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• Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpochexiii
• Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpochexv
• Translators' Introductionxix
  

• Part One: Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind
• Prologue3
  • 1. The Freedoms and Advantages of Human Birth So Hard to Find5
  • 2. Impermanence11
  • 3. The Sufferings of Samsara17
  • 4. The Karmic Law of Cause and Effect35
  • 5. The Spiritual Master51
  • 6. Refuge67
  • 7. The Four Unbounded Attitudes75
  • 8. Cultivating the Attitude of Mind Oriented toward Enlightenment85
  • 9. The Generation and Perfection Stages and Their Union103
  • 10. The View That Dwells in Neither of the Two Extremes, the Wisdom      whereby the Nature of the Ground Is Realized115
  • 11. The Path: Stainless Meditative Concentration127
  • 12. The Three Aspects of Meditative Concentration143
  • 13. The Great, Spontaneously Present Result151
• Conclusion163

• Part Two: Excerpts from The Great Chariot
• The Mind Is the Root of All Phenomena167
• Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness171
• The Eight Consciousnesses as the Basis of Delusion175
• The Three Natures179
• The Universal Ground191
• The Universal Ground, the Eight Consciousnesses, and the State of Sleep201
• The Tathagatagarbha205
• Refuge243
• The Three Concentrations of the Generation Stage253
• The Simple Practice of the Generation and Perfection Stages257
• The Mind and the Objects That Appear to It261
• The Omniscient Longchenpa Speaks about His Realization265

• Notes269
• Texts Cited in The Great Chariot301
• Bibliography305
• The Padmakara Translation Group Translations into English309
• Index311

• Preface
• by José Ignacio Cabezónvii
• In Memoriam: Geshe Lobsang Dargyay (1935-94)
• by Eva Neumaierxi
• Introduction1
• Distinguishing the Views of Emptiness: Moonlight to Illuminate the Main Points
  of the Supreme Path
  • Thematic Subdivisions of the Text63
  • Chapter 1
  • Three Ways of Understanding the Madhyamaka69
  • Chapter 2
  • The Refutation of Dol po pa97
  • Chapter 3
  • The Refutation of Tsong kha pa115
  • Chapter 4
  • The Middle Way as Freedom from Extremes203
• Abbreviations239
• Notes243
• Bibliography337
• Index383

• Colour Plates7
• Illustrations9
• Foreward by His Holiness the Dalai Lama11
• Acknoweledgements13
• Homage15
• Introduction17
• PART ONE: POTENTIAL ACCORDING TO THE 'ORNAMENT FOR THE MAHAYANA SUTRAS'25
• 1 Brief Explanation of Buddha Potential27
• 2 Extensive Explanation of Buddha Potential29
• 3 Summary83
• PART TWO: POTENTIAL ACCORDING TO THE 'SUBLIME CONTINUUM'85
• 4 Brief Explanation83
• 5 Clear Light Nature of Mind87
• 6 The Nine Examples of Buddha Potential91
• 7 The Meaning of the Nine Examples117
• 8 How to Practise Buddha Potential133
• 9 Great Enlightenment153
• Dedication201
• Biography of Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden203
• Outline231
• Quotations235
• Glossary283
• Bibliography299
• Index305

• Foreword 7
• Acknowledgements 9
• Translator's Note 10

'JIG RTEN GSUM MGON (JIGTEN SUMGON)

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG) - THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

• ROOT TEXT 11
  • The Invocation 13
  • Section I 13
  • Section II 14
  • Section III 15
  • Section IV 16
  • Section V 16
  • Section VI 17
  • Section VII 18
  • Epilogue 19
  • The Supplement 20

RIG 'DZIIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

• DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA 25
  • The Invocation 27
  • Section I 29
  • Section II 47
  • Section III 55
  • Section IV 69
  • Section V 85
  • Section VI 101
  • Section VII 115
  • Section VIII 125
  • Epilogue 143

• • Bibliography and Abbreviations 147

RIG 'DZIN CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (RIGDZIN CHOKYI DRAGPA)

THE LAMP DISPELLING THE DARKNESS

A VERSE COMMENTARY ON THE DIFFICULT POINTS OF

DGONGS GCIG (GONGCHIG)- THE SINGLE INTENT, THE SACRED DHARMA

• TIBETAN TEXT 153
  • Notes on the Tibetan Text154
  • The Invocation 155
  • Section I 156
  • Section II 174
  • Section III 182
  • Section IV 195
  • Section V 210
  • Section VI 227
  • Section VII 240
  • Section VIII 250
  • Epilogue 272

• Abbreviationsxi
• Translator’s Prefacexv
• Translator’s Introductionxxix

• Oral Commentary on the Self-Generation Ritual

• 1. The Initial Practice3
  • Preliminaries3
    • Verses of Supplication3
    • Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously16
    • Blessing the Vajra and the Bell24
    • Blessing the Inner Offering40
    • The Preliminary Torma Offering59
    • Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings80
    • The Mandala Offering87
    • The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation94
    • Worshipping the Merit Field122
    • Meditating on the Protection Wheel162
  • The Main Rite of Clear Realization195
    • Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body196
      • Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness196
      • Generating the Vajra Ground211
      • Generating the Mandala Palace218
      • Installing the Deities235
      • The Activity of the Deities249
      • Drawing the Deities into One's Body251
      • Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality257
    • Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body273
    • Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body284
      • Generating the Emanation-Body Form of Vajradhara285
      • Creating the Body Mandala294
        • Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence295
        • Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities304
      • Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara's Emanation-Body Form319
      • Generating the Three Tiered Beings337
      • Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord341
    • Preparing a Knowledge Consort345

• 2. The Foremost King of Mandalas363
  • Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents363
  • Emitting the Mandala Deities377
  • Emitting the Mandala Palace409

• 3. The Foremost King of Activities411
  • Spiritual Practices Carried Out during Meditation Sessions411
    • The Practice of the Subtle Drop411
    • Mantra Recitation422
    • Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved442
    • Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar448
      • Reciting the Verses of Praise449
      • Presenting the Outer Offerings452
      • Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering457
      • The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality466
    • Dissolution468
    • The Generation-Stage Portion of the Aspirational Prayer472
  • Spiritual Practices Carried Out between Meditation Sessions500
    • The Yoga of Ordinary Activities501
    • Blessings One’s Residence502
    • Blessing One’s Clothing503
    • The Spiritual Practice That Relates to Bathing503
    • The Spiritual Practices That Relate to Sleeping and Waking Up504
    • The Meditative Absorption That Relates to Food507
    • Reinvigorating the Body512
    • The Methods of Achieving the Common Spiritual Attainments512

• The Self-Generation Ritual

• The Initial Practice517
  • Preliminaries517
    • Verses of Supplication517
    • Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously529
    • Blessing the Vajra and the Bell529
    • Blessing the Inner Offering531
    • The Preliminary Torma Offering533
    • Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings541
    • The Mandala Offering543
    • The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation545
    • Worshipping the Merit Field549
    • Meditating on the Protection Wheel557
  • The Main Rite of Clear Realization571
    • Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body571
      • Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness571
      • Generating the Vajra Ground571
      • Generating the Mandala Palace573
      • Installing the Deities577
      • The Activity of the Deities587
      • Drawing the Deities into One’s Body587
      • Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality589
    • Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body589
    • Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body591
      • Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence593
      • Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities593
      • Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara's Emanation-Body Form605
      • Generating the Three Tiered Beings611
      • Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord611
    • Preparing a Knowledge Consort613

