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Books/Nirvana Sutra (Yamamoto) +

* Chapter One: IntroductoryV1 * Chapter Two: On CundaV58 * Chapter Three: On GriefV93 * Chapter Four : On Long LifeV136 * Chapter Five : On the Adamantine BodyV179 * Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the NameV199 * Chapter Seven: On the Four AspectsV204 * Chapter Eight : On the Four DependablesV321 * Chapter Nine: On Wrong and RightV373 * Chapter Ten: On the Four TruthsV408 * Chapter Eleven: On the Four InversionsV413 * Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the TathagataV417 * Chapter Thirteen: On LettersV465 * Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the BirdsV479 * Chapter Fifteen : On the Parable of the MoonV494 * Chapter Sixteen: On the BodhisattvaV505 * Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the CrowdV559 * Chapter Eighteen: On Actual IllnessV601 * Chapter Nineteen: On Holy Actions (a)V627 * Chapter Twenty: On Holy Actions (b)V686 * Chapter Twenty-One: On Pure Actions (a)V782 * Chapter Twenty-Two : On Pure Actions (b)V823 * Chapter Twenty-Three : On Pure Actions (c)V859 * Chapter Twenty-Four: On Pure Actions (d)V900 * Chapter Twenty-Five : On Pure Actions (e)V927 * Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Action of the ChildV944 * Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a)V946 * Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (b)V972 * Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (c)V994 * Chapter Thirty : Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (d)V1014 * Chapter Thirty-One: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (e)V1039 * Chapter Thirty-Two : Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (f)V1067 * Chapter Thirty-Three : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (a)V1091 * Chapter Thirty-Four: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (b)V1116 * Chapter Thirty-Five : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (c)V1147 * Chapter Thirty-Six : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (d)V1160 * Chapter Thirty-Seven : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (e)V1174 * Chapter Thirty-Eight: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (f)V1199 * Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (g)V1233 * Chapter Forty: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a)V1266 * Chapter Forty-One : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (b)V1302 * Chapter Forty-Two : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c)V1337 * Chapter Forty-Three : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (d)V1365 * Chapter Forty-Four: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (e)V1369 * Chapter Forty-Five: On Kaundinya (a)V1404 * Chapter Forty-Six: On Kaundinya (b)V1438

Books/No River to Cross +

* Forewordix * Editor's Introductionxi * A Brief Biography of Daehaeng Kun Sunimxiii *'''PART ONE: PRINCIPLES''' * Chapter 1: Fundamental Questions3 ** Who Am I?3 ** What Is Buddha?4 ** What Is Buddha-nature?5 ** What Is Buddha-Dharma?6 ** What Is Buddhism?6 * Chapter 2: Eternal Truth9 ** Hanmaum9 ** Juingong10 ** My True Reality12 ** Non-Duality15 ** Cause and Effect16 ** The Principle of Evolution19 ** The Essence of Truth22 * Chapter 3: Mind and Science25 '''PART TWO: CULTIVATING MIND''' * Chapter 4: The Essence of Mind31 ** What Is Mind?31 ** The Profound Ability of Mind33 ** The Thoughts that We Give Rise To34 * Chapter 5: Belief Is the Key39 * Chapter 6: Entrust and Observe41 ** Entrust and Let Go of Everything41 ** How to Let Go47 ** The Virtue and Merit of Letting Go49 ** Unceasing Practice51 ** Gwan (Observing)56 * Chapter 7: Enlightenment59 ** The Path to Awakening59 ** Seeing Your Inherent Nature60 ** Becoming a Buddha62 ** Nirvana63 ** The Middle Path64 ** The Virtue and Merit of Awakening65 *'''PART THREE: APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE MIND''' * Chapter 8: The Essence of Buddhism Lies in Applying and Experiencing69 * Chapter 9: Practice in Daily Life71 ** Life Itself Is Dharma71 ** Handling Difficulties and Suffering72 ** Illness73 ** Money and Prosperity75 ** Family76 ** True Love78 ** Happiness and Harmony78 * Chapter 10: Religion and Daily Life81 ** Teachers and Learning the Path81 ** Bowing82 ** Keeping the Precepts84 ** Sutras85 ** Reciting the Buddha's Name and Chanting Sutras87 ** One With Your Ancestors87 ** True Giving89 ** Fate and Destiny90 ** Believing in Outer Powers91 ** Religious Conflict92 * Glossary93 * A Note about the Current Text99 * Notes101

