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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
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
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
འཁོར་ལོ་ཐ་མའི་དགོངས་དོན་གཅེས་བཏུས།
Kukyō ichijō hōshōron to higashiajia bukkyō (The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism)
La Théorie du Tathāgatagarbha et du Gotra
  • AVANT-PROPOS1
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIE17
  • LISTE DES ABRÉVIATIONS29
  • INTRODUCTION31

  • Première Partie. — La théorie mahāyāniste du « gotra »71
  • CHAPITRE I. La doctrine du gotra dans l'école du Vijñānavāda
          et dans ses sources canoniques
    73
  •       Le gotra selon le Mahāgānasūtrālaṃkāra77
  •       Le gotra selon la Bodhisattvabhūmi et la Śrāvakabhūmi86
  •       Le Mahāyānasaṃgraha94
  •       Le dhātu et le gotra selon le Madhyāntavibhāga97
  •       Critique de la doctrine du gotra selon l'école du Cittamātra
          par Tsoṅ kha pa
    101
  • CHAPITRE II. Allusions au thème du gotra dans la littérature de
          l'école des Mādhyamika
    109
  • CHAPITRE III. La théorie du gotra dans l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra et ses
          commentaires
    123
  • Les topiques de l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra 1. 37-38 selon les Résumés de 'Jam
          dbyaṅs bžad pa et Kloṅ rdol bla ma
    134
  • La doctrine du gotra selon le Yid kyi mun sel de Ña dbon139
  • La doctrine du gotra selon le rNam bšad sñiṅ po'i rgyan de
          rGyal tshab rje
    155

  • Deuxième Partie. — L'Éveil universel et le Véhicule unique175
  • CHAPITRE I. Le problème de l'Éveil universel et du Véhicule unique177
  • CHAPITRE II. La théorie de l'Éveil universel et de l' ekayāna dans les
          commentaires de l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra
    189
  • Le problème de la fin du saṃsāra205
  • L'Éveil universel selon l'école des dGe lugs pa217
  • CHAPITRE III. Résumé des doctrines des écoles bouddhiques sur
          l' ekayāna et l'Éveil universel selon le Grub mtha' rin chen phreṅ ba de
          dKon mchog 'Jigs med dbaṅ po
    237
  • CHAPITRE IV. La théorie de l' ekayāna dans le Ratnagotravibhāga241

  • Troisième Partie. — La théorie du « tathâgatagarbha »245
  • CHAPITRE I. Analyse du Ratnagotravibhāga et de sa « Vyākhyā »247
  • CHAPITRE II Le garbha et le dhātu dans le Ratnagotravibhāga261
  • CHAPITRE III. La théorie du tathāgatagarbha dans la « Vyākhyā » du
          Ratnagotravibhāga
    265
  • CHAPITRE IV. Notions apparentées à la théorie du tathāgatagarbha
          et du dhātu dans le Ratnagotravibhāga et sas « Vyākhyā »
    275
  •       Le dharmakāya275
  •       La tathatā276
  •       Le gotra277
  •       La Gnose et l'Action Compatissante du Buddha286
  •       Observations de rGyal tshab rje291
  • CHAPITRE V. La nature inexprimable et inconnaissable de
          l'Absolu
    297
  • CHAPITRE VI. Les qualités indispensables pour la compréhension
          de la Réalité absolue
    309
  • CHAPITRE VII. Le tathāgatagarbha et la śūnyatā313
  • CHAPITRE VIII. La notion de la Réalité absolue dans le
          Ratnagotravibhāga et dans des textes parallèles
    319
    • 1. La śūnyatā, la « Vacuité relative » et le « Vide de l'autre »319
    • 2. L'inséparabilité des qualités du buddha347
      • a. Le prabhāvitatva347
      • b. Les « modes » excellents de l'Absolu et la sarvākāravaropetaśūnyatā351
      • c. Avinirbhāga, sambaddha et amuktajña comme épithètes des qualités de l'Absolu357
    • 3. La détermination positive de la réalité absolue362
    •    L'indication de l'Absolu par la définition distinctive dans
         l'Advaita-Vedānta
      388
  • CHAPITRE IX. La théorie du tathāgatagarbha et du gotra selon
          Guṅ than 'Jam pa'i dbyaṅs
    393

