The Buddha Within: Tathagatagarbha Doctrine according to the Shentong Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhaga

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** {{i|ii. The Terms "Neyartha" and "Nitartha"|126}}
 
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** {{i|ii. Maitreya|166}}
 
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** {{i|iii. The Importance of the Maitreya-Asanga Connection|167}}
 
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** {{i|v. The ''Vyakhya'' (RGVV)|171}}
 
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** {{i|vi. Transmission to Tibet|171}}
 
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** {{i|i. The Two Tibetan Transmission Lineages of the RGV|172}}
 
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** {{i|iv. Gampopa and the Sutra and Tantra Mahamudra|176}}
 
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** {{i|v. Rangjung Dorje and the Mahamudra-Dzogchen Synthesis|178}}
 
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* {{i|10.1 The Title and its Implications |181}}
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* {{i|10.2 General Introduction to the Seven Vajra Bases |182}}
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* {{i|10.3 Vajra Bases 1–3: The Three Jewels |186}}
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* {{i|10.4 Vajra Base 4: The Dhatu (Element)|192}}
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* {{i|'''Chapter 11: Translation of the Introduction to Kongtrul's RGV Commentary'''|263}}
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* {{i|'''Appendix 1: Works by Western Scholars'''|295}}
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* {{i|'''Appendix 2: ''Prakrtisunyata, Svabhavasunyata'' and ''Parabhavasunyata'' in Rangtong<br>and Shentong Terms'''|299}}
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* {{i|'''Appendix 5: Some Points of Comparision Between Rangtong Commentators on<br>RGV'''|317}}
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Tathagatagarbha—Buddha Nature—is a central concept of Mahayana Buddhism crucial to all the living practice traditions of Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Its relationship to the concept of emptiness has been a subject of controversy for seven hundred years. Dr. Hookham's work investigates the divergent interpretations of these concepts and the way the TIbetan tradition is resolving them.

In particular she does this with reference to the only surviving Indian commentary on the Tathagatagarbha doctrine, the Ratnagotravibhaga. This text addresses itself directly to the issue of how to relate the doctrine of emptiness (the illusory nature of the world) to that of the truly existing, changeless Absolute (the Buddha Nature).

This is the first work by a Western writer to present an analysis of the Shentong tradition based on previously untranslated sources. The Shentong view rests on meditative experience that is inaccessible to the conceptualizing mind. It is deeply rooted in the sutra tradition of Indian Buddhism and is central to an understanding of the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions and Tantric practice among the Kagyupas and Nyingmapas.

(Source: SUNY Press)

Citation Hookham, S. K. The Buddha Within: Tathagatagarbha Doctrine according to the Shentong Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhaga. SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.

gzhan stong - The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature. Tib. གཞན་སྟོང་

Dzogchen - Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition. Skt. महासन्धि Tib. རྫོགས་ཆེན།

SUNY - State University of New York

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