
    • Index249
Interpretations of Unity: Hermeneutics in Śākya mchog ldan's Interpretation of the Five Treatises of Maitreya
  • Abstract2
  • Acknowledgments7
  • Abbreviations10
  • Introduction13
    • 1. Context13
    • 2. Buddhist Hermeneutics: Literature Review28
    • 3. Division of Topics38
  • Chapter 143
  • The Place and Importance of the Five Treatises of Maitreya in Tibetan Buddhist Doctrine43
    • 1. Tibetan fields of knowledge43
    • 2. The importance of Madhyamaka for doctrinal identity48
    • 3. Scriptural sources for Perfection of Wisdom and Madhyamaka51
    • 4. The Tension Between Two Currents56
    • 5. The Importance of a Resolution60
  • Chapter 2: Tibetan Interpretations of the Five Treatises70
      • Note on Method71
    • 1. Definition and History of the notion of the "Five Treatises"74
      • 1. History of the Five Treatises in Tibet75
        • a) The Treatises translated during the early propagation
          (snga dar)
          75
        • b) The Five Treatises at the time of the later propagation
          (phyi dar)
          77
      • 2. History of the Concept of the Five Treatises80
    • 2. Interpretations of the Five Treatises89
        • rNgog Lotsāwa Blo ldan shes rab (1059-1109)89
        • Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge (1109-? )90
        • Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga' rgyal mtshan (1182-1251)92
        • Dol po pa Shes rab rgyal mtshan (1292-1360)96
        • Bu ston Rin chen grub (1290-1364)99
        • kLong chen rab ―byams (1308-1363)101
        • Third Karmapa Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339)104
        • Blo gros mtshungs med (early 1300s)106
        • Red mda' ba gZhon nu bLo gros (1349-1412)108
        • Tsong kha pa bLo bzang grags pa (1357-1419)110
        • Rong ston Shes bya kun rig (1367-1449)112
    • 3. Analysis and typology of interpretations113
  • Chapter 3: Śākya mchog ldan's defense of the definitive meaning of the Five
                      Treatises in the Byams chos lnga'i nges don rab tu gsal ba
    120
    • 1. The Byams chos lnga'i nges don rab tu gsal ba122
    • 2. The Order of the Five Treatises125
    • 3. The Doxographical Classification of the Five Treatises130
      • 1. Privileging the authority of Asaṅga and Vasubandhu133
      • 2. Stressing passages against reification of mind in the
            Five Treatises and their commentaries
        139
      • 3. Śākya mchog ldan's systematic harmonization of the meaning of the
           Five Treatises
        142
        • a) Interpretation of the Abhisamayālaṅkāra143
        • b) Interpretation of Ratnagotravibhāga as other-emptiness (gzhan
              stong)
          149
    • 4. Summary of the meaning of the Five Treatises154
    • 5. Analysis and interpretation158
  • Chapter 4: The Place of the Five Treatises in the Thought of Śākya mchog
                       ldan
    164
    • 1. Śākya mchog ldan's Interpretation of the Five Treatises in Works Other
         than the BCN
      165
    • 2. Elements of Śākya mchog ldan's general interpretation of Mahāyāna
         Doctrines
      180
      • 1. General classification of the Mahāyāna180
      • 2. Śākya mchog ldan's attitude towards the view of niḥsvabhāvavāda184
      • 3. Interpretation of Vajrayāna as tantric Madhyamaka190
      • 4. Śākya mchog ldan on Pramāṇa Theory193
      • 5. Interpretation of buddha nature195
    • Summary196
  • Conclusion200
  • Appendix 1: Translation of the introductory part of the Byams chos lnga'i nges
    don rab tu gsal ba of Śākya mchog ldan
    205
    • 1. Preliminary remarks205
    • 2. Translation207
  • Bibliography254
    • Bibliography of Indian and Tibetan Sources254
    • Modern Scholarship262
Introduction to the Nature of Mind - Oral Teaching by the Venerable Yangthang Rinpoche
  • SECTION ONE: THE PREREQUISITESPAGE 1
  • SECTION TWO: THE VIEWPAGE 2
  • SECTION THREE: THE MEDITATIONPAGE 17
  • SECTION FOUR: THE CONDUCTPAGE 33
  • SECTION FIVE: THE RESULTPAGE 34
Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings
  • Introductionvii
  • Part One: Life and Context
    • One. Mipam's Life3
    • Two. Background of Buddhism in India17
    • Three. Buddhist Identity in Tibet39
    • Four. Survey of Mipam's Works55
  • Part Two: Overview of Mipam's Buddhist Works
    • Five. Unity67
    • Six. Mind-Only and the Middle Way81
    • Seven. Emptiness and the Nonconceptual99
    • Eight. Immanent Wisdom119