Books/Not Always So +

* Introduction''vii'' *Shikantaza: Living Fully in Each Moment ** ''Calmness of Mind''5 ** ''Express Yourself Fully''8 ** ''Freedom from Everything''12 ** ''Jumping off the 100-Foot Pole''16 ** ''Changing Our Karma''21 ** ''Enjoy Your Life''25 ** ''Walk like an Elephant''29 *Letters from Emptiness ** ''Letters from Emptiness''35 ** ''Brown Rice is just Right''40 ** ''The Zen of Going to the Rest Room''42 ** ''Caring for the Soil''47 ** ''Everyday Life is like a Movie''49 ** ''Resuming Big Mind''53 ** ''Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind''58 *Practicing Zen ** ''Supported from Within''65 ** ''Open Your Intuition''69 ** ''Find Out for Yourself''72 ** ''Be Kind with Yourself''77 ** ''Respect for Things81 ** ''Observing the Precepts''85 ** ''Pure Silk, Sharp Iron''89 *Not Always So ** ''Not Always So''95 ** ''Direct Experience of Reality''99 ** ''True Concentration''103 ** ''Wherever l Go, l Meet Myself''107 ** ''The Boss of Everything''111 ** ''Sincere Practice''115 ** ''One with Everything''120 *Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There ** ''Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There''127 ** ''Not Sticking to Enlightenment''131 ** ''The Teaching Just for You''134 ** ''Stand Up by the Ground''139 ** ''Just Enough Problems''143 ** ''Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha''146 ** ''Sitting like a Frog''151 * Notes about Editing the Lectures155 * Further Reading159 * Acknowledgments161

Books/Nyoraizō to Busshō +

*Chapter 1 Toward a New Understanding of Buddha's Thought of Buddha (Masahiro Shimoda) *Revisiting Chapter 2 "Buddha of Nyorai"--Focusing on the Nine Metaphors of Buddha (Michael Zimmermann) *Chapter 3 Declaration of Buddha-- -Nirvana Sutra (Hiromi width width) *Chapter 4 Development of Buddha nature-Maruka Nakao and Daiho drum (Takayasu Suzuki) *Chapter 5 Development of the theory of treasure (Kazuo Kano) *Chapter 6 Nyorai and Sora (Shiro Matsumoto) *Chapter 7 Nirvana and East Asia (Fujii Norio) *Chapter 8 Defining Anxiety and Perception--The Origins of Two Disorders of Intuition and Nyoraizo (Charles Muller) +

Books/Nyoraizō to Daijō kishinron +

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Books/On Being Buddha +

* '''Foreward''' by Frank E. Reynoldsxiii * '''Preface'''xvii * '''Acknowledgements'''xxi * '''Chapter One: The Doctrinal Study of Doctrine''' * 1.0 Prolegomena1 * 1.1 Primary Doctrines6 * 1.2 Secondary Doctrines12 ** 1.2.1 ''Rules of Recognition and Patterns of Derivation''12 ** 1.2.2 ''Rules of Interpretation and Combination''20 * 1.3 The Doctrinal Uses of Primary Doctrines21 * 1.4 Applying the Theory23 * '''Chapter Two: Buddhist Doctrine''' * 2.0 Prolegomena27 * 2.1 The Doctrinal Digests27 * 2.2 The Authority of the Doctrinal Digests33 * 2.3 The Content and Subject-Matter of the Doctrinal Digests41 * 2.4 The Goals of the Doctrinal Digests43 * 2.5 Theories of Doctrine in the Doctrinal Digests46 ** 2.5.1 ''Rules of Recognition''46 ** 2.5.2 ''Rules of Interpretation''51 * '''Chapter Three: Buddhalogical Doctrine''' * 3.0 Prolegomena57 * 3.1 Buddhalogy and Maximal Greatness58 * 3.2 Titles and Epithets of Buddha60 * 3.3 Properties of Buddha66 * 3.4 Analytical and Organizational Schemata75 * 3.5 Metaphysical Embeddedness and Systematic Location82 * '''Chapter Four: Buddha in the World''' * 4.0 Prolegomena87 * 4.1 The Buddha-Legend87 * 4.2 Bodies of Magical Transformation90 * 4.3 Buddha's Perfections of Appearance in the World97 * 4.4 Buddha's Perfections of Action in the World101 ** 4.4.1 ''Spontaneity and Effortlessness''103 ** 4.4.2 ''Endlessness and Omnipresence''107 ** 4.4.3 ''Excursus: Buddha's Consumption of Food''110 * 4.5 Buddha's Perfections of Cognition in the World115 ** 4.5.1 ''Omnilinguality''116 ** 4.5.1 ''Awareness of What Is Possible and What Is Impossible''118 * 4.6 One Body of Magical Transformation at a Time? A Controversy119 * '''Chapter Five: Buddha in Heaven''' * 5.0 Prolegomena127 * 5.1 Ornamenting Heaven128 * 5.2 Bodies of Communal Enjoyment134 * '''Chapter Six: Buddha in Eternity''' * 6.0 Prolegomena147 * 6.1 Epistemic Predicates151 ** 6.1.1 ''Awareness Simpliciter''151 ** 6.1.2 ''Buddha's Awareness''153 * 6.2 Metaphysical Predicates173 * '''Chapter Seven: Doctrinal Criticism''' * Doctrinal Criticism181 * '''Notes'''203 * '''Glossary'''229 * '''Bibliography'''233 * '''Index'''253

