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Study Guides

English Visual Outline of Arya Maitreya's Mahāyāna Uttaratantra Śāstra and Its Commentary The Unassailable Lion's Roar by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodro Thaye

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Study Mipham Rinpoche's Buddha-Nature Text with Khenpo Dawa Paljor

Khenpo Dawa Paljor taught on Mipham Rinpoche's commentary on the Uttaratantra Shastra: A word-by-word commentary on the Uttaratantra Shastra, (Wyl. theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel mi pham zhal lung) in 2009. The recordings contain the Tibetan teaching and its live English translation. This page also has the Tibetan text for each section of recording so you can follow along.

Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.