The Bibliography
From Buddha-Nature
Selected Bibliography & Resources
This is the most complete bibliography of academic and related references on the concept of buddha-nature and the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra and its commentaries. For the relevant Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese texts, see the Primary Sources.
519 Citations
Academic Sources[edit]
- Bailey, Harold W. Indo-Scythian Studies: Being Khotanese Texts. Vol. 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963.
- Bernert, Christian, trans. Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature: A Commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Ratnagotravibhāga (vv.1.27-95[a]). By Rongtön Sheja Künrig (rong ston shes bya kun rig). Kathmandu: Vajra Books, 2018.
- Brown, Brian Edward. The Buddha Nature: A Study of the Tathāgatagarbha and Ālayavijñāna. Buddhist Tradition Series 11. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991.
- Brunnhölzl, Karl, trans. In Praise of Dharmadhātu. By Nāgārjuna and the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (rang byung rdo rje). Nitartha Institute Series. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007.
- Brunnhölzl, Karl, trans. Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature. Nitartha Institute Series. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2008.
- Brunnhölzl, Karl, trans. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2014.
- Coleman, James William. The Buddha's Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017.
- Dalai Lama, 14th. The Buddha Nature: Death and Eternal Soul in Buddhism. Woodside, CA: Bluestar Communications, 1997.
- Duckworth, Douglas S. Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008.
- Duckworth, Douglas S. Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2011.
- Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang. Buddha-Nature: Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra. By Arya Maitreya. With commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. Edited by Alex Trisoglio. Khyentse Foundation, 2007.
- Fuchs, Rosemarie, trans. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. By Arya Maitreya. Written down by Arya Asanga. With a commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas) "The Unassailable Lion's Roar," and explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamsto Rinpoche. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2000.
- Griffiths, Paul J., and John P. Keenan, eds. Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota. Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1990.
- Guenther, Herbert V., trans. The Jewel Ornament of Liberation. By Gampopa (sgam po pa). The Clear Light Series. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989. First published 1959 by Rider & Co. (London).
- Guenther, Herbert V. From Reductionism to Creativity: rDzogs-chen and the New Sciences of Mind. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989.
- Prasad, H. S., ed. The Uttaratantra of Maitreya: Containing Introduction, E. H. Johnston's Sanskrit Text and E. Obermiller's English Translation. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica 79. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1991.
- Holmes, Ken, and Katia Holmes, trans. Maitreya on Buddha Nature: A New Translation of Asaṅga’s Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra. Forres, Scotland: Altea, 1999.
- Holmes, Ken, and Katia Holmes, trans. The Changeless Nature: The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. 2nd ed. By Arya Maitreya and Acarya Asanga. Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Karma Kagyu Trust, 1985.
- Holmes, Ken, trans. Ornament of Precious Liberation. By Gampopa (sgam po pa). Edited by Thupten Jinpa. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017.
- 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.
- Hopkins, Jeffrey, trans. Mountain Doctrine: Tibet's Fundamental Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha-Matrix. By Döl-bo-ba Shay-rab-gyel-tsen (dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan). Edited by Kevin Vose. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2006.
- Kano, Kazuo. Buddha-Nature and Emptiness: rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab and a Transmission of the Ratnagotravibhāga from India to Tibet. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 91. Vienna: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien: 2016.
- Komarovski, Yaroslav. Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden's New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.
- King, Sallie B. Buddha Nature. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.
- Kramer, Ralf. The Great Tibetan Translator: Life and Works of rNgog Blo ldan shes rab (1059–1109). Collectanea Himalayica 1. München: Indus Verlag, 2007.
- Loden, Geshe Acharya Thubten. Fundamental Potential for Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism. Melbourne: Tushita Publications, 1996.
- Mathes, Klaus-Dieter, ed. 'Gos Lo tsā ba gZhon nu dpal's Commentary on the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā (Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel bshad de kho na nyid rab tu gsal ba'i me long). Nepal Research Centre Publications 24. Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003.