• The Foremost King of Mandalas617
  • Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents617
  • Emitting the Mandala Deities631
  • Emitting the Mandala Palace647

• The Foremost King of Activities647
  • Mantra Recitation647
  • Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved649
    • The Principal Deity Enters the State of Ultimate Reality649
    • The Principal Deity Arises from the Clear-Light State651
  • Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar653
    • Reciting the Verses of Praise653
    • Presenting the Outer Offerings653
    • Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering655
    • The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality661
  • Dissolution661
  • The Concluding Torma Offerings663
    • Blessing the Outer Offerings663
    • Blessing the Tormas665
    • Inviting the Recipients of the Torma Offerings667
    • Presenting the Torma Offerings673
  • The Aspirational Prayer679
  • Verses of Auspiciousness689

• Bibliography695
• Index to Oral Commentary711

• Dedicatory verses1
  
  

• I. The Merit of Studying and Preaching the Doctrine8
  • I A. The Merit of Studying and Preaching in general. (3 b. 1)9
    • I Aa. The Merit of Study. (3 b. 2.)9
    • I Ab. The Merit of Preaching. (5 a. 1.)11
      • I Aba₁. Worship of Buddha by Preaching the Doctrine. (5 a. 2.) —I
        Abb, Preaching of the Doctrine as superior to Material Gifts.
        (5 a. 3.) — I Abc₁ Good Memory — a result of expoundIng Scripture.
        (5 a. 5.) — I Abd₁ Augmentation of Virtue and Attainment of
        Enlightenment by Preaching. (5 b. 1.)
        
    • I Ac. The Merit of Study and Preaching taken together. (5 b. 5.)13
      • 1 Aca 1 Progress of Spiritual Merit through the Study of the 3 Vehicles.
        (5 b. 6.) - 1 Acb 1 Honours of Scholarship. (6 a 2.) - I Ace l Attainment
        of Enlightenment by the Study of the Doctrine. (6 b. 1.)
        
  • I B. The Special Merit of Studying and Preaching the Mahāyānistic Doctrines.
    (6 b. 6.)15
    • I Ba. Prevalence over the Merit of the Hīnayānist Saints. (7 a. 1.)16
    • I Bb. Superiority to every other Kind of Merit in the Path. (7. a. 5.)16
    • I Bc. Certainty of Attaining Omniscience. (7 b. 3.)17
• II. General Review of the Litterature of Buddhism. (7. b. 6.)18
  • II A. The different Meanings of the word "dharma". (8 a. 1.)18
  • II B. Etymology of "dharma" (8 a. 5.)19
  • II C. Definition of "dharma" in the sense of "The Doctrine". (9 a. 3.)21
  • II D. The various Aspects of the Doctrine. (10 a. 2.)23
    • II Da. The Doctrine from the Standpoint of the Result. (10 a. 3.)23
    • II Db. The Doctrine as the Means of Realising Nirvāṇa (10 a. 5.)23
    • II Dc. The Doctrine In its Iitterary form24
      • II Dca₁ The Word of Buddha (pravacana). (10 b. 4.)
        
        • II Dca₁a₂ Its Definition (10 b. 5.) — II Dca₁b₂ Etymology of "subhāṣita" (including the 60 Qualities of the voice of a Buddha). (11 a. 1.) — II Dca₁c₂ Varieties of the Word of Buddha (B a. 5.)
          
          • II Dca₁c₂a₃ Varieties of the Word with regard to Time. (13a.5.) — II Dca₁c₂b₃ Varieties with regard to the Subject-Matter. (13 a. 6.) — II Dca₁c₂c₃ Varieties of Form. The 12 Classes. (13 b. 3.) II Dca₁c₂d₃. Varieties of the Word from the standpoint of its being an Antidote against Sin. — The 3 Codes. (14 b .3.)
            
            • II Dca₁c₂d₃a₄ The 12 Classes of Scripture as contained in the 3 Codes. (14 b. 5.) — II Dca₁c₂d₃b₄ Etymology of the word "piṭaka". (15 a. 3.) — II Dca₁c₂d₃c₄ The Motives for the Establishment of the 3 Codes of Scripture. (15 a.4.)
              
              • II Dca₁c₂d₃c₄a₅ The Codes of Scripture as purifying from different forms of Sin. (15 a. 5.) — II Dca₁c₂d₃c₄b₅ The 3 Codes as corresponding to the 3 Disciplines. (15 b. 2.) — II Dca₁c₂d₃c₄c₅ The 3 Codes with regard to the Subject studied. (15b.4.)
                
            • II Dca₁c₂d₃d₄ Etymology of "Sūtra" , "Abhidharma", and "Vinaya". (16 a. 2.)
              
          • II Dca₁c₂e₃ Varieties of the Word with regard to the different converts (Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, Philosophy and Tantra). (16 b. 5) - II Dca₁c₂f₃ Varieties of the Word of Buddha with regard to the opportunity, at which it was pronounced (its principal Cause). (17 b. 5.).
            
            • II Dca₁c₂f₃a₄ The Precepts delivered by the Buddha personally. {17 b. 5.) — II Dca₁c₂f₃b₄ The Word as the Result of the Buddha's Blessings. (17 b. 5.) — II Dca₁c<suub>2f₃c₄ The Passages containing the Expression of the Will of Buddha. (18 a. 2.).
              
      • II Dcb₁ The Exegetical Treatises (çāstra). (18 a. 4.)41
        • II Dcb₁a₂ Definition. (18 a. 4.) — II Dcb₁b₂ Etymology of "çāstra". (18 a. 5.) — II Dcb₁c₂ The Varieties of Exegetical Treatises. (18 b. 3.).
          
          • II Dcb₁c₂a₃ Varieties as regards Quality. (18. b.3.) — II Dcb₁c₂b₃ Varieties from the standpoint of the Aim. (18 b. 6.) — II Dcb₁c₂c₃ Varieties of Subject-Matter (19 a. 1.).
            
            • II Dcb₁c₂c₃a₄ Works, referring to Empirical Reality (nīti-çāstra and the 5 Sciences). (19 a. 2.) — II Dcb₁c₂b₃ Works, referring to Absolute Reality. (21 a. 5). — II Dcb₁c₂c₃c₄ Works, showing the Way to Salvation and Omniscience. (21 a.6.).
              
            • II Dcb₁c₂d₃ Varieties with regard to the Interpretation of Scripture. (21 b. 1.). — 1) Treatises, interpretating Early Scripture. (Hīnayāna). The Works on Vinaya and Abhidharma. (21 b. 2.) — 2. Treatises on Mādhyamika and Prajñāpāramitā. (22 a. 3.) — 3) Treatises, interpreting Scripture of the latest period. The Yogācāra litterature. (23 a. 3.)
              