  • Quatrième Partie. — La luminosité naturelle de la Pensée409
  • CHAPITRE I. La notion de la Pensée lumineuse dans les Sūtra411
  • CHAPITRE II. La luminosité de la Pensée et l' āsrayaparivṛtti dans le
          Ratnagotravibhāga et sa «Vyākhyā»
    419
  • CHAPITRE III. La luminosité de la Pensée selon des traités du
          Vijñānavāda et du Madhyamaka
    425
  • CHAPITRE IV. La Pensée lumineuse et la connaissance immaculée chez
          Dignāga et Dharmakīrti
    431
  • CHAPITRE V. l' amalavijñāna439
  • CHAPITRE VI. La luminosité du citta selon Guṅ thaṅ 'Jam
          pa'i dbyaṅs
    445
  • APPENDICES455
  • I. Sur le gotra et des notions associées dans le Canon Pāli et dans
          l'Abhidharma
    455
  • II. Sur les notions de bīja, d' āśraya, de vāsanā, et de dhātu472
  • III. Le sarvajñabīja des Yogasūtra496
  • CONCLUSION499
  • INDEX517
La Théosophie Bouddhique
  • PréfaceIX
  • LIVRE PREMIER. — LES ORGANES DE LA RELIGION1
  • Chapitre premier. — Le Bouddha3
  • Chapitre II. — L'ÉGLISE25
      • Les religieux, 26; les laïques, 39.
  • Chapitre III. — Les fixations littéraires de la doctrine59
      • Les schismes et la rédaction des trois « Corbeilles », 63;
        Mahâyâna et Hînayâna, 77.
  • LIVRE DEUXIÈME. — LA DOCTRINE DE LA SOUFFRANCE ET DU SALUT87
  • Chapitre PREMIER. — Les conditions générales du salut90
  • Chapitre II. — Thérapeutique de la volonté114
  • Chapitre III. — Thérapeutique de l'intelligence151
    • Première Partie. — Les fondements de la doctrine151
      • La théorie des agrégats, 159; la doctrine du karman, 166; la formule des
        Nobles Vérités, 181; la loi de la Génération conditionnée, 185.
    • Deuxième Partie. — Les applications de la doctrine199
      • L'âme, 200; l'âme universelle et Dieu sont niés, 218; le monde et
        les dieux, 221; le Bouddha, 231; les bodhisattva, 249.
    • Troisième Partie. — Les développements métaphysiques de la doctrine255
      • Le phénoménisme dans l'ancienne Eglise, 259; Vaibhâska et Sautrântika,
        265; Yogâcâra, 266; Mâdhyamika, 273; L'existence ultraphénoménale et
        les bouddhas transcendants, 285.
      • L'existence absolue (Tathatâ), 299; la doctrine du Triple Corps des
        bouddhas (trikaya), 310; la doctrine du Tathâgatagarbha, 318.
  • Chapitre IV. — L'élaboration du salut326
      • Remarque préliminaire: deux idéals et deux méthodes, 326.
    • Première Partie. — Comment on devient arhat335
      • Les quatre Voies, 335; la conversion, 339; les exercices et les expériences,
        345; la marche à la bodhi par la méthode de concentration, 346; la marche
        à la bodhi par la méthode de contemplation extatique, 360; l' arhat, 376.
    • Deuxième Partie. — La carrière des bodhisattva379
    • Troisième Partie. — Les déviations de l'idéal et de la méthode bouddhiques422
      • Le bouddhisme dévot, 425; le bouddhisme formaliste et mystique, 427; le bouddhisme érotique, 437.
  • Chapitre V. — Le nirvâna441
  • LIVRE III. — LA PLACE ET LE ROLE DU BOUDDHISME DANS
       L'HISTOIRE DE LA THÉOSOPHIE INDIENNE
    461
  • Chapitre premier. — Le dharma bouddhique462
  • Chapitre II — Les éléments théosophiques et les éléments religieux du
       bouddhisme
    479
  • Chapitre III. — Le bouddhisme et les autres systèmes religieux de l'Inde495
  • Conclusion521
  • Liste des abréviations avec l'indication des éditions utilisées527
  • Table méthodique des sources utilisées533
  • Index alphabétique535
  • Erratum539
  • Table des matières541
Lamp of Mahamudra (Rangjung Yeshe)
  • Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix
  • Translator's Prefacexi
  • Introduction by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexiii
  • Prologue1
  • SECTION ONE: GROUND MAHAMUDRA
  • The View5
  • SECTION TWO: PATH MAHAMUDRA
  • Shamatha and Vipashyana17
  • Faults and Qualities25
  • Experience and Realization32
  • The Four Yogas36
  • The Five Paths and the Ten Bhumis47
  • Enhancement57
  • SECTION THREE: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA
  • The Three Kayas of Buddhahood63
  • Epilogue69
  • Translator's Afterword75
  • Glossary77
Lamp of Mahamudra (Shambhala)
  • Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix
  • Translator's Prefacexi
  • Introduction by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexiii
  • Prologue1
  • SECTION ONE: GROUND MAHAMUDRA
  • The View5
  • SECTION TWO: PATH MAHAMUDRA
  • Shamatha and Vipashyana17
  • Faults and Qualities25
  • Experience and Realization32
  • The Four Yogas36
  • The Five Paths and the Ten Bhumis47
  • Enhancement57
  • SECTION THREE: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA
  • The Three Kayas of Buddhahood63
  • Epilogue69
  • Translator's Afterword75
  • Glossary77
Le Bouddha du Dolpo
  • Préface et remerciements11
  • Introduction15
  • PREMIÈRE PARTIE. La Vie et les Enseignements de l'Omniscient Dolpopa
    • Chapitre I: La vie du Buddha du Dolpo27
    • 1. Enfance et première éducation28
    • 2. Etudes au grand monastère de Sakya30
    • 3. L'entrée à Jonang35
    • 4. Edification du mont Mérou et exposition de la vue philosophique du
      Shèntong
      40
    • 5. Accueil initial des enseignements du Shèntong45
    • 6. La nouvelle traduction jonangpa du Kālachakra et de la Vimalaprabhā47
    • 7. Années de retraite et d'enseignement54
    • 8. Invitation en Chine par l'empereur Toghon Temour de la dynastie Yuan55
    • 9. Changements de supérieur à Jonang et début du voyage à Lhassa58
    • 10. Enseignements au Tibetn central et retour au Tsang62
    • 11. Rencontre manquée avec Bouteun Rinchèn Droup65
    • 12. Les derniers mois à Jonang68
    • Chapitre II: Etude historique de la tradition du Shèntong au Tibet75
    • 1. La tradition du Shèntong au Tibet avant Dolpopa76
    • 2. Dolpopa et la vue du Shèntong81
    • La tradition du Shèntong après Dolpopa95
    • Chapitre III: La doctrine du Bouddha du Dolpo129
    • 1. Vacuité de nature propre et vauité d'autre132
    • 2. Redéfinition du Cittamātra et du Madhyamaka137
    • 3. Deux voies d'illumination154
  • DEUXIIÈME PARTIE. Textes Traduits
    • Introduction à la traduction du Commentaire général de la doctrine165
    • L'invocation intitulée Commentaire général de la doctrine 171
    • Introduction à la traduction du Quantrième Concile Grand Traité chronologique
      del la Doctrine, ayant le sens d'un Quatrième Concile
      197
  • Bibliographie 265
  • Index 287
Le Canon bouddhique en Chine: Les Traducteurs et les Traductions, Vol. 1
  • Avant-Propos1
  • Abréviationsv
INTRODUCTION
CHAPITRE Ier
  • Pénétration du Bouddhisme en ChineVII


