'od gsal snying po'i don
From Buddha-Nature
འོད་གསལ་སྙིང་པོའི་དོན།
'od gsal snying po'i don
The Meaning of the Essence of Luminosity
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One of a series of short texts by the Kadam scholar Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim, which represent an intersection between the works of Maitreya, particularly the Ratnagotravibhāga, and the practical instructions of Mahāmudrā.
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When the Clouds Part
"Buddha nature" (tathāgatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathāgatagarbha teachings and the different ways of explaining the meaning of this term. It includes new translations of the Maitreya treatise Mahāyānottaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most important, the translator’s introduction investigates in detail the meditative tradition of using the Mahāyānottaratantra as a basis for Mahāmudrā instructions and the Shentong approach. This is supplemented by translations of a number of short Tibetan meditation manuals from the Kadampa, Kagyü, and Jonang schools that use the Mahāyānottaratantra as a work to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature. (Source: Shambhala Publications)
Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2014.
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| Tibetan | Skyo ston smon lam tshul khrims. འོད་གསལ་སྙིང་པོའི་དོན།, ('Od gsal snying po'i don). In Bka' gdams gsung 'bum phyogs sgrig thengs gnyis pa, Vol. 50: 421-424. Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2007.  BDRC W1PD89084
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Description from When the Clouds Part
This brief work (HML) ascertains one’s own mind as luminosity by way of (1) this luminosity’s abiding as buddhahood, (2) the purification of its adventitious stains of thought, and (3) the manner in which the tathāgata heart dawns as wisdom. It follows the Uttaratantra in presenting (1) luminous mind (the tathāgata heart) through its threefold meaning (the dharmakāya, suchness, and the disposition), its nine examples in relation to the three kāyas and the nine types of obscurations, and its ways of being present in ordinary beings, noble ones, and buddhas. (2) The purification of the adventitious stains of thought consists of (a) taking refuge in the dharmakāya (the result), (b) familiarizing with the naturally pure basic element (the cause), and (c) dwelling on the path (the condition). Unfortunately, the last two pages of this text, which cover most of points (2) and (3), are missing, but more information related to these two points can be gleaned from IM and RW. (p. 320)
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