- Hugon, Pascale. Review of 'Gos Lo tsā ba gZhon nu dpal's Commentary on the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā, edited by Klaus-Dieter Mathes. Asiatische Studien 60, no. 1 (2006): 246–53.
- Mathes, Klaus-Dieter. A Direct Path to the Buddha Within: Gö Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008.
- Fletcher, Wulstan, and Helena Blankleder (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. Lion of Speech: The Life of Mipham Rinpoche; Mipham’s Lion’s Roar on the Buddha-nature and a Selection of His Writings on Madhyamaka, Tantra, and the Great Perfection. By Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2020.
- Kunsang, Erik Pema, trans. Gateway to Knowledge: The Treatise Entitled The Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita. Vol. 3. By Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche ('jam mgon mi pham rin po che). Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2002.
- Nakamura, Zuiryū. Study of the Ratnagotra-uttaratantra. Tokyo: Suzuki Research Foundation, 1967.
- Sonam, Ruth, trans. Buddha Nature: Oral Teachings by Geshe Sonam Rinchen. New Delhi: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2003.
- Ruegg, David Seyfort. La théorie du tathāgatagarbha et du gotra; Études sur la sotériologie et la gnoséologie du Bouddhisme. Publications de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient 70. Paris: École Française d'Extrême-Orient, 1969.
- Ruegg, David Seyfort. Three Studies in the History of Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Philosophy: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought, Part 1. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 50. Vienna: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, 2000.
- Schmithausen, Lambert. Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees. Lumbini, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute, 2009.
- Sebastian, C. D. Metaphysics and Mysticism in Mahāyāna Buddhism: An Analytical Study of the Ratnagotravibhāga-Mahāyānottaratantra-śāstraṃ. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 2005.
- Stambaugh, Joan. Impermanence Is Buddha-Nature: Dōgen's Understanding of Temporality. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1990.
- Stearns, Cyrus. The Buddha from Dölpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen. Tsadra Foundation Series. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2010. First published 1999 by State University of New York Press.
- Takasaki, Jikidō. A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra): Being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Serie Orientale Roma 33. Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (IsMEO), 1966.
- Takasaki, Jikidō. Collected Papers on the Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2014.
- Thrangu Rinpoche. Buddha Nature: Ten Teachings on The Uttara Tantra Shastra. Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang. Edited by S. Lhamo. Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1988.
- Thrangu Rinpoche. The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature; A Commentary on The Uttara Tantra Ṣāstra of Asaṅga. Translated by Ken Holmes and Katia Holmes. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series 131. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1994.
- Wangchuk, Tsering. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows: Tibetan Thinkers Debate the Centrality of the Buddha-Nature Treatise. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2017.
- Zasep Tulku Rinpoche. Buddha-Nature: The Mahayana Uttara Tantra Shastra; Maitreya's Root Text and Asanga's Commentary. With commentary by the 13th Zasep Tulku Rinpoche. Based on the translation by E. Obermiller, chapt. 1, "On the Essence of Buddhahood," verses 1-165. Vancouver, BC: Zuru Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, 2001.
- Zimmermann, Michael. A Buddha Within: The Tathāgatagarbhasūtra; The Earliest Exposition of the Buddha-Nature Teachings in India. Biblotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica 6. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 2002.
- Chen, Shuman. "Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings." In Vol. 1 of Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. 2nd ed. Edited by David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, and Stanton Marlan, 208–12. Boston: Springer, 2014.
- Burchardi, Anne. "Towards an Understanding of Tathāgatagarbha Interpretation in Tibet with Special Reference to the Ratnagotravibhāga." In Religion and Secular Culture in Tibet, edited by Henk Blezer with the assistance of Abel Zadoks, 59–77. Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000. Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library, vol. 2/2. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
- Duckworth, Douglas S. "Buddha-Nature and the Logic of Pantheism." In The Buddhist World, edited by John Powers, 235–47. London: Routledge, 2016.
- Gokhale, Vasudeva Vishnunath. "A Note on Ratnagotravibhāga I.52 = Bhagavadgītā XIII.32." In Studies in Indology and Buddhology: Presented in Honour of Professor Susumu Yamaguchi on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, 90-91. Kyoto: Hozokan, 1955.