    • Conclusion135
  • Part Three: Select Translations
    • 1. Emptiness and Analysis141
    • 2. Conceiving the Inconceivable142
    • 3. Unity and Buddha-Nature143
    • 4. Steps to the Middle Way145
    • 5. No-Self146
    • 6. Unmistaken Emptiness147
    • 7. Meditation on Emptiness149
    • 8. Mind- Only and the Middle Way150
    • 9. Mind-Only and the Middle Way II151
    • 10. Reflexive Awareness155
    • 11. Consequence and Autonomy157
    • 12. Consequence and Autonomy II158
    • 13. Two Truths160
    • 14. Unconditioned Buddha-Nature163
    • 15. Appearance and Reality167
    • 16. From the Two Wheels of Sutra to Tantra169
    • 17. EstablishingAppearancesasDivine170
    • 18. Fourfold Valid Cognition173
    • 19. Practical Advice for Beginners175
    • 20. Practical Advice for Monastics176
    • 21. Practical Advice on the Path of Illusion179
    • 22. Stages to Calm Abiding182
    • 23. Stillness, Movement, and Awareness in the Great Seal187
    • 24. Method for Sustaining the Nature of Awareness189
    • 25. A Quintessential Instruction on the Vital Point in Three Statements191
    • 26. Ground, Path, and Fruition of the Great Perfection192
    • 27. Bringing Afflictions onto the Path194
    • 28. Mind and Wisdom196
    • 29. Sutra and Tantra198
    • 30. Sword of Intelligence: Method for Meditating on Bodhicitta201
    • 31. Lily of Wisdom s Presence204
    • 32. Verse of Auspiciousness208
  • Acknowledgments209
  • Notes211
  • Glossary225
  • Bibliography229
  • Index239
Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (Light of Berotsana 2024)
  • List of Illustrationsxiii
  • Foreword by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche (Tibetan)xv
  • Foreword by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche (English)xxi
  • Foreword by Khenchen Tsultrim Lodrö (Tibetan)xxix
  • Foreword by Khenchen Tsultrim Lodrö (English)xxxv
  • Foreword by Khenchen Sodargye (Tibetan)xli
  • Foreword by Khenchen Sodargye (English)xliii
  • Translators' Prefacexlv
  • PART ONE: THE ROOT VERSES
  • Introduction3
  • Chapter One: How Saṃsāra and Enlightenment Never Move from the Dhātu5
  • Chapter Two: Phenomenal Existence Arising as Pure Realms9
  • Chapter Three: Symbolic Indications for Bodhicitta13
  • Chapter Four: The Nature of Bodhicitta17
  • Chapter Five: The Transcendence of Effort, Achievement, Cause, and Result21
  • Chapter Six: All Is Contained within Bodhicitta25
  • Chapter Seven: Everything Is Spontaneously Accomplished within Bodhicitta from the Beginning29
  • Chapter Eight: Nonduality within Bodhicitta33
  • Chapter Nine: How All Phenomena Are Determined to Be the Profound Expanse of Bodhicitta37
  • Chapter Ten: How the Transcendent State Never Departs from Dharmatā43
  • Chapter Eleven: How Circumstantial Appearances Are Pure and Even like Space53
  • Chapter Twelve: How the Nature of Phenomena Is Originally Liberated in Bodhicitta from the Beginning57
  • Chapter Thirteen: How All Phenomena Awaken in Bodhicitta from the Beginning, Yet without Concerted Effort, Awakening
    Occurs Again
    65
  • Conclusion69
  • PART TWO: AUTOCOMMENTARY
  • Introduction73
  • Chapter One: How Saṃsāra and Enlightenment Never Move from the Dhātu81
  • Chapter Two: Phenomenal Existence Arising as Pure Realms101
  • Chapter Three: Symbolic Indications for Bodhicitta117
  • Chapter Four: The Nature of Bodhicitta135
  • Chapter Five: The Transcendence of Effort, Achievement, Cause, and Result149
  • Chapter Six: All Is Contained within Bodhicitta177
  • Chapter Seven: Everything Is Spontaneously Accomplished within Bodhicitta from the Beginning189
  • Chapter Eight: Nonduality within Bodhicitta201
  • Chapter Nine: How All Phenomena Are Determined to Be the Profound Expanse of Bodhicitta221
  • Chapter Ten: How the Transcendent State Never Departs from Dharmatā259
  • Chapter Eleven: How Circumstantial Appearances Are Pure and Even like Space319
  • Chapter Twelve: How the Nature of Phenomena Is Originally Liberated in Bodhicitta from the Beginning347
  • Chapter Thirteen: How All Phenomena Awaken in Bodhicitta from the Beginning, Yet without Concerted Effort, Awakening
    Occurs Again
    409
  • Conclusion443
  • Glossary of Terms, Phrases, and Categories455
  • Notes461
  • Works Cited469
  • Index473
  • Other Translations by Light of Berotsana475
འཁོར་ལོ་ཐ་མའི་དགོངས་དོན་གཅེས་བཏུས།
Kukyō ichijō hōshōron to higashiajia bukkyō (The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism)