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Volume One
- Acknowledgements11
- Preface 13
- Chapter 1: Introduction 27
- Chapter 2: Doctrinal Background
- 1. Introductory remarks 57
- 2. An outline of buddha nature [by Karma phrin las], translation 60
- 3. Key points in Karma phrin las pa’s outline of buddha nature 72
- 3.1. Tathāgatagarbha concepts in early Indian Buddhist sources 72
- 3.2. Tathāgatagarbha concepts in Indo-Tibetan Mahāyāna sources73
- 3.3. Rang byung rdo rje’s Karma bka’ brgyud position on buddha
nature74
- 4. Critical edition of Karma phrin las pa’s outline of buddha nature78
- Chapter 3: The Eighth Karma pa’s Central Claims About Buddha Nature
- 1. Introductory remarks83
- 2. Sixteen central claims regarding buddha nature85
- 2.1. Buddha nature exists equally in everyone from ordinary beings to
buddhas85
- 2.2. Buddha nature discourses are of definitive meaning (nītārtha)95
- 2.3. The “nature” (garbha) of a buddha is actual, not nominal 101
- 2.4. The gotra is not metaphorical (upacāra), but attributions of cause
and result are106
- 2.5. Buddha nature is buddhahood obscured by defilements111
- 2.6. The three phases of buddha nature indicate progressive degrees of
disclosure116
- 2.7. The classification of three vehicles has a hidden intent (ābhiprāyika);
the one vehicle (ekayāna) doctrine is definitive (lākṣaṇika)120
- 2.8. The unfolded gotra is the naturally present gotra awakened through
virtue131
- 2.9. Resultant buddha nature may be equated with dharmakāya136
- 2.10. Buddha nature is not emptiness as a nonaffirming negation
(med dgag)141
- 2.11. Buddha nature is not a basis established (gzhi grub) by valid
cognition151
- 2.12. The identification of buddha nature and ālayavijñāna is
provisional162
- 2.13. Buddha nature is not a self (coarse or subtle) but is selflessness204
- 2.14. Buddha nature is only fully revealed in Mantrayāna thought and
praxis226
- 2.15. Buddha nature is natural awareness (tha mal gyi shes pa)241
- 2.16. Buddha nature consists in the unity of the two truths 257
- 3. Conclusion276
Volume Two
1. The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition of the Gzhan
stong Madhyamaka Proponents
- 1.1. Introduction11
- 1.2. Annotated Translation: The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition
of the Gzhan stong Madhyamaka Proponents (=Lamp)15
- 1.3. Critical Edition: Dbu ma gzhan stong smra ba 'i srol legs par phye ba 'i sgron me
zhes bya ba bzhugs so (= LG)50
2. The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly
- 2.1. Introduction73
- 2.2. Annotated Translation: The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly, also known as The
Sublime Fragrance of Nectar (= Tonic)76
- 2.3. Critical Edition: Rgan po'i rlung sman, also known as Dpyad pa bdud dri mchog
(= GL)137
3. Buddha Nature and Dharmakāya
- 3.1. Introduction171
- 3.2. Annotated Translation: Buddha Nature and Dharmakāya: A Reply to Queries172
- 3.3. Critical Edition: Bde gshegs snying po dang chos sku'i dris lan174
4. Buddha Nature and Emptiness Imbued with Compassion
- 4.1. Introduction177
- 4.2. Annotated Translation of an Excerpt from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Single Intent
Commentary (Intent) on 'Jig rten gsum mgon's Single Intent (Dgongs gcig) Vajra
Precepts 1.27–28178
- 4.3. Critical Edition: Dgongs gcig kar ṭīg (= GC) excerpt188
5. Buddha Nature and the Substratum
- 5.1. Introduction197
- 5.2. Annotated Translation of an Excerpt from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Single Intent
Commentary on 'Jig rten gsum mgon's Single Intent Vajra Precept 8.36197
- 5.3. Critical Edition: Dgongs gcig kar ṭīg excerpt230
6. Buddha Nature and the Two Truths
- 6.1. Introduction to Excerpts [A-B] from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Explanation of the
Direct Introduction to the Three Embodiments (= Embodiments)255
- 6.2. Annotated Translation [A]: On the Unity of the Two Truths258
- 6.3. Critical Edition [A]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad (= KN) excerpt268
- 6.4. Annotated Translation [B]: On Buddha Nature in the Context of the Two
Truths277
- 6.5. Critical Edition [B]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt287
7. Buddha Nature and the Tantric Causal Continuum
- 7.1. Introduction to Excerpts [A–D] from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Explanation of the
Direct Introduction to the Three Embodiments295
- 7.2. Annotated Translation [A]: On the Connection Between the Three
Continua297