- Goswami, S. C. "The Monistic Absolute of the Uttaratantra and Modern Science." In Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Prof. Gustav Roth, edited by Hari Shankar Prasad, 275–82. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1992.
- Grosnick, William "The Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra." In Buddhism in Practice, edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., 92–106. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
- Kano, Kazuo. "rNgog blo ldan shes rab's Topical Outline of the Ratnagotravibhāga Discovered at Khara Khoto." In Contributions to Tibetan Buddhist Literature, edited by Orna Almogi, 127–94. PIATS 2006: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter, 2006. Halle (Saale), Germany: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH, 2008.
- Müller, Ralf. "Philosophy and the Practice of Reflexivity: On Dōgen's Discourse about Buddha-Nature." In Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World: Vol. 1, China and Japan, edited by Raji C. Steineck, Ralph Weber, Elena Louisa Lange, and Robert H. Gassmann, 545–76. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
- Park, Jin. "The Wön Buddhist Practice of the Buddha-Nature." In Religions of Korea in Practice, edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., 476–86. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
- Swanson, Paul L. "T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's Concept of Threefold Buddha Nature—A Synergy of Reality, Wisdom, and Practice." In Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota, edited by Paul J. Griffiths and John P. Keenan, 171–80. Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1990.
- Takasaki, Jikidō. "Tathagatagarbha and the Community of Bodhisattvas." In Kalyāṇa-Mitta: Professor Hajime Nakamura Felicitation Volume, edited by V. N. Jha, 247-56. New Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1991.
- Zimmermann, Michael. "The Process of Awakening in Early Texts on Buddha-Nature in India." In A Distant Mirror: Articulating Indic Ideas in Sixth and Seventh Century Chinese Buddhism, edited by Chen-kuo Lin and Michael Radich, 513–28. Hamburg Buddhist Studies 3. Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2014.
- Lusthaus, Dan. Review of Impermanence is Buddha-nature: Dōgen's Understanding of Temporality, by Joan Stambaugh. Chanoyu Quarterly: Tea and the Arts of Japan 69 (1992): 69–72.
- Sur, Dominic. Review of The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows: Tibetan Thinkers Debate the Centrality of the Buddha-Nature Treatise, by Tsering Wangchuk. Reading Religion, August 9, 2017. http://readingreligion.org/books/uttaratantra-land-snows.
- Bernert, Christian. "Rong-ston on Buddha-Nature: A Commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Ratnagotravibhāga." MA thesis, University of Vienna, 2009.
- Duckworth, Douglas S. "Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2005.
- Germano, David Francis. "Poetic Thought, the Intelligent Universe, and the Mystery of Self: The Tantric Synthesis of rDzogs Chen in Fourteenth Century Tibet." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992.
- Jorden, Ngawang. "Buddha-Nature: Through the Eyes of Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge in Fifteenth-Century Tibet." PhD diss., Harvard University, 2003.
- Kano, Kazuo. "Chibetto ni okeru hōshōron no juyō to tenkai" [The Acceptance and Development of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tibet]. MA thesis, University of Kyoto, 2001.
- Kano, Kazuo. "rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab's Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga: The First Tibetan Commentary on a Crucial Source for the Buddha-Nature Doctrine." PhD diss., University of Hamburg, 2006.
- Khosla, Usha. "Study of the Tathāgatagarbha as True Self and the True Selves of the Brahmanic, Sāṅkhya and Jaina Traditions." PhD diss., University of Toronto, 2015. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/77747/3/Khosla_Usha_201506_PhD_thesis.pdf
- Miller, Adam Tyler. "The Buddha Said That Buddha Said So: A Translation and Analysis of "Pūrvayogaparivarta" from the Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī Sūtra." MA thesis, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2013.
- Schaeffer, Kurtis. "The Enlightened Heart of Buddhahood: A Study and Translation of the Third Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje's Work on Tathāgatagarbha, The Bde bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po gtan la dbab pa." MA thesis, University of Washington, 1995.