          • II Dcb₁c₂e₃ The various classes of Exegetical Treatises. (24. b. 5.)
            
• III. The Consideration and Fulfillment of the Rules, prescribed for Study and Teaching. (25 a. 6.)58
  • III A. Character of the Doctrine to be taught. (25 b. 1.)59
  • III B. Character of the Methods of Teaching. (26 b. 6.)62
    • IIIBa. Definition of the Teacher. (26. b. 6.)62
      • III Baa<su>1 The High Wisdom of the Teacher. (27. b. 3.)64
        • III Baa₁a₂ The Teacher's Knowledge of the Subject to be taught. (27 b. 4.) — III Baa₁b₂ The Teacher's Skill in the Means of expressing himself. (27 b. 5.) — III Baa₁c₂ His Knowledge as to his own behaviour and as to the Guidance of his Pupils. (29 a. 2.).
          
      • III Bab₁ The Teacher's Great Commiseration. (29 a. 6.)68
      • III Bac₁ Correct Methods. (29 b. 4.)69
    • III Bb. The Means of Teaching. (30 a. 2.)70
    • III Bc. The Character of Teaching. (31 a.5.)73
      • III Bca₁ The Character of Teaching with regard to the students.
        (31. a. 5)73
      • III Bcb₁ The same, with regard to the Aim. (31 b. 4)73
      • III Bcc₁ The manner of conducting the Teaching. (31 b. 4.)74
        • III Bcc₁a₂. Preparations. (31 b. 4.) — III Bcc₁b₂ The Teaching Itself.
          (32 b. 5.) — III Bcc<sub1c₂ The Conclusion of Study. (33 a. 2.)
          
  • III C. Character of the Methods of Study. (33 a. 3.)76
    • III Ca. Character of the Student. (33 a. 3.)77
      • III Caa₁ The Student of acute faculties. (33. a. 3)
        
        • III Caa₁a₂ His Defects. (33 a. 4.)77
          • III Caa₁a₂a₃13 Defects according to Vyākhyāyukti (33 a. 4) — III Caa₁a₂b₃ 6 Defects. (33 b. 3). — III Caa₁a₂c₃ 3 Defects (34 a. 1.)
            
        • III Caa₁b₂ Definition of the Student of acute faculties (34 a. 6.)
          
        • III Caa₁b₂a₃ The Student's Intelligence. (34 b. 1.) — III Caab₂b₃ Zeal and Desire to study. (34. b. 4.) — III Caa₁b₂c₃ Devotion and Absence of Arrogance. (34 b. 5.)
          
      • III Cab₁ The Hearer of mediocre Faculties. (34. b. 6.)81
      • III Cac₁ The Hearer of feeble Faculties. (35. a. 3.)82
    • III Cb. The Means of Study. (35 a. 6.)82
    • III Cc. The Manner of Studying. (36 a. 1.)83
      • III Cca₁ Preparations. (36 a. 1.)83
      • III Ccb₁ The Study by itself. (36 b. 3.)85
      • III Ccc₁ Conclusion of the Study. (36. b. 4.)85
  • IIID. The Instructions for realising the Aim of the Doctrine. (36. b. 5.)85
    
    

• IV. The History of Buddhism. (39 a. 2)90
  • IV A. The Rise of Buddhism in Indien. (39 a. 2.)90
    • IV Aa. The different Aeons. (39 a. 4)90
    • IV Ab. The Buddhas of the Fortunate Aeon. (39 a. 6)91
      • IV Aba₁ The Version of the Karuṇā-puṇḍarīka. (1005 Buddhas) (41 b. . .) — IV Abb₁ The Version of the Tathāgata-acintya-guhya-nirdeça. (1000 Buddhas) (41 b. 3.)
        
    • IV Ac. The Rise of the Buddha in this World. (44 b. 5.)100
      • IV Aca₁d₂ The first Creative Effort (citta-utpāda), according to the Hīnayānistic Tradition. (45 b. 2.) — IV Acb₁a₂ The Buddha's Accumulation of Merit, according to Hīnayāna. (46 a. 2.) — IV Acc₁a₂ The Hīnayānistic Tradition, concerning the Buddha's Attainment of Enlightenment. (47 a. 1.) — IV Aca₁b₂ The Creative Effort according to the Mahāyānistic Tradition. (47 a. 2.)
        
        • IV Aca₁b₁a₃ Its essential Character. (47 a. 3.) — IV Aca₁b₂b₃ Its Causes. (47 a. 6.) — IV Aca₁b₂c₃ Its Result. (47 b. 2.) — IV Aca₁b₂d₃ Its VarietIes from different points of view. (47 b. 4.) — IV Aca₁b₂e₃ The Mahāyānistic Tradition, concerning the Buddha's first Creative Effort. (48 b. 3.)
          
      • IV Acb₁b₂ The Accumulation of Merit, according to Mahayana.
        (49 a. 3.)108
        • IV Acb₁b₂c₃ Its Character. (49 a. 3.)
          
        • IV Acb₁b₂a₃a₄ Its Definition (49 a. 4.) — IV Acb₁b₂a₃b₄ Connection with the 6 Transcendental Virtues. (49 a. 5.) — IV Acb₁b₂a₃c₄ The Etymology of "saṃbhāra". (49 a. 6.) IV Acb₁b₂a₃d₄ The Functions of the Accumulation (49 b. 1.) — IV Acb₁b₂a₃e₄ Its Modes.(49 b. 1.) IV Acb₁b₂a₃f₄ Its Result. (49 b. 3.) — IV Acb₁b₂a₃g₄ Its Sphere of Activity. (49 b. 5.) — IV Acb₁b₂a₃h₄, The Accumulation from different points of view. (49 b. 5.).
          
      • IV Acb₁b₂b₃ The Time of Accumulation (the 3 asaṁkhya). (3 a. 3.) — IV Acb₁b₂c₃ The Mahāyānlstic Traditions, concerning the Buddha's Accumulation of Merit. The Account of the Bodhisattva-piṭaka. (55 b. 2.).
        
    • IV Acc₁b₂ The Attainment of Buddhahood-Mahāyānlstic Version
      (56 b. 4)127
      • IV Acc₁b₂a₃ The Essence of Buddhahoad. (56 b. 5.)
        
        • IV Acc₁b₂a₃a₄ The Essential Character of the 3 Bodies. (57 a. 2.) — IV Acc₁b₂a₃b₄ The Etymology of "dharmakāya" , "saṁbhogakāya", and "nirmāṇakāya". (57 a. 3.) — IV Acc₁b₂a₃c₄ The 3 Bodies as corresponding to their Aim. (57 b. 3.) — IV Acc₁b₂a₃d₄ The 3 Bodies as the Objects of Cognition of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. (57 b. 4.) — IV Acc₁b₂a₃e₄ The various Aspects of the 3 Bodies. (58 a. 4.).
          
      • IV Acc₁b₂b₃ The Acts of the Buddha. (59 a. 3.)

