- A Message on the Publication of the English Tripitaka
- Numata Yehanv
- Editorial Foreword Mayeda Sengakuvii
- Publisher’s Foreword Kenneth K. Inadaix
- Translator’s Introduction John P. Keenan1
- The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning
- Chapter I
- Thus Have I Heard7
- Chapter II
- The Descriptive Marks of the Truth of Ultimate Meaning11
- Chapter III
- The Descriptive Marks of Mind, Thought, and [Sense] Consciousness27
- Chapter IV
- The Characteristic Patterns of All Things31
- Chapter V
- The Absence of Essence35
- Chapter VI
- The Analysis of Centering51
- Chapter VII
- The Stages and Perfections77
- Chapter VIII
- The Duty Accomplishment of a Tathāgata99
- Notes113
- Glossary117
- Bibliography119
- Index121
- A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripiṭaka (First Series)