- Chen, Shu-Hui. "Affirmation in Negation: A Study of the Tathāgatagarbha Theory in Light of the Bodhisattva Practices." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998.
- Wangchuk, Tsering. "The Uttaratantra in the Age of Argumentation: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen and His Fourteenth-Century Interlocutors on Buddha-Lineage." PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2009.
- Ahmad, Zahiruddin. "The Womb of the Tathāgata or Buddhist Monism." Journal of The Oriental Society of Australia 15/16 (1983–84): 27–44.
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- Burchardi, Anne. "How Can a Momentary and Conditioned Mind Be Integral to Gzhan Stong?" Journal of Buddhist Philosophy 2 (2016): 55–77.
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Śrīmālādevīsūtra
Kun tu bzang po thugs kyi me long gi rgyud
Ghanavyūhasūtra
Rdo rje sems dpa' snying gi me long gi rgyud
Kǔmgang sammae kyǒng
Rig pa rang shar chen po'i rgyud
Ratnadārikāsūtra
Aṅgulimālīyasūtra
Sarvabuddhaviśayāvatārajñānālokālaṃkārasūtra
Mahābherīsūtra
Sgra thal 'gyur chen po'i rgyud
Bkra shis mdzes ldan chen po'i rgyud
Nyi ma dang zla ba kha sbyor ba chen po gsang ba'i rgyud
Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra
Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra
Kālacakratantra
Sekoddeśa
Laṅkāvatārasūtra
Tathāgatagarbhasūtra
Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta
Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra
Dhāraṇīśvararājasūtra
Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra
Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta
Tathāgataguṇajñānācintyaviṣayāvatāranirdeśa
Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāsūtra
Ratnacūḍaparipṛcchāsūtra
Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra
Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra
Mahāmeghasūtra
Lalitavistarasūtra
Atyayajñānasūtra
Abhidharmamahāyānasūtra
Fanwang jing
Hevajra Tantra
Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā
Commentary Sources
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel
Rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso'i 'grel pa shing rta chen po
Mahāyānottaratantraśāstropadeśa
Sangs rgyas kyi snying po'i rnam bshad mdo rgyud snying po
Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dgongs pa rab gsal
RKTST 2725
Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i rnam bshad lung don gsal byed legs bshad nyi ma'i snang ba
Dbu ma'i byung tshul rnam par bshad pa'i gtam yid bzhin lhun po zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos kyi rnam 'grel rang byung dgongs gsal
Gzhan stong snying po
Chos dbyings rin po che'i mdzod kyi 'grel pa lung gi gter mdzod
Phyag rgya chen po gsal bar byed pa'i bstan bcos tshangs pa'i 'khor los gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyams byed
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs bshad nyi ma'i 'od zer
Chos dbyings rnam par nges pa'i gter sgo brgya 'byed
Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma rgyan gyi me tog
Ri chos nges don rgya mtsho zhes bya ba mthar thug thun mong ma yin pa'i man ngag
Kun mkhyen chen pos mdzad pa'i grub mtha'i rnam bzhag don gsal gyi 'grel ba phyogs lhung mun sel
Tattvadaśaka
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan gyi lung sbyor
Yon tan rin po che'i mdzod dga' ba'i char
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i zin bris byams mgon gyi dgongs pa phyin ci ma log pa
Mdo rgyud rin po che'i mdzod
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa nges don gsal bar byed pa'i 'od zer
Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippaṇī
Kun mkhyen jo nang pa chen po'i dgongs pa gzhan stong dbu ma'i tshul legs pa bshad mthar 'dzin gdung 'phrog
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i ṭīkka
'od gsal snying po'i don
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos zhes bya ba'i mchan 'grel gyi mchan bu
Phyag rgya chen po'i man ngag gi bshad sbyar rgyal ba'i gan mdzod
Bde gshegs snying po gsal ba'i rgyan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs par bshad pa
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel bshad de kho na nyid rab tu gsal ba'i me long
Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i gdams pa
