- Introductionv
- The Lion's Roar That is a Great Thousand Doses of the Sugata Essence by Ju
Mipham Namgyal1- Posing the Question5
- Giving the Answer5
- The presentations of other traditions6
- The first reason6
- The second reason6
- Stating our own tradition10
- The first reason10
- The ordinary way10
- The extraordinary way11
- The second reason17
- The third reason20
- The first reason10
- Dispensing with some mistaken positions26
- The element in being not empty being truly established27
- The element in being a cut-off empty condition28
- Wisdom in being impermanent being compounded30
- The presentations of other traditions6
- A Thorough Commentary to the Lion's Roar That Is a Great Thousand Doses of
the Sugata Essence by Tony Duff45- Introduction47
- The vocabulary of buddha nature–garbha, dhātu, gotra, potential, seed of a
buddha, sugata essence and tathāgata essence; the importance of the teaching on sugata essence
- The vocabulary of buddha nature–garbha, dhātu, gotra, potential, seed of a
- The Text: Prefatory section57
- The title; the prostration; the expression of worship
- The Text: Body of the text62
- Introduction, the need to establish sugata essence using scripture and reasoning;
posing the question, giving the answer; the presentations of other traditions;
presenting the positions of early Tibetans; refuting the positions of early Tibetans;
the first reason; the second reason; stating our own tradition; the first reason; the ordinary way; the extraordinary way; the second reason; the third reason;
dispensing with some mistaken positions; dispensing with the view that the element being not empty is truly established; dispensing with the view that the element is a cut-off empty condition; dispensing with wisdom in being impermanent taken to be compounded
- Introduction, the need to establish sugata essence using scripture and reasoning;
- The Text: Concluding section and colophons156
- Introduction47
- Texts Cited169
- Glossary of Terms173
- Supports for Study193
- Tibetan Text199
- Index229