• Foreword by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch 3
• Introduction and acknowledgements 3
• Provenance 3
• Other known copies 3
• Features of the manuscript 4
• Dating the manuscript 5
• Scribes and annotators 6
• Carbon dating 7
• The author's introduction to the text and the order of chapters 8
• Translation of the introduction as found in the manuscript9
• Table of contents of the manuscript and concordance 11
• Summary of the Foreword in Tibetan 14

• Dorje Sherab (rDo rje shes rab)
• Illuminator, a Light of Gnosis: The Great Commentary on The Single Intention (dGongs gcig 'grel chen snang mdzad ye shes sgron me)17

• Abbreviations7
• An Aspiration by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé 9
• Foreword by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé 11
• Foreword by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche13
• Preface17
• Nāgārjuna and His Works21
  • Who Was Nāgārjuna? 21
  • What Did Nāgārjuna Write or Not Write? 22
  • Various Views on Nāgārjuna's Scriptural Legacy and Its Scope 30
  • Who or What Is Praised in Nāgārjuna's Praises?43
• A Brief "History" of Luminous Mind57
  • A Terminological Map for the Dharmadhātustava and Its Commentaries57
    • The Eight Consciousnesses57
    • The World Is Imagination59
    • Mind Has Three Natures60
    • A Fundamental Change of State63
    • The Expanse of the Basic Element of Being63
    • Self-Awareness and Personal Experience64
    • Having the Heart of a Tathāgata66
    • Luminous Mind67
  • Luminous Mind and Tathāgatagarbha68
    • The Eighth Karmapa on the Dharmadhātu as "Disposition" and Tathāgata Heart83
    • Is Buddha Nature an Eternal Soul or Sheer Emptiness?102
• The Dharmadhātustava113
  • An Overview of the Basic Themes of the Dharmadhātustava113
  • Translation: In Praise of Dharmadhātu117
  • The Significance of the Dharmadhātustava in the Indo-Tibetan Tradition130
• The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, and His Commentary on the
  Dharmadhātustava 157
  • A Short Biography 157
  • Some Preliminary Remarks on Rangjung Dorje's View159
  • On Rangjung Dorje's Commentary on the Dharmadhātustava 193
  • Other Tibetan Commentaries on the Dharmadhātustava198
  • Translation of Rangjung Dorje's Commentary206
• Appendix I: Outline of Rangjung Dorje's Commentary307
• Appendix II: Existing Translations of the Praises Attributed to Nāgārjuna in the
  Tengyur310
• Appendix III: Translations of the Remaining Praises313
• Glossary: English-Sanskrit-Tibetan325
• Glossary: Tibetan-Sanskrit-English329
• Bibliography333
• Endnotes344
• Index426

• • Figuresviii
  • Prefaceix
  • Abbreviations and Conventionsxiii

• INTRODUCTION
  • A Window on Chinese Buddhist Thought3
  • Historical Context25
  • A Note on the Translation38

• RUNNING TRANSLATION41

• ANNOTATED TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
  • Tsung-mi's Preface65
  • Part 1 Exposing Deluded Attachments:
    • Confucianism and Taoism80
  • Part 2 Exposing the Partial and Superficial:
    • Introduction105
    • The Teaching of Humans and Gods110
    • The Teaching of the Lesser Vehicle128
    • The Teaching of the Phenomenal Appearances of the Dharmas148
    • The Teaching That Refutes Phenomenal Appearances161
    • Conclusion176
  • Part 3 Directly Revealing the True Source:
    • The Teaching That Reveals the Nature177
  • Part 4: Reconciling Root and Branch:
    • The Process of Phenomenal Evolution189
  • Glossary of Names, Terms, and Texts207
  • A Guide to Supplemental Readings227
  • Bibliography of Works Cited235
  • Index249

• SECTION ONE: THE PREREQUISITESPAGE 1
• SECTION TWO: THE VIEWPAGE 2
• SECTION THREE: THE MEDITATIONPAGE 17
• SECTION FOUR: THE CONDUCTPAGE 33
• SECTION FIVE: THE RESULTPAGE 34

• AVANT-PROPOS1
• BIBLIOGRAPHIE17
• LISTE DES ABRÉVIATIONS29
• INTRODUCTION31
  
  

• Première Partie. — La théorie mahāyāniste du « gotra »71
• CHAPITRE I. La doctrine du gotra dans l'école du Vijñānavāda
        et dans ses sources canoniques73
•       Le gotra selon le Mahāgānasūtrālaṃkāra77
•       Le gotra selon la Bodhisattvabhūmi et la Śrāvakabhūmi86
•       Le Mahāyānasaṃgraha94
•       Le dhātu et le gotra selon le Madhyāntavibhāga97
•       Critique de la doctrine du gotra selon l'école du Cittamātra
        par Tsoṅ kha pa101
• CHAPITRE II. Allusions au thème du gotra dans la littérature de
        l'école des Mādhyamika109
• CHAPITRE III. La théorie du gotra dans l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra et ses
        commentaires123
• Les topiques de l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra 1. 37-38 selon les Résumés de 'Jam
        dbyaṅs bžad pa et Kloṅ rdol bla ma134
• La doctrine du gotra selon le Yid kyi mun sel de Ña dbon139
• La doctrine du gotra selon le rNam bšad sñiṅ po'i rgyan de
        rGyal tshab rje155
  
  
• Deuxième Partie. — L'Éveil universel et le Véhicule unique175
• CHAPITRE I. Le problème de l'Éveil universel et du Véhicule unique177
• CHAPITRE II. La théorie de l'Éveil universel et de l' ekayāna dans les
        commentaires de l' Abhisamayālaṃkāra189
• Le problème de la fin du saṃsāra205
• L'Éveil universel selon l'école des dGe lugs pa217
• CHAPITRE III. Résumé des doctrines des écoles bouddhiques sur
        l' ekayāna et l'Éveil universel selon le Grub mtha' rin chen phreṅ ba de
        dKon mchog 'Jigs med dbaṅ po237
• CHAPITRE IV. La théorie de l' ekayāna dans le Ratnagotravibhāga241
  
  
• Troisième Partie. — La théorie du « tathâgatagarbha »245
• CHAPITRE I. Analyse du Ratnagotravibhāga et de sa « Vyākhyā »247
• CHAPITRE II Le garbha et le dhātu dans le Ratnagotravibhāga261
• CHAPITRE III. La théorie du tathāgatagarbha dans la « Vyākhyā » du
        Ratnagotravibhāga265
• CHAPITRE IV. Notions apparentées à la théorie du tathāgatagarbha
        et du dhātu dans le Ratnagotravibhāga et sas « Vyākhyā »275
•       Le dharmakāya275
•       La tathatā276
•       Le gotra277
•       La Gnose et l'Action Compatissante du Buddha286
•       Observations de rGyal tshab rje291
• CHAPITRE V. La nature inexprimable et inconnaissable de
        l'Absolu297
• CHAPITRE VI. Les qualités indispensables pour la compréhension
        de la Réalité absolue309
• CHAPITRE VII. Le tathāgatagarbha et la śūnyatā313
• CHAPITRE VIII. La notion de la Réalité absolue dans le
        Ratnagotravibhāga et dans des textes parallèles319
  • 1. La śūnyatā, la « Vacuité relative » et le « Vide de l'autre »319
  • 2. L'inséparabilité des qualités du buddha347
    • a. Le prabhāvitatva347
    • b. Les « modes » excellents de l'Absolu et la sarvākāravaropetaśūnyatā351
    • c. Avinirbhāga, sambaddha et amuktajña comme épithètes des qualités de l'Absolu357
  • 3. La détermination positive de la réalité absolue362
  •    L'indication de l'Absolu par la définition distinctive dans
       l'Advaita-Vedānta388
• CHAPITRE IX. La théorie du tathāgatagarbha et du gotra selon
        Guṅ than 'Jam pa'i dbyaṅs393
  