Ye shes kyi 'jog sa
'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag
Gzhan stong dbu ma chen po'i lta khrid rdo rje zla ba dri ma med pa'i 'od zer
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel pa byams mgon dgyes pa'i mchod sprin
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel ba gsal ba nyi ma'i snying po
Lam rim chen mo
Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā
Rgyud bla ma'i tshig don rnam par 'grel pa
Sdom gsum rab dbye
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi rnam par bshad pa nges don rab gsal snang ba
Byams pa dang 'brel chos kyi byung tshul
Rgyud bla ma'i rnam bshad sngon med nyi ma sogs chos tshan bzhi
Gzhan stong lta khrid
Bar do spyi'i don thams cad rnam pa gsal bar byed pa dran pa'i me long
Sdom pa gsum rnam par nges pa'i 'grel pa legs bshad ngo mtshar dpag bsam gyi snye ma
Abhisamayālaṃkāra
Tathāgatahṛdayālaṃkāra
Lta ba mdor bsdus pa
Bde gshegs snying po la bstod pa dad gus kyi gter chen po
Bde gshegs snying po'i bkra shis
Nges don phyag rgya chen po'i smon lam
Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i don bsdus pa
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po gtan la dbab pa'i bstan bcos mchan can
Stong thun gnad kyi zin thun
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa mdo dang sbyar ba nges pa'i don gyi snang ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi bshad pa nges don nor bu'i mdzod
Rgyud bla ma'i sa bcad mtshungs med legs bshad
Mdo sde rgyan dang rgyud bla ma spyod 'jug rnams kyi 'grel TIk+ka gi dbu zhabs kyi tshigs bcad
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig dang don gyi cha rgya cher bsnyad pa phra ba'i don gsal ba
Theg chen bstan pa'i snying po'i 'grel pa nyi ma'i 'od zer
Rājopadeśadarśanamālā (RKTST 2725)
Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā
Dam chos yid bzhin gyi nor bu thar pa rin po che'i rgyan
Chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos rnam par bshad pa chos kyi dbyings rnam par nges pa
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa zhis bya ba'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel pa don gsal lung gi 'od zer
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i tshig don rnam par bshad pa rin chen sgron me
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi nges don gsal bar byed pa'i rin po che'i gron me
Chen po gzhan stong gi lta ba dang 'brel ba'i phyag rgya chen po'i smon lam gyi rnam bshad nges don dbyings kyi rol mo
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos zhes bya ba'i mchan 'grel
Sde snod bcud bsdus man ngag gi snying po
Chos nyid kyi lam khrid
Theg pa chen po'i bstan bcos rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa
Madhyamakāvatāra
Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i 'grel chen snang mdzad ye shes sgron me
Fo xing lun
De bzhin gshegs pa snying po'i don rgya bod kyi mkhas pa'i bzhed srol ma 'dres par gsal bar byed pa'i zla gzhon
Kun mkhyen jo nang pa'i bzhes dgongs dbu tshad kyi gzhung spyi dang gung bsgrigs te spyod pa'i spyi don rab gsal snang ba
Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i kar TIka chen mo
Chos dang chos ma yin par rnam par 'byed pa'i gtam chen po zab mor nang don 'khrul par ngo sprod par byed pa grub mtha'i spyi ching
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rnam gzhag snying por dril ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i rnam bshad don dam rnam nges bsdus pa'i snying po'i snying po
Phyir mi ldog pa seng ge'i nga ro
Shōbōgenzō
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan
Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa
Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i snying po'i mdo rnam par bshad pa sngon med legs bshad
Dharmadhātustava
Rgyud bla ma'i don bsdus bde gshegs snying po'i don gsal
Rgyud bla ma'i sgom rim mi pham dgongs don
Kun tu bzang po'i smon lam stobs po che
Yid bzhin mdzod kyi 'grel pa pad+ma dkar po
Grub mtha' mdzod
Dbu ma chos dbyings bstod pa'i rnam par bshad pa
Theg pa chen po'i bstan bcos rgyud bla ma'i sa bcad
Gzhan stong khas len seng ge'i nga ro
Sher snying gi tshig 'grel
'phags ma shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i snying po'i dka' 'grel 'gran zla med pa'i rgyal po tshig le'ur byas pa