CHAPITRE II
  • Les SourcesXXXII
PREMIÈRE PARTIE
Les Églises du Nord (68-581 A. D.)


CHAPITRE Ier
  • Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Han Posté-Rieurs (68–220 A. D.)3
    • La primière Église de Lo-yang:
    •   1. Kâçyapa MâtaIiga. — 2. Dharmaratna. — 3. Ngan Che- kao. — 4. Lokakṣema (Tche Lou-kia-tch'an). — 5. Tchou Fo-cho. — 6. Ngan Hiuan. — 7. Yen Fo-t'iao (Buddhadeva). — 8. Tche Yao. — 9. K'ang Kiu. — 10. K'ang Mong-siang. — 11. Tchou Ta-li — 12. T'an-kouo. — 13. Ouvrages anonymes.


CHAPITRE II
  • I. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Wei (220–265 A. D.) 73
    • La seconde Église de Lo-yang :
    •   1. DharmakâIa. — 2. Saṅghavarman. — 3. Dharmasatya (?). — 4. Po-yen. — 5. Dharmabhadra (?).
  • II. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Tsin Occidentaux (265–316 A. D.)83
    • La première église de Tch'ang-ngan:
    •   1. Dharmarakṣa (Tchou Fa hou). — 2. Kâlaruci. — 3. Ngan Fa-k'in. — 4. Tchou Che-hing. — 5. Mokṣala. — 6. Tchou Chou-Ian. — 7. Nie Tch'eng-yuan. — 8. Nie Tao-tchen. — 9. Po Fa-tsou. — 10. Che Fa-li. — 11. Wei Che-tou. — 12. Tche Min-tou. — 13. Che Fa-kiu. — 14. Tche Fa-tou. — 15. Nârâyaṇa. — 16. Ouvrages anonymes.
  • III. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Ts'in Antérieurs (350–394 A. D.)154
    • La seconde Église de Tch'ang-ngan:
    •   1. T'an-mo-tche (Dharmadhī). — 2. Dharmapriya. — 3. Kumârabodhi. — 4. Dharmanandi. — 5. Saṅghabhûti. — 6. Gautama Saṅghadeva. — 7. Che Tao-ngan.
  • IV. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Ts'in Postérieurs (384–417 A. D.)170
    • La seconde Église de Tch'ang-ngan:
    •   1. Tchou Fo-nien. — 2. Dharmayaças. —3. Puṇyatrâta. — 4. Kumârajiva. — 5. Buddhayaças. — 6. Che Seng-tchao. — 7. Che Seng-jouei. — 8. Che Tao-heng.


CHAPITRE III
  • I. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Leang (Tchang Leang, 302–376 A. D. et Pei Leang, 397–439 A. D.)209
    • L'Église de Kou-tsang:
    •   1. Tche Che-louen. — 2. Che Tao-kong. — 3. Che Fa-tchong. — 4. Seng Kia-t'o. — 5. Dharmakṣema. — 6. Tsiu-k'iu King-cheng. — 7. Buddhavarman. — 8. Che Tche-mong. - 9. Che Tao-t'ai. — 10. Che Fa-cheng. — 11. Che Houei-kiao. — 12. Ouvrages anonymes.
  • II. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Ts'in Occidentaux (385–431 A. D.)234
    • L'Église de Pao han:
    •   1. Che Cheng-kien. — 2. Ouvrages anonymes.
  • III. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Wei du Nord (384–534 A. D.)242
    • L'Église de Pei-t'ai à Heng-ngan (Ta-t'ong fou):
    •   1. Che T'an-yao. — 2. Che T'an-tsing. — 3. Ki-kia-ye.
    • La troisième Église de Lo-yang:
    •   4. Che T'an-pien. — 5. Dharmaruci. — 6. Che Fa-tch'ang. — 7. Ratnamati. — 8. Buddhaçânta. — 9. Bodhiruci.
  • IV. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Wei Orientaux (534–550 A. D.)261
    • L'Église de Ye :
    •   1. Gautama Prajñâruci. — 2. Upaçûnya. — 3. Vimokṣasena. — 4. Dharmabodhi. — 5. Yang Hiuan-tche.
  • V. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Ts'i du Nord (550–557 A. D.)270
    • L'Église de Ye :
    •   1. Narendrayaças. — 2. Wang T'ien-yi.
  • VI. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Tcheou du Nord (557–581 A. D.)273
    • La troisième Église de Tch'ang-ngan:
    •   1. Jñânabhadra. — 2. Jinayaças. — 3. Yaçogupta. — 4. Jinagupta.


DEUXIÈME PARTIE
Les Églises du Sud (222–589 A. D.)