  
• Quatrième Partie. — La luminosité naturelle de la Pensée409
• CHAPITRE I. La notion de la Pensée lumineuse dans les Sūtra411
• CHAPITRE II. La luminosité de la Pensée et l' āsrayaparivṛtti dans le
        Ratnagotravibhāga et sa «Vyākhyā»419
• CHAPITRE III. La luminosité de la Pensée selon des traités du
        Vijñānavāda et du Madhyamaka425
• CHAPITRE IV. La Pensée lumineuse et la connaissance immaculée chez
        Dignāga et Dharmakīrti431
• CHAPITRE V. l' amalavijñāna439
• CHAPITRE VI. La luminosité du citta selon Guṅ thaṅ 'Jam
        pa'i dbyaṅs445
• APPENDICES455
• I. Sur le gotra et des notions associées dans le Canon Pāli et dans
        l'Abhidharma455
• II. Sur les notions de bīja, d' āśraya, de vāsanā, et de dhātu472
• III. Le sarvajñabīja des Yogasūtra496
• CONCLUSION499
• INDEX517

• Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix
• Translator's Prefacexi
• Introduction by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexiii

• Prologue1

• SECTION ONE: GROUND MAHAMUDRA
• The View5

• SECTION TWO: PATH MAHAMUDRA
• Shamatha and Vipashyana17
• Faults and Qualities25
• Experience and Realization32
• The Four Yogas36
• The Five Paths and the Ten Bhumis47
• Enhancement57

• SECTION THREE: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA
• The Three Kayas of Buddhahood63

• Epilogue69
• Translator's Afterword75
• Glossary77

• Préface et remerciements11
• Introduction15
• PREMIÈRE PARTIE. La Vie et les Enseignements de l'Omniscient Dolpopa
  • Chapitre I: La vie du Buddha du Dolpo27
  • 1. Enfance et première éducation28
  • 2. Etudes au grand monastère de Sakya30
  • 3. L'entrée à Jonang35
  • 4. Edification du mont Mérou et exposition de la vue philosophique du
    Shèntong40
  • 5. Accueil initial des enseignements du Shèntong45
  • 6. La nouvelle traduction jonangpa du Kālachakra et de la Vimalaprabhā47
  • 7. Années de retraite et d'enseignement54
  • 8. Invitation en Chine par l'empereur Toghon Temour de la dynastie Yuan55
  • 9. Changements de supérieur à Jonang et début du voyage à Lhassa58
  • 10. Enseignements au Tibetn central et retour au Tsang62
  • 11. Rencontre manquée avec Bouteun Rinchèn Droup65
  • 12. Les derniers mois à Jonang68
  • Chapitre II: Etude historique de la tradition du Shèntong au Tibet75
  • 1. La tradition du Shèntong au Tibet avant Dolpopa76
  • 2. Dolpopa et la vue du Shèntong81
  • La tradition du Shèntong après Dolpopa95
  • Chapitre III: La doctrine du Bouddha du Dolpo129
  • 1. Vacuité de nature propre et vauité d'autre132
  • 2. Redéfinition du Cittamātra et du Madhyamaka137
  • 3. Deux voies d'illumination154
• DEUXIIÈME PARTIE. Textes Traduits
  • Introduction à la traduction du Commentaire général de la doctrine165
  • L'invocation intitulée Commentaire général de la doctrine 171
  • Introduction à la traduction du Quantrième Concile Grand Traité chronologique
    del la Doctrine, ayant le sens d'un Quatrième Concile 197
• Bibliographie 265
• Index 287

• Avant-Proposv

• INTRODUCTION1

• Première Partie. — TRADUCTION DU DOSSIER CHINOIS DE LA
                                   CONTROVERSE23
  • Préface de Wang Si23
  • Première série de questions et de réponses (« anciennes » et « nouvelles », partiellement numérotées)43
  • Premier mémorial de Mahāyāna110
  • Exposé doctrinal inséré dans le mémorial114
  • Deuxième série de questions et de réponses (non numérotées)120
  • Deuxième mémorial de Mahāyāna151
  • Question et réponse insérées dans le mémorial153
  • Troisième mémorial de Mahāyāna157

• Deuxième Partie. — COMMENTAIRE HISTORIQUE167
  • Premier mémorial de Wang Si au Roi du Tibet194
  • Deuxième mémorial de Wang Si au Roi du Tibet218
  • Prières des moines chinois de Touen-houang pour le gouverneur militaire de
       Koua-tcheou et autres personnages tibétains239
  • Dossier de pièces émanant d’un gouverneur chinois de Touen-houang sous la
       domination tibétaine254
  • Éloge des mérites de Chang K'i-liu-sin-eul (Zan Khri-sum-rje)284
  • Lettre écrite pour le préfet de Sou-tcheou, Lieou Tch’en-pi, en réponse à un
       Tibétain du Sud, par Teou Wou292
  • Poèmes chinois écrits sous la domination tibétaine306

• Appendice. — FRAGMENTS DU DOSSIER INDIEN DE LA CONTROVERSE333
  • I. Le premier Bhāvanā-krama de Kamalaśīla, analyse sommaire d’après
       la version chinoise333
  • II. Le troisième Bhāvanā-krama de Kamalaśīla, traduction de la version
        tibétaine par M. Étienne Lamotte336

• Addenda et Corrigenda355
• Index381
• Table des Matières399
• Texte du dossier chinois de la controversePL. I-XXXII

• Introduction au Rugissement de lion de la princesse Shrimala 7
  • Introduction9
  • Le thème11
  • Le concept de véhicule11
  • Le texte13
  • Le grand et unique véhicule14
  • L'ignorance subtile16
  • Les deux aspects des quatre vérités17
  • L'essence de Tathagata18
  • Le sens profond de la vacuité21
  • Une nature auto-réalisante22

• Le Rugissement de lion de la reine Shrimala 25
  • 1. Louange correcte des qualités infinies du tathagata28
  • 2. Les grands vœux inconcevables32
  • 3. Les grands souhaits qui embrassent tous les souhaits36
  • 4. L'inconcevable adoption des suprêmes enseignements37
  • 5. L'entrée véritable dans le Véhicule unique48
  • 6. L'essence de Tathagata68
  • 7. Le corps de réalité71
  • 8. Le sens profond de la vacuité72
  • 9. L'unique vérité - L'unique refuge73
  • 10. L'erreur74
  • 11. Sens profond de l'esprit parfaitement pur par nature77
  • 12. Les fils véritables du tathagata81
  • 13. Le Rugissement de lion de la princesse Shrimala84

