Maitrīpa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss

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Contents

• Series Introduction by Kurtis Schaeffer vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction 1
• Life
  • 1. Translation of Maitrīpa’s Life Story 17
  • 2. Conversion, Monkhood, Expulsion Stories, and Legacy 29
• Philosophy
  • 3. Between Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, and Mahāmudrā 39
  • 4. Sudden versus Gradual Paths 45
  • 5. Maitrīpa’s Gradual Path 49
  • 6. Nonconceptual Realization (Amanasikāra) 71
  • 7. The Ten Verses on True Reality in the Light of Sahajavajra’s Commentary 77
  • 8. Empowerment 95
  • 9. Mahāmudrā Practice 129
  • 10. The Four Signs of Mahāmudrā Meditation 139
• Teachings: Maitrīpa’s Collection of Texts on Nonconceptual Realization
  • 11. A Summary of the Amanasikāra Texts 151
  • 12. The Destruction of Wrong Views 169
  • 13. A Commentary on the [Initial] Statement of The Destruction of Wrong
    Views185
  • 14. The Major Offenses 189
  • 15. The Gross Offenses 191
  • 16. A Jewel Garland of True Reality 193
  • 17. Explaining the Seals of the Five Tathāgatas 211
  • 18. A Presentation of Empowerment 221
  • 19. The Succession of the Four Seals 231
  • 20. A Summary of the Meaning of Empowerment 239
  • 21. The Five Aspects of Vajrasattva 247
  • 22. A Discourse on Illusion 255
  • 23. A Discourse on Dream 259
  • 24. An Elucidation of True Reality 263
  • 25. An Elucidation of Nonabiding 267
  • 26. An Elucidation of Indivisible Union 271
  • 27. The Manifestation of Great Bliss 275
  • 28. The Twenty Verses on True Reality 279
  • 29. The Twenty Verses on Mahāyāna 283
  • 30. The Five Verses on Penetrating Insight 287
  • 31. The Six Verses on the Middle Path 289
  • 32. The Five Verses on Transcendent Love 291
  • 33. The Ten Verses on True Reality 293
  • 34. A Justification of Nonconceptual Realization 295
  • 35. The Six Verses on the Coemergent 301
  • 36. A Pith Instruction on Reality Called A Treasure of Dohās 303
  • 37. A Pith Instruction on Settling the Mind: A Genuine Secret 307
• Notes 311
• Bibliography 345
• Index 359

Yogācāra - Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana). Skt. योगाचार Tib. རྣལ་འབྱོར་སྤྱོད་པ་ Ch. 瑜伽行派

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Madhyamaka - Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Skt. मध्यमक Tib. དབུ་མ་ Ch. 中觀見

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Mahāmudrā - Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā. Skt. महामुद्रा Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ།

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Mahāyāna - Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion. Skt. महायान Tib. ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། Ch. 大乘

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