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- Abbreviationsix
- Prefacexi
- Acknowledgmentsxiii
Translator's Introduction 1
Translations 329
- Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra—An Analysis of the Jewel Disposition, A
Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna331
- Chapter 1: The Three Jewels and the Tathāgata Heart337
- Chapter 2: Awakening415
- Chapter 3: The Buddha Qualities429
- Chapter 4: Buddha Activity437
- Chapter 5: The Benefit455
- Pith Instructions on "The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the
Mahāyāna" by Sajjana461
- A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the "Uttaratantra"473
- A Commentary on "The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the
Mahāyāna," The Heart of the Luminous Sun by Dashi Öser695
- Instructions on "The Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna" by Mönlam
Tsültrim777
- The Repository of Wisdom by Mönlam Tsültrim789
- The Heart of the Matter of Luminosity by Mönlam Tsültrim797
- Pith Instructions on the Wisdom at the Point of Passing when about to
Die by Mönlam Tsültrim801
- The Lamp That Excellently Elucidates the System of the Proponents of
Shentong Madhyamaka by the Eighth Karmapa803
- Guiding Instructions on the View of Great Shentong Madhyamaka— Light
Rays of the Stainless Vajra Moon by Jamgön Kongtrul831
- Appendix 1: Selected Indian and Tibetan Comments on Uttaratantra I.27–2855
- Appendix 2: Selected Indian and Tibetan Comments on Uttaratantra I.154–5901
- Appendix 3: Indian and Tibetan Comments on Abhisamayālaṃkāra V.2943
- Appendix 4: The Emptiness Endowed with All Supreme Aspect953
- Appendix 7: Comparison of the First Six Topics of the Fourth and Fifth Vajra
Points in the Uttaratantra with the Same Six Topics in the Mahāyānasūtrā-
laṃkāra and the Mahāyānasaṃgraha979
- Appendix 8: A Letter from Stainless Expanse and Awareness— a Casual
Summary of the "Uttaratantra"983
- Notes985
- English–Sanskrit–Tibetan Glossary1227
- Tibetan–Sanskrit–English Glossary1231
- Selected Bibliography1235
- Index1259
When the Clouds Part is a translation and study of the Uttaratantra, also known as the Ratnagotravibhāga, and nine related texts from India and Tibet, some translated for the very first time in this publication. It is not the first translation of the text—Brunnhölzl cites two previous English translations by Obermiller (1931) and Takasaki (1958), who translated from Sanskrit and Tibetan, and Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese, respectively.
The book begins with a 325-page "Translator's Introduction," a study of the sutra's sources and exegetical traditions, which is a tour de force and a major reference for buddha-nature studies. It is for highly educated readers, assuming an extensive familiarity with the issues and terms of the discussion, such as the Madhyamaka/Yogācāra divide and the doctrine of tathāgatagarbha.
The Translator's Introduction is divided into eight sections: (1) the sūtra sources for tathāgatagarbha teachings; (2) historical survey of Indian and Tibetan definitions of tathāgatagarbha; (3) the history of the transmission of the "Five Books of Maitreya" to Tibet; (4) a survey of explanations of the meaning of the title of the Uttaratantra; (5) the relationship between the Uttaratantra and Yogācāra; (6) the Uttaratantra and zhentong; (7) the Uttaratantra and Mahāmudrā; (8) and an outline and summary of the ten works translated.
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the buddha potential that is innate in all sentient beings.
~ in When the Clouds Part, page(s) 3
Mipham Rinpoche wrote four texts that discuss the tathāgata heart—his
commentary on the Uttaratantra,262 The Beacon of Certainty,263 The Lion’s
Roar of Shentong,264 and A Synopsis of the Sugata Heart.265 As Dorji Wangchuk
says, the “official position” of the Nyingma School on buddha nature
may be said to be spelled out in A Synopsis of the Sugata Heart. Briefly
speaking, Mipham generally describes the tathāgata heart as the unity of
appearance and emptiness, adopting a view of buddha nature that reflects
Longchenpa’s description of the ground of Dzogchen—the ground of the
indivisible ultimate reality that is primordially pure (ka dag) and spontaneously
present (lhun grub). Mipham also uses reasoning in the tradition
of valid cognition to establish the existence of the tathāgata heart, similar
to his use of reasoning to establish the purity and divine nature of appearances
in the vajrayāna (the latter use of reasoning is a unique feature of the
Nyingma tradition, which is said to go back to the works of Rongsom).
~ Brunnhölzl, K. in When the Clouds Part, page(s) 74
During analysis, the adventitious stains and buddha nature are necessarily differentiated since buddha nature is empty of what does not belong to it (that is, it is shentong—"empty of other"). But when buddha nature is directly realized in Mahāmudrā, there is no longer any difference between it and the adventitious stains or seeming reality.
~ Mathes on Thrangu Rinpoche's position. in When the Clouds Part, page(s) 131
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