• • Colophon87

• PRÉFACE5

• INTRODUCTION
• AUX ENSEIGNEMENTS
• DE L'ESSENCE DE TATHĀGATA
• (tathāgatagarbha)7

• CHAPITRE 1 - L'ESSENCE DE TATHAGATA22
  • Les sept bases vajra22
  • Caractéristiques des sept bases vajra22
  • Le joyau du Bouddha23
  • Le joyau du Dharma24
  • Le joyau de la communauté26
  • Les trois refuges conventionnels27
  • Le refuge ultime27
  • L'origine des Trois Joyaux28
  • L'élément ou essence de Tathagata29
  • Les trois types de vivants31
  • Les quatre obstacles31
  • Les quatre antidotes32
  • Les quatre perfections du corps de réalité32
  • L'activité33
  • La manifestation34
  • Les états34
  • L'omniprésence35
  • L'immutabilité35
  • L'état impur36
  • L'etat partiellement pur et impur38
  • l'état pur41
  • Les neuf analogies45
  • Le lotus fané46
  • Le grain dans sa balle48
  • L'or égaré48
  • Le trésor sous la maison49
  • Le germe sous la peau du fruit50
  • La précieuse effigie dans les chiffons51
  • La femme enceinte52
  • La statue d'or dans son moule de terre53
  • Le sens résumé des exemples53
  • Les neuf types de souillures54
  • La triple nature de !'élément57
  • Les raisons de cet enseignement60

• CHAPITRE 2 - L'ÉVEIL63
  • l'essence64
  • La cause65
  • Le fruit65
  • L'activité67
  • Les attributs70
  • La manifestation72
  • La permanence77
  • L'inconcevabilité78

• CHAPITRE 3 - LES QUALITÉS80
  • Les quatre absences de peur82
  • Les dix-huit qualités exclusives du Bouddha83
  • Les trente-deux marques84

• CHAPITRE 4 - L'ACTIVITÉ ÉVEILLÉE90
  • Spontanéité et continuité90
  • Les analogies93
  • Indra93
  • Le tambour divin96
  • Les nuages99
  • Semblable au grand Brahma102
  • Invisible103
  • Tel le soleil104
  • La supériorité du cercle de lumière du Bouddha105
  • Semblable au joyau qui exauce les souhaits106
  • L'apparition d'un tathagata est rare107
  • Semblable au son de l'écho107
  • Semblable à l'espace107
  • Semblable à la terre108
  • Résumé du sens de ces analogies108

• CHAPITRE 5 - LES BIENFAITS DE CET ENSEIGNEMENT114
  • Les bienfaits114
  • La composition du traité118

• COURTE BIBLIOGRAPHIE123

• Foreword8
• About Daehaeng Kun Sunim12
• Dancing on the Whirlwind20
• Turning Dirt into Gold74
• Glossary140

Volume One

• Acknowledgement12
• Introduction14
  • Current State of Research17
  • Politico-Historical Background22
  • Doctrinal Background25
  • Navigating the Middle Ways29
  • The Nature of Liberating Knowledge41

• Shākya mchog ldan44
  • Shākya mchog ldan and the Bka’ brgyud Mahāmudrā Tradition45
  • Life, Writings and Influences51
  • Madhyamaka and the Dialectic of Emptiness: Rang stong and
    Gzhan stong57
    • The Three Natures (trisvabhāva)65
    • The Two Truths (satyadvaya)67
  • Mahāmudrā and Buddha Nature74
  • Direct Perception and Nondual Wisdom101
  • The Great Seal in Shākya mchog ldan's Mahāmudrā trilogy109
    • Mahāmudrā: What it is and What it is Not109
    • Madhyamaka, Mantrayāna and Mahāmudrā116
    • Mahāmudrā and What Remains (lhag ma : avaśiṣṭa)121
    • The Problem of Cessation124
    • Contested Methods of Realization127
  • Responses to Sa skya Paṇḍita’s Criticism of Bka’ brgyud Mahāmudrā131
    • A Philosophical Defence and Justification of Mahāmudrā131
    • Defending Mahāmudrā Views135
      • The Self-sufficient White Remedy (dkar po gcig thub)135
      • Mental Nonengagement (amanasikāra) and the Fire of Wisdom139
  • Concluding Remarks145

• Karma phrin las148
  • Overview149
  • Life, Writings and Influences156
  • Madhyamaka Approach159
  • Extant Writings168
  • Views of Reality169
    • The Compatibility of Rang stong and Gzhan stong169
    • The Two Types of Purity181
    • Buddha Nature Endowed with Qualities184
    • On the Unity of the Two Truths200
    • "Thoughts are Dharmakāya"210
    • Understanding Coemergence: the Inseparability of Saṃsāra and
      Nirvāṇa217
  • Concluding Remarks223

• Karma pa Mi bskyod rdo rje226
  • Overview227
  • The Differentiation and Identification Models229
  • Reconciling Affirmation and Negation238
  • Life, Writings and Influences242
  • Blending Mahāmudrā and Madhyamaka250
  • Emptiness and Hermeneutics of the Three Turnings253
  • Core Soteriological Ideas and the Role of Philosophical Distinctions265
    • Buddha Nature269
    • Nature of Reality275
    • Nature of Mind277
    • The Problem of the Remainder (lhag ma : avaśiṣṭa)299
    • On the Prospect of a Groundless Ground314
    • On Whether or Not a Buddha has Wisdom320
    • Mahāmudrā as Mental Nonengagement (amanasikāra)325
  • Concluding Remarks341

• Padma dkar po342
  • Overview343
  • Life, Writings and Influences347
  • The Basic Framework: Mahāmudrā and the Unity of the Two Truths350
  • Emptiness and the Hermeneutics of the Three Turnings352
  • Hermeneutics of Mahāmudrā as Ground and Path356
  • The Two Faces of Mahāmudrā: the Modes of Abiding and Error357
    • Mahāmudrā as the Mode of Abiding (gnas lugs phyag chen)359
    • Mahāmudrā in the Mode of Error ( 'khrul lugs phyag chen)363
    • Yang dgon pa on the Two Modes of Mahāmudrā369
    • Padma dkar po's Transposition of Yang dgon pa's Distinction376
    • Interpretations of the Mahāmudrā Distinction378
    • Mahāmudrā and the Unity of the Two Truths382
    • Asymmetrical Unity and Rival Truth Theories (Jo nang and Dge lugs)385
    • The Ground of Truth393
  • Path Mahāmudrā and Liberating Knowledge398
    • Nonconceptual Knowing in the Shadow of the Bsam yas Debate399
    • Three Strands of Amanasikāra Interpretation in Indian Buddhism403
    • Padma dkar po's Three Grammatical Interpretations of Amanasikāra413
    • Responding to Criticisms of Amanasikāra422
  • Concluding Remarks426
• Final Reflections429