- 7.3. Critical Edition [A]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt305
- 7.4. Annotated Translation [B]: On the Refutation of Other Views of the
Causal Continuum312
- 7.5. Critical Edition [B]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt328
- 7.6. Annotated Translation [C]: On the Presentation of Our Own System339
- 7.7. Critical Edition [C]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt345
- 7.8. Annotated Translation [D]: On the Purity of the Causal Continuum347
- 7.9. Critical Edition [D]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt351
8. Buddha Nature and the Tantric Path Continuum
- 8.1. Introduction to Excerpts [A–B] from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Explanation of the
Direct Introduction to the Three Embodiments355
- 8.2. Annotated Translation [A]: On Buddha Nature's Inherent Qualities357
- 8.3. Critical Edition [A]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt366
- 8.4. Annotated Translation [B]: On the Summary of the Creation and the
Completion Stages371
- 8.5. Critical Edition [B]: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt377
9. Buddha Nature and the Tantric Resultant Continuum
- 9.1. Introduction381
- 9.2. Annotated Translation: Excerpt on Buddha Nature, the Tantric Resultant
Continuum from Mi bskyod rdo rje's Explanation of the Direct Introduction
to the Three Embodiments382
- 9.3. Critical Edition: Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad excerpt390
Bibliography
- Abbreviations of Collections, Editions, and Institutes397
- Primary Sources: Indian Works397
- Primary Sources: Tibetan Works404
- Secondary Sources416
- Index433
The present study comprises two volumes. The first offers a detailed analysis of Mi bskyod rdo rje’s position on buddha nature in which we have attempted to fill in some of the historical and doctrinal background necessary to understand his main contributions to this subject. The second presents a selection of critically edited texts and translations of the his most important writings on buddha nature.
While the details of Volume II can be gleaned from the table of contents, it may be useful to give a short résumé of Part I. In the first chapter, we have sketched a general outline of the author’s position on buddha nature in relation to the major lines of interpretation advanced by leading scholars of his generation that he sought to creatively resolve through his own dialectical approach. In chapter two, we take a broader view of the major views on buddha nature that had developed in India and Tibet and consider how masters of the Karma bka’ brgyud tradition positioned their own views in relation to these. We are aided in this regard by a useful synopsis of Indian and Tibetan buddha nature ideas composed by one of the Eighth Karma pa’s main teachers, Karma phrin las (1456–1539); this forms the centerpiece of the chapter. In the third chapter, we flesh out the skeletal outline of Mi bskyod rdo rje’s position traced in the preceding chapters with a more detailed analysis of his central claims regarding buddha nature. This was the most painstaking portion of the book to write and may well be the most challenging for readers unacquainted with the finer points of buddha nature theory. Yet it also contains the most substantive material for understanding the author’s interpretation of buddha nature and its doctrinal foundations. Our philosophical aim was to clarify the author’s efforts to articulate and justify his tradition’s position on buddha nature in relation to parallel or rival positions held by other Indian and Tibetan masters. To this end, we identified in his treatments sixteen central propositions regarding buddha nature and attempted to elucidate each in terms of its historical-doctrinal evolution. In doing so, our objective has been not only to compile an inventory of the author’s core propositions and to compare them with those of other Buddhist scholars, but further to probe beneath the doxographical surface of these positions to get at the guiding aims and aspirations that led him to espouse the positions he did. Though somewhat more detailed than the previous chapters, Chapter Three is nonetheless indispensable for appreciating the scope and originality of the Karma pa’s contribution to the Buddhist understanding of buddha nature theory. It is thus also essential for clarifying and contextualizing the materials translated in Volume II. (Higgins and Draszczyk, preface, 17–18.)
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