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Buddha-Nature in the Longchen Nyingtig

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• Prefacexi
• List of Abbreviationsxv
• Part I: Introduction1

• Chapter One: Approaches to Enlightenment3
  • The Great Perfection3
  • Simultaneous and Gradual11
• Chapter Two: Jigme Lingpa21
  • The Life and Education of Jigme Lingpa21
  • Jigme Lingpa's Works25
• Chapter Three: The Longchen Nyingtig31
  • 1. Treasure Texts31
  • 2. Revelation, Writing, and Publishing34
  • 3. The Contents of the Longchen Nyingtig40

• Part II: Simultaneous and Gradual49

• Chapter Four: Immanence and Distinction51
  • 1. Key Concepts of the Seminal Heart51
  • 2. Immanence54
  • 3. Distinction56
  • 4. Reconciling Immanence with Distinction: The Buddha Nature63
• Chapter Five: The Simultaneous Approach71
  • 1. Criticism of Causal Practice71
  • 2. Criticism of Inferior Approaches76
  • 3. The Rejection of Stages in Realization91
• Chapter Six: The Gradual Approach93
  • 1. Graduated Practice within the Longchen Nyingtig93
  • 2. Levels of Realization106
• Chapter Seven: Interpretation and Reconciliation115
  • 1. Simultaneous and Gradual Realization: The Levels of Ability115
  • 2. The Manifestation of Enlightenment: The Khyung Bird124
  • Chapter Eight: Conclusions129

• Part III: Translations133

• Technical note on the translations135

• Treasure Texts
  • 1. The Great Perfection Tantra of the Expanse of Samantabhadra's Wisdom
    (YLG)137
  • 2. The Subsequent Tantra of Great Perfection Instruction (GP)148
  • 3. Experiencing the Enlightened Mind of Samantabhadra (KGN)155
  • 4. Distinguishing the Three Essential Points of the
        Great Perfection (NSB)162

• Pure Visions
  • 5. An Aspirational Prayer for the Ground, Path, and Result(ML)167
  • 6. Vajra Verses on the Natural State (DTK)170

• Supporting Texts
  • 7. The White Lotus (PK)173
  • 8. The Words of the Omniscient One (KZL)208
  • 9. The Lion's Roar That Destroys the Deviations of Renunciants
    Meditating on the Seminal Heart (SN)225
  • 10. Seeing Nakedly the Natural State of the Great Perfection (NCT)235

• Part IV: Critical Editions239

• Technical note on the critical editions241
  • 1. rDzogs pa chen po kun tu bzang po ye shes klong gi rgyud243
  • 2. Man ngag rdzogs pa chen po rgyud phyi ma251
  • 3. Kun tu bzang po'i dgongs nyams255
  • 4. rDzogs pa chen po'i gnad gsum shan byed259
  • 5. gZhi lam bras bu'i smon lam261
  • 6. gNas lugs rdo rje tshig rkang263
  • 7. rGyab brten padma dkar po264
  • 8. Kun mkhyen zhal lung288
  • 9. Gol shor tshar gcod sengge ngar ro300
  • 10. rDzogs pa chen po gnas lugs cer mthong307

• Appendix I311
• Appendix II319
• Appendix III321
• Notes325
• Bibliography367
• Index383

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tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt. तन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད། Ch. 密宗

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Yogācāra - Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana). Skt. योगाचार Tib. རྣལ་འབྱོར་སྤྱོད་པ་ Ch. 瑜伽行派

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Madhyamaka - Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Skt. मध्यमक Tib. དབུ་མ་ Ch. 中觀見

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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་

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rang stong - The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena. Tib. རང་སྟོང་

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tathāgatagarbha - Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness)." Skt. तथागतगर्भ Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ Ch. 如来藏

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prabhāsvaratā - In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. Skt. प्रभास्वर Tib. འོད་གསལ་ Ch. 光明

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gotra - Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's gotra determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain. Skt. गोत्र Tib. རིགས་ Ch. 鍾姓,種性

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