Volume Two

• Shākya mchog ldan10
• Introduction: the Mahāmudrā Trilogy11
  • 1a. English Translation of Gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyams byed14
  • 1b. Critical Edition of Gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyam byed26
  • 2a. English Translation of Grub pa mchog gi dgongs pa rnam nges34
  • 2b. Critical Edition of Grub pa mchog gi dgongs pa rnam nges43
  • 3a. English Translation of Zung 'jug gi gru chen48
  • 3b. Critical Edition of Zung 'jug gi gru chen71

• Karma phrin las pa86
• Perspectives on Rang stong and Gzhan stong87
  • 1a. English Translation of Dri lan yid kyi mun sel88
  • 1b. Critical Edition of Dri lan yid kyi mun sel91
• A Mystical Song of the View Proclaiming the Mode of Being94
  • 2a. English Translation of the Yin lugs sgrog pa lta ba'i mgur95
  • 2b. Critical Edition of the Yin lugs sgrog pa lta ba'i mgur98
• A Vajra Song100
  • 3a. English Translation of the Rdo rje mgur100
  • 3b. Critical Edition of the Rdo rje mgur102

• Karma pa Mi bskyod rdo rje104
• Critique of 'Gos Lo tsd ba' s Separation of Buddhahood and Buddha Nature105
  • 1a. English Translation of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)105
  • 1b. Critical Edition of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)109
• Some Criticisms of Shākya mchog ldan's Buddha Nature Epistemology111
  • 2a. English Translation of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)112
  • 2b. Critical Edition of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)115
• Two Minds in One Person? A Reply to the Queries of Bla ma khams pa117
  • 3a. English Translation of Bla ma khams pa'i dris lan mi gcig sems gnyis118
  • 3b. Critical Edition of Bla ma khams pa'i dris lan mi gcig sems gnyis120
• A Trove Containing Myriad Treasures of Profound Mahāmudrā122
  • 4a. English Translation of Zab mo phyag chen gyi mdzod sna tshogs 'dus
    pa'i gter123
  • 4b. Critical Edition of Zab mo phyag chen gyi mdzod sna tshogs 'dus pa'i
    gter134
• Mental Nonengagement as Unconditioned Mental Engagement143
  • 5a. English Translation of Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad (excerpt)144
  • 5b. Critical Edition of Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad (excerpt)147
• Amanasikāra, Emptiness, and the Tradition of Heshang Moheyan150
  • 6a. English Translation of Dgongs gcig 'grel pa VI (excerpt)151
  • 6b. Critical Edition of Dgongs gcig 'grel pa VI (excerpt)153

• Padma dkar po156
• Distinguishing Gnas lugs phyag chen and 'Khrul lugs phyag chen157
  • 1a. English Translation of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)157
  • 1b. Critical Edition of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)168
• Three Grammatical Interpretations of Amanasikāra175
  • 2b. Critical Edition of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)176
• Refuting Sa paṇ's Equation of Mahāmudrā with Heshang's Chan Meditation179
  • 3a. English Translation of Klan ka gzhom pa'i gtam (excerpt)180
  • 3b. Critical Edition of Klan ka gzhom pa'i gtam (excerpt)188
• Response to Nam mkha' rgyal mtshan's critique of Padma dkar po's
  Amanasikāra194
  • 4a. English Translation of Shar rtse zhal snga'i brgal lan (excerpt)195
  • 4b. Critical Edition of Shar rtse zhal snga'i brgal lan (excerpt)197
• Amanasikāra in the Context of Nonreferential Meditation199
  • 5a. English Translation of Snying po don gyi man ngag (excerpt)199
  • 5b. Critical Edition of Snying po don gyi man ngag (excerpt)201
• Bibliography202
• Abbreviations of Canonical Collections, Journals, and Online Sources202
• Primary Sources: Indian Works202
• Primary Sources: Tibetan Works207
• Secondary Sources218
• Index232

• • Preface and acknowledgementsx
• 1 Introduction1
  • Buddhism: doctrinal diversity and (relative) moral unity1
  • The Indian background7
  • Factors that may have contributed to change12
  • Abhidharma15
  • Mahāsāṃghikas and the Lokottaravāda18
  • The origins of the Mahāyāna, and the laity21
  • Mahāyāna before 'Mahāyāna' – the Ajitasenavyākaraṇanirdeśa Sūtra27
  • On the origins of the Mahāyāna – some more sūtras30
  • The justification of the Mahāyāna sutras38
• 2 The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā) Sūtras 45
  • On the Mahāyāna sūtras45
  • The origins and development of the Prajñāpāramitā literature47
  • Wisdom (prajña) and its perfection49
  • Absence of Self – the extensive perspective51
  • The Bodhisattva55
• 3 Mādhyamika63
  • Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva63
  • The development of the Mādhyamika tradition in India65
  • Emptiness and intrinsic existence – the incompatible rivals68
  • A brief note on Mādhyamika method71
  • Three Mādhyamika critiques72
    • On causation73
    • On the Self74
    • On nirvāṇa75
  • The two truths76
  • Meditation and emptiness – an impressionistic outline79
  • A final note – Mādhyamika in China and East Asia81
• 4 Yogācāra84
  • Background84
  • The Yogācāra tradition – scholars and texts86
  • The three natures (trisvabhava)88
  • Mind92
  • Substratum consciousness, consciousness and immaculate consciousness97
  • Yet more disputes within the Yogācāra tradition100
• 5 The Tathāgatagarbha103
  • Some Tathāgatagarbha Sūtras104
  • The Tathāgatagarbha in the Ratnagotravibhāga109
  • Tibet – the gzhan stong and rang stong dispute112
  • The Dasheng qixinlun (Ta-sheng ch’i-hsin lun) and the
       Tathagatagarbha in East Asia115
  • Dōgen on the Buddha-nature119
  • A note on some contemporary issues: Critical Buddhism and a debate on
       not-Self in Thai Buddhism122
  • Critical Buddhism122
  • Not-Self in contemporary Thai Buddhism125
• 6 Huayan – the Flower Garland tradition129
  • Buddhism in China129
  • The Avataṃsaka Sūtra132
  • The Huayan tradition in China138
  • Huayan thought – Fazang’s 'Treatise on the Golden Lion' 141
  • A note on some aspects of Huayan practice144
  • The Avataṃsaka Sūtra and Vairocana in Buddhist art146
• 7 The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus) Sūtra and its influences149
  • A note on Tiantai (Tendai)161
  • Nichiren Shōnin and his tradition165
• 8 On the bodies of the Buddha172
  • Prolegomenon to the Mahāyāna172
  • The bodies of the Buddha and the philosophy of emptiness176
  • Yogācāra – the system develops179
  • A note on the dGe lugs schema of the Buddha's bodies182
  • A final note: the 'nonabiding nirvāṇa' and the lifespan of the Buddha185
• 9 The path of the Bodhisattva187
  • Buddhism reaches Tibet187
  • The eighth-century debates191
  • Compassion and the Bodhicitta194
  • Bodhisattva stages, paths and perfections200
• 10 Trust, self-abandonment and devotion: the cults of Buddhas
       and Bodhisattvas209
  • Buddhānusmṛti – recollection of the Buddha209
  • The pratyutpanna samādhi and Huiyuan212
  • The notion of a Buddha Field (buddhakṣetra)214
  • Some Bodhisattvas218
    • Maitreya218
    • Avalokiteśvara221
    • Tārā225
    • Mañjuśrī226
    • Kṣitigarbha229
  • Some Buddhas231
    • Akṣobhya231
    • Bhaiṣajyaguru234
    • Amitābha/Amitāyus238
      • The Amitābha sūtras238
      • Amitābha’s Pure Land in China243
      • Hōnen Shōnin (1133–1212)254
      • Shinran Shōnin (1173–1262)259
  • Notes267
  • References389
  • Index of names422
  • Index of subjects430