Books/On Buddha Essence +

* Translator's Prefacevii * Acknowledgments xvii * Introduction xix * Outline of the Text xxvii ** 1. The Brief Summary of the Treatise 1 ** 2. An Explanation of the Mahayana Abhidharma Sutra 15 ** 3. Correct and Incorrect Concepts 33 ** 4. The Explanation of Buddha Nature 46 ** 5. The Qualities of the Rupakayas 81 ** 6. The Refutation of Others' Views 98 ** 7. Describing Buddha Nature through Quotations 132 ** 8. The Conclusion 138 ** 9. The Meditation Practice of This Treatise 141 * Notes 147 * Glossary 151 * Index 163 +

Books/On Supreme Bliss: A Study of the History and Interpretation of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra +

* 1. The Study of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra: Contextualizing the Tantric1 ** 1. "Tantrism" and Colonialism9 ** 2. Defining "Tantrism" and the Tantric25 **3. Tantrism in Context *** 1. Non-Origins39 *** 2. Buddhist Origins45 *** 3. Hindu Origins53 * 2. Passion, Compassion and Self-Mastery: Approaches to Tantric Buddhism65 ** 1. Purity66 **2. Transformation and Perfection *** 1. The Alchemy of Passion and Compassion86 *** 2. Union and Self-Consecration95 **3. The Way of Great Bliss *** 1. Joy and Asceticism103 ***2. Transgression and Self-Mastery **** 1. Interpretation and Ambiguity113 **** 2. The Logic of Mastery128 ** 4. Concluding Models147 * 3. Competing Discourses in Theory and Practice152 **1. The Discourse on Varṇa *** 1. Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Ideologies153 *** 2. Myth, Counter-myth and Ritual161 *** 3. On Dissent, Protest and Counter-Culture: Resistance or Reproduction?178 **2. The Practice of Dissent *** 1. Heresies193 ***2. Renunciation and Liminality **** 1. Liminal Persons200 **** 2. Liminal Places223 **3. Cosmic Mastery: Visions of Authority Within and Beyond the World *** 1. Cosmology and Awakening240 *** 2. The Collapse of Time and Space in the Maṇḍala250 ***3. Mastery in and of the World **** 1. The Guru, the King and the Maṇḍala262 **** 2. Lineage and the Transmission of Alternate Modes of Authority280 * 4. Revelation and Taxonomy: Categorizing Tantric Literature293 **1. Modes of Tantric Discourse *** 1. Primary Revelation299 *** 2. Primary Exegesis303 *** 3. Secondary Revelation309 *** 4. Secondary Exegesis313 **2. Tantric Doxography *** 1. Compilations314 *** 2. Classification Schemes319 ** 3. Tantric Taxonomy and Early Medieval Indian Society348 *5. Tantric Historiography ** 1. Traditional Histories364 ** 2. Modem Chronologies389 *6. The Cakrasaṃvara Tantra and the Origins of Heruka **1. The Texts of the Cakrasamvara Tantra *** 1. Description of Texts 431 *** 2. Survey of Contents438 **2. A Geneology of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra *** 1. Buddhist Sources446 *** 2. Hindu Sources464 **3. Heruka *** 1. The Origin of Heruka473 *** 2. The Purification of Heruka496 * Bibliography: Primary Sources505 * Bibliography: Secondary Sources525 * Appendix A: An Edition of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Chapters One to Four588 * Appendix B: A Translation of the Cakrasrupvara TantTai Chapters One to Four614 * Appendix C: Tsongkhapa's ''Total Illumination of the Hidden Meaning'', Ch. 1-4622 * Appendix D: Sumatikīrti's ''Laghusaṃvaratantrapaṭalābhisandhi''760 * Appendix E: Cakrasamvara Lineage Lists765

Books/Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism +

* Charts and Illustrationsix * Prefacexi * Acknowledgmentsxv * Abbreviations and Conventionsxix <center>''Part One: Perspectives and Problems''</center> * ''Chapter One'': What Is "Original Enlightenment Thought"?3 * ''Chapter Two'': Tendai ''Hongaku'' Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism: Rival Theories55 <center>''Part Two: The World of Medieval Tendai''</center> * ''Chapter Three'': The Culture of Secret Transmission97 * ''Chapter Four'': Hermeneutics, Doctrine, and "Mind-Contemplation"153 * ''Chapter Five'': Tendai ''Hongaku'' Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism: A Reappraisal190 <center>''Part Three: Nichiren and His Successors''</center> * ''Chapter Six'': Nichiren and the New Paradigm239 * ''Chapter Seven'': Hokke-Tendai Interactions and the Emergence of a Nichiren ''Hongaku'' Discourse300 * Conclusion356 * Notes369 * Character Glossary461 * Bibliography481 * Index523 +