Lung rigs gnyis kyis phyag rgya chen po'i bzhed tshul la 'khrul pa sel ba'i bstan bcos zung 'jug gru chen
Phyag rgya chen po'i shan 'byed ces bya ba'i bstan bcos
Dasheng qixin lun
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don
Dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i rnam bshad rin po che'i gter mdzod bdun pa
Gzhan stong chen mo
Bka' yang dag pa'i tshad ma zhes bya ba mkha' 'gro ma'i man ngag
Phyag rgya chen po lnga ldan rtogs pa'i mgur
Chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa'i tshig le'ur byas pa'i 'grel pa ye shes snang ba rnam 'byed
'phags pa dgongs pa zab mo nges par 'grel pa'i mdo rgya cher 'grel pa
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bsdus pa'i don
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi bsdus pa'i don
Rgyud bla ma'i dka' 'grel gnad kyi zla 'od
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa Ti ka nyi 'od gsal ba
Rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don rton pa bzhi ldan mkhas pa dga' byed
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa rton pa bzhi ldan mkhas pa dga' byed
Rgyud bla ma'i spyi don
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa dgongs pa nges gsal
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos gsal byed
Rgyud bla ma'i gsal byed bsam mi khyab pa'i yi ge
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel mchan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i don gyi snying po gsal byed kyi snang ba chen po
Rang stong dang gzhan stong gi khyad par cung zad brjod pa tshul gnyis rnam gsal lung rigs sgron me
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i zin bris tI kA
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel
Rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don rin chen sgron me
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel bka' 'khor lo tha ma'i gsal byed
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel ba rin po che'i snang ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig 'grel thub bstan yar rgyas
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi rnam bshad bde gshegs snying po'i mdzes rgyan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i dka' gnad kyi mtha' dpyad mun sel
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i TIk+ka de nyid snang ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel legs bshad thogs med zhal lung
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel ba rigs khams bde gshegs snying po'i me long
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po'i mdo'i 'grel pa snying po rab gsal
Bde gshegs snying po'i skor zin bris
Drang nges legs bshad snying po
Legs bshad gser phreng
Vimalaprabhā
Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā
Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel mi pham zhal lung
Bde gshegs snying po'i stong thun chen mo seng+ge'i nga ro
Dbu ma gzhan stong smra ba'i srol legs par phye ba'i sgron me
Chos dbyings du ma ro gcig bde gshegs snying po'i yon tan can gyi mdo sde
Madhyāntavibhāga
Dharmadharmatāvibhāga
Deb ther sngon po
Rgyud bla rong ston 'grel pa'i kha skong
Bka' bsdu bzhi pa'i don bstan rtsis chen po
Dpon byang ba'i phyag tu phul ba'i chos kyi shan 'byed
Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa'i rnam bshad zin bris dbu phyogs legs pa
Phyi nang grub mtha'i rnam bzhag gi bsdus don blo gsal yid kyi rgyan bzang
Dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i chos bskor gyi byung khungs nyer mkho
Dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i nges don gsal bar byed pa rin po che'i sgron ma
Nges don dbu ma chen po'i tshul rnam par nges pa'i gtam bde gshegs snying po'i rgyan
Zab mo nang don
Shes bya kun la khyab pa'i mdzod
Nges don gyi lta sgom nyams su len tshul ji lta bar ston pa rdo rje'i mdo 'dzin
Mnyam med dwags po'i chos bzhir grags pa'i gzhung gi 'grel pa snying po gsal ba'i rgyan
Chos kyi 'khor lo legs par gtan la phab pa theg pa chen po'i tshul 'ong ges zhus pa
Zab lam khrid kyi man ngag 'phrad tshad rang grol
Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dpal ldan dus gsum mkhyen pa'i zhal lung dwags brgyud grub pa'i shing rta
Springs yig bdud rtsi'i thig le
Zab mo gzhan stong dbu ma'i brgyud 'debs