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Translation of Commentary on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna

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• Editor's/Series Editor's Prefaceix
• Author's Preface and Acknowledgementsxv
• Abbreviations, Sigla, and Typographical Conventionsxvi
• Author's Preface and Acknowledgementsxv
• Part One: Introduction
  • 1. Introduction to The Sublime Continuum and Its Commentary 3
  • 2. Introduction to Gyaltsap's Supercommentary 17
• Part Two: Translations
  • Maitreyanātha's Sublime Continuum and Noble Asanga's Commentary
    • I: Tathagata Essence 53
    • II: Enlightenment 145
    • III: Excellences 159
    • IV: Enlightened Activities 166
    • V: Benefit 184
  • Gyaltsap's Supercommentary
    • Introduction 193
    • I: Tathagata Essence 205
    • II: Enlightenment 479
    • III: Excellences 511
    • IV: Enlightened Activities 524
    • V: Benefit 555
• Appendix
  • Tibetan Names (Phonetic-Transliterated Equivalents) 570
• Selected Bibliographies
  • Canonical Sources 572
  • Modern Sources 579
• Indexes
  • Index of Canonical Texts Cited 581
  • Index of Canonical Authors Cited 584
  • General Index 586

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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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