Books/Ornament of Precious Liberation (Holmes) +

* Foreword by His Holiness the Karmapa vii * Editor’s Preface ix * Translator’s Introduction 1 * ''Ornament of Precious Liberation: A Wish-Fulfilling Gem of Sublime Dharma'' * Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (1079–1153) ** Author’s Preface 11 * ''I. The Prime Cause'' ** 1. Buddha Nature 15 * ''II. The Basis'' ** 2. A Precious Human Existence25 * ''III. The Condition'' ** 3. Relying on the Dharma Master 37 * ''IV. The Means: '' * ''The Dharma Master’s Instruction'' ** 4. The Impermanence of Conditioned Existence 47 ** 5. The Suffering of Samsara 59 ** 6. Karma and Its Effects 77 ** 7. Loving Kindness and Compassion 89 ** 8. Taking Refuge 99 ** 9. The Proper Adoption of Bodhicitta 111 ** 10. Precepts for Generating Aspiring Bodhicitta 145 ** 11. Presentation of the Six Perfections 151 ** 12. The Perfection of Generosity 155 ** 13. The Perfection of Moral Discipline 169 ** 14. The Perfection of Forbearance 181 ** 15. The Perfection of Diligence 191 ** 16. The Perfection of Meditative Concentration 199 ** 17. The Perfection of Wisdom 215 ** 18. The Presentation of the (Five) Paths 247 ** 19. The Presentation of the Levels 253 * ''V. The Result'' ** 20. The Bodies of Perfect Buddhahood 275 * ''VI. Enlightened Activities of the Buddhas'' ** 21. Enlightened Activities of the Buddhas 291 * Notes 297 * Glossary 319 * Bibliography 331 * Index 341 * About the Contributors357

Books/Ornament of Stainless Light +

* General Editor's Prefacexiii * Translator's Introduction1 * Technical Note19 ORNAMENT OF STAINLESS LIGHT ''An Exposition of the Outer, Inner, and Other Kālacakra'' *Introduction ** Compilation of the ''Root'' and ''Condensed Tantra''25 ** The Primordial Mind and Body53 *Part 1. The External World ** The Three Themes of Kālacakra Tantra75 ** The Formation of the External World and Its Dimensions79 ** The Inhabitants of This World91 ** The Stars and the Planets105 ** Resolving Contradictions between Kālacakra and Abhidharma Cosmology145 *Part 2. The Inner World of Sentient Beings ** The Development of the Body161 ** Channels, Winds, and Drops177 ** Discrepancies between Kālacakra and Other Tantras195 *Part 3. Initiations ** Qualifications of Master and Disciple211 ** Description of the Mandala225 ** The Initiations231 ** The Seven Childhood Initiations243 ** The Four Higher Initiations247 ** The Higher-than-High Initiations257 *Part 4. Sādhana: Methods of Accomplishment ** The Two Stages271 ** The Generation Stage277 ** The Two Accumulations281 ** The Body Vajra285 ** Analysis of the Colors of the Lunar-Day Deities303 ** Resolving Doubts Concerning the Process of Generation317 ** The Speech Vajra341 ** The Mind Vajra369 ** The Gnosis Vajra375 *Part 5. Gnosis: The Completion Stage ** The Six-Branched Yoga391 ** Withdrawal: Night Yoga411 ** Withdrawal: Day Yoga439 ** The Yoga of Meditative Absorption461 ** Prāṇāyāma: The Yoga of the Winds475 ** Vajra Recitation483 ** Vase Yoga495 ** The Yoga of Retention513 ** The Yoga of Recollection523 ** The Yoga of Meditative Concentration553 ** The Fruits of the Two Stages585 APPENDIXES ** Table of Tibetan Transliteration595 ** Enumerations Mentioned in the Text598 ** Time Measurement602 ** Linear Measurement604 ** Kālacakra Word-Numerals605 ** Approximation and Accomplishment in the Six-Branched Yoga610 ** The Six Elements and the Inner World611 ** Diagram: The Kālacakra World Realm615 ** Diagram: The Sun's Path over the Earth and Water Mandalas616 * Notes617 * Glossary673 * Bibliography681 ** ''Works Cited by the Author''681 ** Kangyur (Canonical Scriptures)681 ** Tengyur (Canonical Treatises)683 ** Tibetan Works688 ** ''Works Consulted by the Translator'' 691 * Index693 * About the Contributors709