CHAPITRE IV
  • I. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Wou (222–280 A. D.)283
    • L'Église de Kien-ye (Nanking).
    •   1. Tche Kien. — 2. Vighna. — 3. Tchou Liu-yen. — 4. K'ang Seng-houei. — 5. Tche Kiang-Ieang-tsie. — 6. Ouvrages anonymes.
  • II. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Tsin Orientaux (317–420 A. D.)319
    • L'Eglise de Kien-ye (Nanking):
    •   1. Po Çrimitra. — 2. Tche Tao-yen. — 3. K'ang Fa-soue. — 4. Tchou T'an-wou-Ian (Dharmaratna). — 5. K'ang Tao-ho. — 6. Kâlodaka. — 7. Gautama Saṅghadeva. — 8. Vimalâkṣa. — 9. Dharmapriya. — 10. Buddhabhadra. — 11. Fa-hien. — 12. Gîtamitra. — 13. Nandi. — 14. Tchou Fa-Ii. — 15. Che Song-kong. — 16. Che T'ouei-kong. — 17. Che Fa-yong. — 18. Ouvrages anonymes.


CHAPITRE V
  • I. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Song (428–479 A. D.)363
    • L'Église de Kien-ye (Nanking):
    •   1. Buddhajîva. — 2. Che Tche-yen. — 3. Pao-yun. — 4. Îçvara. — 5. Guṇavarman. — 6. Saṅghavarman. — 7. Guṇabhadra. — 8. Dharmamitra. — 9. KâIayaças. — 10. Che Fa-yong. — 11. Tsiu-kiu King Cheng. — 12. Kong-tö-tche (Guṇasatya ?). — 13. Che Houei-kien. — 14. Che Seng-tchou. — 15. Che Fa-ying. — 16. Tchou Fa-kiuan. — 17. Che Siang-kong. — 18. Che Tao-yen. — 19. Che Yong-kong. — 20. Che Fa-hai. — 21. Che Sien-kong.
  • II. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Ts'i (479–502 A. D.)407
    • L'Église de Kien-ye:
    •   1. Dharmakṛtayaças. — 2. Mahâyâna (?). — 3. Saṅghabhadra. — 4. Dharmamati. — 5. Guṇavṛddhi. — 6. Che T'an-king.
  • III. Les Traducteurs et Les Traductions des Leang (502–557 A. D.) et des Tch'en (557–589)412
    • L'ÉgIise de Kien-ye:
    •   1. Seng-yeou. — 2. Mandrasena. — 3. Saṅghabhara. — 4. Paramârtha. — 5. Upaçûnya. — 6. Subhûti.
Le Concile de Lhasa
  • Avant-Proposv
  • INTRODUCTION1
  • Première Partie. — TRADUCTION DU DOSSIER CHINOIS DE LA
                                     CONTROVERSE
    23
    • Préface de Wang Si23
    • Première série de questions et de réponses (« anciennes » et « nouvelles », partiellement numérotées)43
    • Premier mémorial de Mahāyāna110
    • Exposé doctrinal inséré dans le mémorial114
    • Deuxième série de questions et de réponses (non numérotées)120
    • Deuxième mémorial de Mahāyāna151
    • Question et réponse insérées dans le mémorial153
    • Troisième mémorial de Mahāyāna157
  • Deuxième Partie. — COMMENTAIRE HISTORIQUE167
    • Premier mémorial de Wang Si au Roi du Tibet194
    • Deuxième mémorial de Wang Si au Roi du Tibet218
    • Prières des moines chinois de Touen-houang pour le gouverneur militaire de
         Koua-tcheou et autres personnages tibétains
      239
    • Dossier de pièces émanant d’un gouverneur chinois de Touen-houang sous la
         domination tibétaine
      254
    • Éloge des mérites de Chang K'i-liu-sin-eul (Zan Khri-sum-rje)284
    • Lettre écrite pour le préfet de Sou-tcheou, Lieou Tch’en-pi, en réponse à un
         Tibétain du Sud, par Teou Wou
      292
    • Poèmes chinois écrits sous la domination tibétaine306
  • Appendice. — FRAGMENTS DU DOSSIER INDIEN DE LA CONTROVERSE333
    • I. Le premier Bhāvanā-krama de Kamalaśīla, analyse sommaire d’après
         la version chinoise
      333
    • II. Le troisième Bhāvanā-krama de Kamalaśīla, traduction de la version
          tibétaine par M. Étienne Lamotte
      336
  • Addenda et Corrigenda355
  • Index381
  • Table des Matières399
  • Texte du dossier chinois de la controversePL. I-XXXII