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*{{i|Introduction|xiii}}
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**{{i|1. The World of the Literature|xiii}}
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**{{i|2. The Author of the Literature|xvi}}
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***{{i|Maitreyanatha and Aryasanga|xvi}}
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***{{i|Maitreyanatha, knower of import (''arthajño'')|xxiv}}
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****{{i|Philosophical and Hermeneutical Level|xxv}}
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****{{i|Meditational and Realizational Level|xxix}}
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****{{i|Actualization and Socio-historical Level|xxxi}}
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**{{i|3. The Source Texts of the Literature|xxxiii}}
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**{{i|4. The Philosophy of the Literature|xxxix}}
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*Translation
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**{{i|Prologue|1}}
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**{{i|I. The Authenticity of the Universal Vehicle|7}}
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**{{i|II. Going For Refuge|17}}
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**{{i|III. The Spiritual Gene|23}}
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**{{i|IV. Conception of the Spirit of Enlightenment|31}}
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**{{i|V. Practice|43}}
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**{{i|VI. Thatness|49}}
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**{{i|VII. Power|55}}
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**{{i|VIII. Evolutionary Maturity|61}}
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**{{i|IX. Enlightenment|73}}
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**{{i|X. Faith|105}}
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**{{i|XI. Investigation of the Dharma|111}}
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**{{i|XII. Teaching the Dharma|153}}
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**{{i|XIII. Practice|165}}
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**{{i|XIV. Precept and Instruction|175}}
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**{{i|XV. Action Endowed with Liberative Art|189}}
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**{{i|XVI. The Transcendences|191}}
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**{{i|XVII. Worship, Service, and the Immeasurables|221}}
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**{{i|XVIII. The Accessories of Enlightenment|245}}
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**{{i|XIX. Excellences|293}}
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**{{i|XX. Practice|319}}
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**{{i|XXI. Epilogue - Culmination|335}}
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*{{i|Abbreviations|345}}
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*{{i|Bibliography|349}}
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*{{i|Indexes to the Translation|355}}
 
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The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra) was transmitted from the bodhisattva Maitreyanātha to Āryā Āsaṅga, the fourth-century Indian Buddhist scholar-adept. The most foundational of the set of the famous Five Teachings of Maitreya, the Discourse Literature is considered the wellspring of what the Tibetans call the "magnificent deeds trend of the path," the compassion side, which balances the "profound view trend of the path," the wisdom side. The Discourse Literature is also considered to be metaphysically aligned with and foundational for the Idealist (Vijñānavādin) school of Mahāyāna thought. Translated from Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese by Lobsang Jamspal, Robert Thurman, and the AIBS team, the present work contains a fully annotated, critical English rendition of the Discourse Literature along with its commentary (bhāṣya) by Āsaṅga’s brother, Vasubandhu. It also includes an introduction covering essential historical and philosophical topics, a bibliography, and a detailed index. This long-awaited work is the founding cornerstone of the AIBS Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series. (Source: AIBS)

Citation Jamspal, L., R. Clark, J. Wilson, L. Zwilling, M. Sweet, and R. Thurman, trans. The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṅkāra). By Maitreyanātha/Āryāsaṅga. Together with its Commentary (Bhāṣya) by Vasubandhu. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University's Center for Buddhist Studies, and Tibet House US, 2004. https://archive.org/details/mahayanasutralamkarabyaryansanghatheuniversalvehiclediscourseliteraturebhashyaof_902_Y/mode/2up.

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