Books/Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras +

* Translators’ Introduction vii * Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras 1 * Title and Translator’s Homage 4 ** 1. How the Scripture Was Composed 5 ** 2. Establishing the Teachings of the Great Vehicle 21 ** 3. Going for Refuge 41 ** 4. Potential 59 ** 5. Developing the Enlightened Mind 77 ** 6. Practice 109 ** 7. Reality 125 ** 8. Power 145 ** 9. Full Maturation 157 ** 10. Enlightenment 181 ** Summary of Chapters 1 through 10 261 ** 11. Inspiration 265 ** 12. Investigation of the Dharma 285 ** 13. Teaching 397 ** 14. Practice 429 ** 15. Practical Instructions and Advice 453 ** Summary of Chapters 11 through 15 489 ** 16. Skillful Means 491 ** 17. Transcendences and Means of Attraction 497 ** 18. Worship, Reliance, and the Immeasurables 571 ** 19. The Factors That Accord with Enlightenment 639 ** 20. The Qualities 777 ** 21. Activity and Perfection 863 ** Colophons 927 * Appendix: A Visual Representation of Mipham’s Topical Outline 931 * Notes 963 * English-Tibetan Glossary 969 * Tibetan-English-Sanskrit Glossary 977 * Bibliography 987 * Index 991 +

Books/Our Human Potential +

* Translator's Prefacevii ** 1. The Buddhist Analytical Attitude1 ** 2. The Situation of Cyclic Existence17 ** 3. The Psychology of Cyclic Existence37 ** 4. More about Consciousness and Karma55 ** 5. Cessation and Buddha Nature79 ** 6. Paths and the Utilization ofBliss101 ** 7. Techniques for Meditation121 ** 8. Altruism139 ** 9. Valuing Enemies161 ** 10. Wisdom181 * Notes203 * Bibliography219 * Books by the Dalai Lama233 * Index235 +

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Books/Path to Buddhahood +

** Foreword xi ** Preface xv ** Acknowledgments xix ** Homage to Manjushri xxi ** Introduction 1 * 1. THE CAUSE: ''Buddha Nature'' 7 * 2. THE BASIS: ''A Precious Human Life'' 15 * 3. THE CONDITION: ''The Spiritual Friend'' 23 ** Why We Need a Spiritual Friend 24 ** The Different Categories of Spiritual Friends 25 ** The Qualities of Ordinary Spiritual Friends 26 ** The Master-Disciple Relationship 27 ** Receiving the Teachings in the Right Way 29 * 4. THE METHOD: ''The Instructions of the Spiritual Friend'' 37 ** First Antidote: Contemplating Impermanence 32 ** Second Antidote 37 *** Contemplating the Misery of Samsara 37 *** Understanding Karma 44 ** Third Antidote: Love and Compassion 50 *** The Development of Loving-Kindness 51 *** The Development of Compassion 60 ** Fourth Antidote: Bodhichitta 64 *** The Bodhichitta of Aspiration 67 **** Refuge 67 **** Taking Refuge in the Buddha 68 **** Taking Refuge in the Dharma 70 **** Taking Refuge in the Sangha 70 **** The Three Kayas 72 **** The Refuge Ceremony 74 *** The Bodhichitta of Commitment 76 *** The Bodhisattva Vows 76 *** Instructions for Developing the Bodhichitta of Commitment: The Six Paramitas 80 **** First Paramita: Generosity 82 **** Second Paramita: Ethics or Right Conduct 87 **** Third Paramita: Forbearance 88 **** Fourth Paramita: Diligence 93 **** Fifth Paramita: Meditation 99 **** Sixth Paramita: Wisdom 108 *** The Five Levels of the Bodhisattva Path 138 **** Accumulation 139 **** Integration 140 **** Insight 141 **** Meditation 142 **** Complete Accomplishment 142 *** The Ten Bodhisattva Levels 143 * 5. THE RESULT: ''Perfect Buddhahood''149 * 6. ''The Activities of a Buddha'' 163 * Conclusion 169 * Dedication of Merit 171 * Notes 173 * Index 179

Books/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature +

* Forewordvii * Preface and Acknowledgmentsix * I - Translator's Introduction: The Doctrine of Buddha-nature1 ** Overview1 ** Sources4 *** The Sutras4 *** The Sastras8 * The Ratnagotravibhaga11 ** The Text of the Ratnagotravibhaga11 ** The Question of the Authorship of the Ratnagotravibhaga12 ** The Ratnagotravibhaga in India13 ** The Ratnagotravibhaga in Tibet15 *** The Analytical School of Loden Sherab15 *** The Meditative School of Tsen Khaboche19 ** Previous Studies and the Aim of the Present work20 * Rongton and His Presentation of Buddha-nature22 ** A Brief Biography of Rongton Sheja Kiinrig22 ** Rongton's Presentation of Buddha-nature23 *** Introduction23 *** The Buddha Qualities and the Dharmakaya26 *** The Dhatu as a Cause28 *** The Gotra and the Luminous Nature of the Mind29 *** Rongton and the Ratnagotravibhagavyakhya33 *** Summary34 ** Notes on the Translation35 * II - Translation: An Extensive Exposition of the Dhatu: All Sentient Beings Have Buddha-Nature37 * Determining the Dhatu by Means of a Tenfold Presentation44 ** Essential nature and cause44 ** Result and function50 ** Connection62 ** Manifestation65 ** States67 ** All-pervasiveness69 ** Immutability71 ** Inseparable qualities97 * Summary106 * Appendix: Detailed Outline of the Commentary107 * Glossary113 * Tibetan Names and Places125 * Bibliography129 * Index137