Table of Contents in Sanskrit:

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• Translator's Preface11
• The Root Text15
• The Commentary55
• The Authors Introduction57
• The explication of the treatise67
• I. The meaning of the title67
• II. The translators' homage67
• III. The main body of the text69
• A The verse introducing the author's intention69
  • B The actual body of the treatise71
    • 1 The brief presentation71
      • I) The points comprising the essential subject matter71
      • II) The defining traits of each of these75
        • A) The definition of phenomena75
        • B) The definition of pure being77
      • III) The rationale underlying these traits79
      • IV) Examining both for sameness and difference83
    • 2 The expanded explanation85
      • I) The expanded explanation of phenomena85
        • A) A presentation of the headings85
        • B) An explanation of each of these87
          • (1) A passing reference to the first three points87
          • (2) An explanation of the last three points89
            • (I) The explanation of the two types of ground89
              • (A) A brief presentation of both in common89
              • (B) An expanded explanation of the meaning of each91
                • 1) Experience comprising a common ground91
                • 2) Experience not shared in common95
            • (II) How to approach reality, which is free of perceived
              and perceiver97
              • (A) The tenet stating that there is no outer referent,
                only image-awareness97
                • 1) The lack of a perceived object discrete from the perceiver97
                • 2) The elimination of any further uncertainty101
              • (B) The resultant procedure for approaching reality,
                the freedom from perceived and perceiver107
      • II) The expanded explanation of pure being113
        • A) A brief presentation of the headings113
        • B) The expanded explanation of these six115
          • (1) The defining characteristics 115
          • (2) The ground115
          • (3) Definitive verification117
          • (4) Encounter117
          • (5) Recollection119
          • (6) Complete immersion into its core121
            • (I) The character of ultimate transformation 121
            • (II) The expanded explanation of its distinctive features123
              • (A) The brief presentation of the headings123
              • (B) The expansion on these ten125
                • 1) The essence125
                • 2) The ingredients127
                • 3) The individuals131
                • 4) The special traits133
                • 5) The requirements135
                • 6) The ground137
                  • a) The brief presentation137
                  • b) The expansion on these six points141
                    • i) The focal requirement141
                    • ii) Surrendering attributes143
                    • iii) How to apply the mind correctly in practice 147
                    • iv) The defining characteristics of wisdom
                      in terms of its effects—the sphere of experience it opens149
                    • v) The benefits159
                    • vi) The introduction to full
                      understanding161
                      • (a) The brief presentation161
                      • (b) The expansion on that163
                        • (i) Fully understanding the
                          remedy163
                        • (ii) Fully understanding the
                          concrete characteristic165
                        • (iii) Fully understanding the distinctive marks171
                        • (iv) Fully understanding the five effects173
                • 7) Mental cultivation175
                • 8) Application185
                • 9) The disadvantages189
                • 10) The benefits199
    • 3 The concluding summary employing examples to illustrate the point201
• IV. The concluding statement203
  • The Author's Colophon205
  • Dedication207
• Bibliography209
• Notes211

• Series Introduction by Kurtis Schaeffer vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction 1
• Life
  • 1. Translation of Maitrīpa’s Life Story 17
  • 2. Conversion, Monkhood, Expulsion Stories, and Legacy 29
• Philosophy
  • 3. Between Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, and Mahāmudrā 39
  • 4. Sudden versus Gradual Paths 45
  • 5. Maitrīpa’s Gradual Path 49
  • 6. Nonconceptual Realization (Amanasikāra) 71
  • 7. The Ten Verses on True Reality in the Light of Sahajavajra’s Commentary 77
  • 8. Empowerment 95
  • 9. Mahāmudrā Practice 129
  • 10. The Four Signs of Mahāmudrā Meditation 139
• Teachings: Maitrīpa’s Collection of Texts on Nonconceptual Realization
  • 11. A Summary of the Amanasikāra Texts 151
  • 12. The Destruction of Wrong Views 169
  • 13. A Commentary on the [Initial] Statement of The Destruction of Wrong
    Views185
  • 14. The Major Offenses 189
  • 15. The Gross Offenses 191
  • 16. A Jewel Garland of True Reality 193
  • 17. Explaining the Seals of the Five Tathāgatas 211
  • 18. A Presentation of Empowerment 221
  • 19. The Succession of the Four Seals 231
  • 20. A Summary of the Meaning of Empowerment 239
  • 21. The Five Aspects of Vajrasattva 247
  • 22. A Discourse on Illusion 255
  • 23. A Discourse on Dream 259
  • 24. An Elucidation of True Reality 263
  • 25. An Elucidation of Nonabiding 267
  • 26. An Elucidation of Indivisible Union 271
  • 27. The Manifestation of Great Bliss 275
  • 28. The Twenty Verses on True Reality 279
  • 29. The Twenty Verses on Mahāyāna 283
  • 30. The Five Verses on Penetrating Insight 287
  • 31. The Six Verses on the Middle Path 289
  • 32. The Five Verses on Transcendent Love 291
  • 33. The Ten Verses on True Reality 293
  • 34. A Justification of Nonconceptual Realization 295
  • 35. The Six Verses on the Coemergent 301
  • 36. A Pith Instruction on Reality Called A Treasure of Dohās 303
  • 37. A Pith Instruction on Settling the Mind: A Genuine Secret 307
• Notes 311
• Bibliography 345
• Index 359

• Forewardv-vii
• Prefaceix-xiii
• Chapter 1: General Introduction1-34
• Chapter 2: The Ratna-gotra-vibhāgo-mahāyānottara-tantra-śātaram:
     An Introduction35-59
• Chapter 3: The First Three Vajra Points: The Three Jewels60-98
• Chapter 4: The Fourth Vajra Point: Tathāgata-garbha99-162
• Chapter 5: The Fifth and Sixth Vajra Points: The Bodhi and the Guna163-216
  • A. The Fifth Vajra Point: The Bodhi
  • A. The Sixth Vajra Point: The Guna(s)
• Chapter 6: The Seventh Vajra Points: The Krtya-kriyā of the Tathāgata217-242
• Chapter 7: The Advantage of Having Faith in the Tathāgata-garbha Teaching243-266
• Chapter 8: Conclusion: Metaphysics and Mysticism in the Uttaratantra267-294
• Epilogue295-296
• Bibliography297-309
• Glossary of Sanskrit Terms310-313
• Index315-327