Books/Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology +

** ''Preface''v ** ''Bio-data of Dr. phil., Dr. h.c. Gustav Roth''xi ** ''Bibliography of Professor Gustav Roth''xxi * 1. '''Sibjiban Bhattacharya''': ''Meaning and Scepticism: Some Indian Themes and Theories''1 * 2. '''S.S. Barlingay''': ''The Grammar of (Indian) Moral Concepts''21 * 3. '''Rajendra P. Pandey''': ''Language and Significance''37 * 4. '''G.L. Pandit''': ''Rediscovering Indian Philosophy: Out of Text and Into Text''41 * 5. '''K.N.Tiwari''': ''Logicalism and Anthropocentrism in Linguistic Meaning''53 * 6. '''P.R. Bhat''': ''Philosophical Problems and Language in Wittgenstein''61 * 7. '''N.K. Devaraja''': ''Self and Freedom: The Vedantic and Phenomenological Perspectives''79 * 8. '''Arvind Kumar Rai''': ''The Positive Dimension of Śunyatā in Nāgārjuna''87 * 9. '''Vijay Bharadwaja''': ''Svadharma and Mokṣa: A Critique''95 * 10. '''Deepkant Prasad''': ''The Concept of Justification and Svataḥprāmāṇya- Parataḥprāmāṇya Debate''103 * 11. '''R.I. Ingalalli''': ''Pramanya (Validity of Knowledge)''143 * 12. '''Raghunath Ghosh''': ''Some Problems Concerning the Comprehension of Meaning''157 * 13. '''Tulsi Ram Kanaujia''': ''Heterogeneity of Arthāpatti''165 * 14. '''Rajesh Kumar Jha''': ''Advaitism as Revealed in the Saudarya-laharī of Śaṃkara''85 * 15. '''Ramesh Kumar Sharma''': ''Reality of the External World: Yoga vs. Buddhist Idealism''221 * 16. '''H. S. Prasad''': ''Śāntideva on Roots and Resolutions of Violence''233 * 17. '''Hajime Nakamura''': ''Buddhist Influence as is Noticed in the Fourth Chapter of the Gauḍapādīya-Kārikā-s''241 * 18. '''Harsh Narain''': ''Nibbāna: Extinction or Emancipation''259 * 19. '''N.H. Samtani''': ''Mahāyāna Elements in Thai Buddhism''267 * 20. '''S.C. Goswami''': ''The Monistic Absolute of the Uttaratantra and Modem Science''275 * 21. '''Sanghasen Singh''': ''On the Restoration of the Śrīghanācārasaṃgraha''283 * 22. '''K.T.S. Sarao''': ''Did the Buddha Really Belong to the Sixth-fifth Century B.C.''303 * 23. '''Hisashi Matsumura''': ''A Story of Seeking after the Dharma and a Verse on Impermanence-Another Mahāyāna Element in Sri Lanka Literature''319 * 24. '''K.R. Norman''': ''The Nasalisation of Vowels in Middle Indo-Aryan''331 * 25. '''Georg von Simson''': ''Gaṇeśa and Vṛtra''339 * 26. '''Utz Podzeit''': ''Indian Manuscripts in Vienna''351 * 27. '''Lokesh Chandra & Sudarshan Devi Singhal''': ''Avalokiteśvara in Tun-Huang Painting''359 * 28. '''Chandra B. Varma''': ''A Translator's Approach with Reference to the Abhidhammatthasaṅgahasarūpa''373 * 29. '''T.S. Rukmani''': ''Upaniṣadic Philosophy and the Pañcakośa Concept Compared with Recent Humanistic Psychology in the West''383 * 30. '''S.C. Goswami''': ''Complementarity of Opposites: The Undercurrent of Upaniṣadic Thought''389 * 31. '''V.N. Jha''': ''Jayanta on Prātibhajñāna''399 * 32. '''Keshab Chandra Dash''': ''Pronominal Reference and Inferential Mechanism in Micro- Structural Representation''403 * 33. '''K. Maheswaran Nair''': ''On the Hindu Thinking on Conversion to Buddhism in Kerala''413 * 34. '''Ashok Kumar Goswami''': ''Contributions of Anundoram Borooah to Sanskrit''423 * 35. '''''List of Contributors''''' 437

Books/Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees +

* Preface9 * Technical Remarks17 * '''Pt. I: Reconsidering the Status of Plants in Early Buddhism'''19 * 1. Plants as a Borderline Case between Sentient and Insentient19 * 2. Alternative Proposals30 * 3. Plants as Living Beings with One Sense-Faculty in the Vinaya36 ** Philological Excursus on the phrase '' 'jīvasaññino manussā rukkhasmiṁ' '' (§ 16)42 * 4. Plants as Insentient Living Beings (Fujimoto)48 * 5. Additional Arguments for the Sentience of Plants Revisited58 ** 5.1. Findly's Arguments58 ** 5.1.1. Additional Passages Referring to Plants as Sentient Beings59 ** 5.1.2. Additional Arguments for Plants Possessing the Sense of Touch65 ** 5.1.3. Arguments for Plants as Complex Sentient Beings69 ** 5.2. Okada's Arguments for Plants as Sentient Beings76 ** 5.2.1 Tree Deities and Numinous Trees77 ** 5.2.2. Plants Reacting to Extraordinary Events84 ** 5.3 Résumé89 * 6. Plants as Saintly Beings?89 ** 6.1 Discussion of Findly's Arguments90 ** 6.2. Systematic difficulties94 * 7. Résumé98 * '''Pt. II: The Problem of the Relationship between the Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees and Early Buddhism'''101 * '''Pt. II.A: The Question of Textual Continuity'''103 ** Excursus: Remarks on 'Buddha-nature' (§ 53)106 * 1. General Passages122 ** 1.1 ''Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra'': Maitreya's Palace123 ** 1.2. ''Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā''124 ** 1.3. ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'' (1): *''Ayuṣparivarta''129 ** 1.4. ''Viṁśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi''136 ** 1.5. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (1): ''Cittamātra'' Passages140 ** 1.5.1. ''Daśabhūmika-sūtra'' VI141 ** 1.5.2. 'Verses Recited in the Palace of Suyāma'148 ** 1.5.3. The 'Chapter on Religious Practice'160 ** 1.6. ''Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa''161 ** 1.7. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (2): 'Eulogies on Mount Sumeru'163 ** 1.8. ''Saddharmapuṇḍarīka: Oṣadhiparivarta''167 ** 1.9. Résumé168 * 2. Specific passages169 ** 2.1. ''Dharmadhātu-prakṛty-asaṁbheda-nirdeśa''170 ** 2.2. ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'' (2): 'Chapter on Religious Practice'176 ** 2.3. '' 'Amitābha-sūtra' ''185 ** 2.4. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (3): ''Samantabhadracaryā-nirdeśa''189 ** 2.4.1. First Explanation197 ** 2.4.2. Second Explanation201 ** 2.4.3. Third Explanation224 ** 2.4.4. Conclusions Regarding the ''Buddhāvataṁsaka''226 ** 2.5. Résumé238 * '''Pt. II.B: An Attempt at a Structural Comparison'''241 * 1. Facets of the Far Eastern Idea of the 'Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees' and their Indian Background247 ** 1.1. Buddha-Nature as the Essential Nature of Plants249 ** 1.2. The Buddha-Nature of Plants as Experienced by Awakened Beings275 ** 1.3. The Omnipresence of Vairocana280 ** 1.4. Plants Miraculously Transformed into Buddhas290 ** 1.5. Plants Becoming Buddhas292 * 2. New Aspects of the Buddha-Nature and Sentience of Plants in Japanese Buddhism294 * 3. The Question of Practical Consequences308 * 4. Résumé322 * Conclusion327 * Abbreviations329 * References341 * Index367

Books/Poetic Thought, the Intelligent Universe, and the Mystery of Self: The Tantric Synthesis of rDzogs Chen in Fourteenth Century Tibet +

<center>''Part I: Introduction''</center> * Acknowledgmentsiii * Forewordvi * Abstractviii * Dedicationxi * Introduction1 * Chapter One: ''Overview of the Great Perfection''3 * Chapter Two: ''The Corpus of Longchenpa''l0 * Chapter Three: ''The Seventeen Tantras''39 * Chapter Four: ''The Essentials of the Great Perfection in Eleven Adamantine Topics''51 * Chapter Five: ''The First Adamantine Topic: the Ground and Ground-presencing''60 * Chapter Six: ''The Second Adamantine Topic: the Process of Straying''68 * Chapter Seven: ''The Third Adamantine Topic: the Enlightened Nucleus Pervading all Living Beings''77 * Chapter Eight: ''The Fourth Adamantine Topic: the Location of Primordial Gnosis within Us''83 * Chapter Nine: ''The Fifth Adamantine Topic: the Pathways of Primordial Gnosis Within Us''90 * Chapter Ten: ''The Sixth Adamantine Topic: the Gateways of Primordial Gnosis Within Us''95 * Chapter Eleven: ''The Seventh Adamantine Topic: the Objective Sphere of Primordial Gnosis' Shining Forth''109 * Chapter Twelve: ''The Eighth Adamantine Topic: Contemplatively Taking Primordial Gnosis into your own Experience''114 * Chapter Thirteen: ''The Ninth Adamantine Topic: the Signs and Measures of Contemplative Realization''128 * Chapter Fourteen: ''The Tenth Adamantine Topic: Dying and Post-death Opportunities in the Intermediate States''130 * Chapter Fifteen: ''The Eleventh Adamantine Topic: the Fruit of Buddhahood as the Universe's Self-Exploration comes to a Climax in the Enlightenment Experience''135 <center>''Part II: Translation of Longchenpa's "Treasury of Words and Meanings" ''</center> * Introduction139 * Chapter One: ''The Ground, Ground-presencing, and Liberation of the Totally Positive One''143 * Chapter Two: ''Straying into Fictive Existence and the Structure of the Consequently Neuroticized Existence Therein''175 * Chapter Three: ''How Enlightened Energy "Buddhahood" Continues to Holistically Pervade all Living Beings''214 * Chapter Four: ''This Gnostic Energy's Presence and Location in Human Existence''231 * Chapter Five: ''This Gnostic Energy's Pathways in Human Existence''261 <center>''Part III: Annotation-Commentary to Longchenpa's''</center> <center>'' "Treasury of Words and Meanings" ''</center> * Introduction277 * Chapter One289 * Chapter Two395 * Chapter Tnree557 * Chapter Four604 * Chapter Five704 * Mini-encyclopedia of Terminology807 * Glossary: Tibetan tenns with English translations965 * Abbreviations of Titles Used in the Thesis983 * Bibliography of Secondary Literature985 * Bibliography of Reference Materials992 * Bibliography of Texts in Sanskrit and Tibetan993

Books/Prajñāpāramitā, Indian "gzhan stong pas", and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong +

* Preface7 * Introduction9 * 1. The Indian texts ** 1.1. The exegetical source for the three natures in the prajñāpāramitā sūtras: the "Maitreya Chapter"19 ** 1.2. Vasubandhu and Sthiramati on the three kinds of phenomena in the "Maitreya Chapter" and the three natures24 ** 1.3. The ''Bṛhattīkā''26 ** 1.4. The ''Āmnāyanusāriṇī''47 ** 1.5. The ''Śatasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitābṛhaṭṭīkā''116 ** 1.6. Other Indian commentaries on the prajñāpāramitā sūtras and the AA122 ** 1.7. Ratnākaraśanti's ''Prajñāpāramitopadeśa'', ''Madhyamakālaṃkāropadeśa'', ''Madhyamakālaṃkāravṛtti'', and ''Sūtrasamuccayabhāṣya''133 ** 1.8. Vinītadeva's ''Triṃśikaṭīkā'' on 25a158 ** 1.9. Sajjana's ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstropadeśa''160 * 2. The transmission of the five works of Maitreya and early ''gzhan stong'' in Tibet163 * 3. Early ''gzhan stong'' texts in Tibet ** 3.1. Kun dga' grol mchog's synopsis of Btsan kha bo che's ''gzhan stong''175 ** 3.2. The ''Ye shes kyi 'jog sa''180 ** 3.3. The ''Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i gdams pa''192 * 4. Conclusion195 * Abbreviations199 * Bibliography199 +

Books/Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West +

**** Introduction: Japan in Chicago1 * Chapter 1. Japan Faces the West16 * Chapter 2. Manifest Destiny: ''Christianity and American Imperialism''45 * Chapter 3. The Rules of the Parliament: ''Securing the Truth''65 * Chapter 4. Alterity: ''Buddhism as the "Other" of Christianity''85 * Chapter 5. Buddhism and Modernity in Meiji Japan115 * Chapter 6. Buddhist Revival and Japanese Nationalism137 * Chapter 7. Deploying Western Authority I: ''Henry Steel Olcott in Japan''155 * Chapter 8. Buddhism and Treaty Revision: ''The Chicago Project''172 * Chapter 9. Defining Eastern Buddhism198 * Chapter 10. Paul Carus: ''Buddhism and Monist Mission''222 * Chapter 11. Deploying Western Authority II: ''Carus in Translation''245 * Chapter 12. From Eastern Buddhism to Zen: ''A Postscript''259 **** Notes279 **** Bibliography323 **** Index345 +