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Books/The Liberation of Matter: Examining Jingxi Zhanran’s Philosophy of the Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings in Tiantai Buddhism +

* '''Chapter 1. Introduction'''12 ** 1.1. Literature Review and Method16 ** 1.2. Statement of Contribution21 ** 1.3. Overview of the Dissertation24 * '''Chapter 2. The Tension between Sentience and Insentience?'''27 ** 2.1. The Obscure Definition of Sentience28 ** 2.2. Indian Thought of the Sentience/Insentience of Plants37 ** 2.3. The Sentience and Power of Buddha Relics and Images46 ** 2.4. The Relic as the Full Embodiment of the Three Buddha Bodies and Buddhahood69 ** 2.5. Sentience, Insentience, and the Mutual Inclusion of Matter and Mind82 * '''Chapter 3. The Doctrine of Buddha-Nature'''97 ** 3.1. ''Tathāgatagarbha'' as Great Self101 ** 3.2. The Definitions of Buddha-Nature in the ''Nirvana Sutra''117 ** 3.3. Early Writings about the Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings130 ** 3.4. Zhiyi's 智顗 (538-597) Teaching of Buddha-Nature162 * '''Chapter 4. Jingxi Zhanran and His Theory of the Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings'''204 ** 4.1. Biography and Major Works of Jingxi Zhanran 荊溪湛然 (711-782)208 ** 4.2. The Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings228 * '''Chapter 5. Responses to and Interpretations of Zhanran's Theory'''298 ** 5.1. Tang Tiantai-Tendai Dialogues on the Practice and Buddhahood of Insentient Beings302 ** 5.2. Shanwai Thinker Gushan Zhiyuan 孤山智圓 (976-1022) on Mind- Inclusion322 ** 5.3. Shanjia Thinker Siming Zhili 四明知禮 (960-1028) on Matter-Inclusion and the Deluded Mind346 ** 5.4. Contemporary Scholarly Viewpoints383 ** 5.5. The Modality of Insentient Beings' Active and Passive Practice391 * '''Chapter 6. Conclusion and the Recontextualization of Zhanran's Theory'''402 ** 6.1. Application of Zhanran's Theory404 ** 6.2. Exploring the Buddha-Nature of Insentient Beings in Non-Tiantai Contexts422 * '''Bibliography'''443 * '''Appendix'''. The ''Diamond Scalpel''457

Books/The Life and Works of Kyoton Monlam Tsultrim (Phuntsho 2023) +

* ༡. དཀར་ཆག i * ༢. གླེང་བརྗོད། Preface iii * ༣. ངོ་སྤྲོད། Introduction 1 * ༤. སྐྱོ་སྟོན་རྣམ་ཐར་ལྷུན་པོ་རིན་ཆེན་བཞི་པའི་མཛེས་རྒྱན། 63 * ༥. སྐྱོ་སྟོན་སྨོན་ལམ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་གསན་ཡིག 133 * ༦. མཆིམས་ནམ་མཁའ་གྲགས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་ཐར་རིན་ཆེན་གཏེར་མཛོད། 161 * ༧. མཆིམས་ནམ་མཁའ་གྲཊ་ཀྱི་རྣམ་ཐར་ཡྟོན་བསྔགས་པའི་ཕྲེང་བ། 183 * ༨. ཆོས་འཆད་ཉན་ལ་འཇུག་པ་སྣང་བྱེད་འོད་ཟེར། 244 * ༩. མདོ་སྡེ་རྒྱན་གྱི་མན་ངག 276 * ༡༠. དབུས་མཐའི་མན་ངག 285 * ༡༡. ཤེར་ཕྱིན་མན་ངག་གསལ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག 303 * ༡༢. མངོན་རྟོགས་རྒྱན་འགྲེལ་ལེགས་བཤད་སྐྱེས་བུའི་དོན་སྒྲུབ། 320 * ༡༣. ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་བཞག་ས། 601 * ༡༤. འོད་གསལ་སྙིང་པོའི་དོན། 611 * ༡༥. སྐྱེས་བུ་གསུམ་གྱི་ལམ་ཁྲིད་། 615 * ༡༦. སྙིན་ཞག་རེའི་གསག་སྦྱང་གི་རིམ་པ། 628 * ༡༧. སྡེ་སྣོད་བཅུད་བསྡུས་མང་ངག་སྙིང་པོ། 630 * ༡༨. རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ལག་ལེན་དུ་དྲིལ་བ། 637 * ༡༩. གདམས་ངག་ཁ་གཏམ་ལོ་རྒྱུས། 681 * ༢༠. ལག་ཁྲིད་ཀྱི་གདམས་པ་བཅུ་གཉིས། 686 * ༢༡. ཞི་བ་ལྷའི་སེམས་བསྐྱེད་ཀྱི་ཆོ་ག 690 * ༢༢. ཞི་ལྷ་ནས་བརྒྱུད་པའི་བྱང་སེམས་སྦྱོང་ཐབས། 698 * ༢༣. སྤྱོད་འཇུག་གི་འཁོར་ལོ་ལྟ་བུའི་སྒོམ་དོན། 705 * ༢༤. བསླླབ་བཏུས་ཀྱི་གདམས་པ། 717 * ༢༥. མར་མེ་མཛད་ཀྱི་དབུ་མའི་མན་ངག 719 * ༢༦. མར་མེ་མཛད་ཀྱི་དབུ་མའི་མང་ངག་བསྡུས་པ། 725 * ༢༧. ཐེག་ཆེན་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་གདམས་པ། 729 * ༢༨. ཆོས་ཉིད་ཀྱི་ཁྲིད་། 742 * ༢༩. འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་འཆི་ཁ་མའི་མན་ངག 750 * ༣༠. མི་གཡོ་བའི་དམིགས་པ་སྐོར་གསུམ། 755 * ༣༡. རོ་སྙོམས་གསུམ་གྱི་གདམས་ངག 759 * ༣༢. ཕྱོགས་བཅུ་མུན་པ་རྣམ་སེལ། 778

Books/The Life of Shabkar (2001) +

* The Life Story * Introduction3 * 1 Early Years15 * 2 Renouncing the World27 * 3 Meeting My Teacher39 * 4 Retreat at the Hermit's Cave49 * 5 Meditation at Tigress Fort65 * 6 At The Heart of the Lake95 * 7 Meditation at Mount Machen155 * 8 At White Rock Monkey Fortress179 * 9 Pilgrimage to Central Tibet205 * 10 The Ravines o fTsari243 * 11 At Mount Kailash275 * 12 Pilgrimage to Nepal349 * 13 Meditation at Lapchi395 * 14 Return to Central Tibet447 * 15 Return to Domey485 * Conclusion541 * Appendices * 1 Introduction to the teachings dealt with in the biography547 * 2 Shabkar's spiritual teachers557 * 3 Chôgyal Ngakyi Wangpo's ancestry565 * 4 Kunzang Dechen Gyalpo and the Wish-fulfilling Gem, Hayagriva and Varahi569 * 5 Shabkar's writings577 * 6 Shabkar's disciples589 * List of Abbreviations593 * Glossary of Enumerations595 * Bibliography607 * Maps617 * Table of Songs, Letters, Teachings, and Major Events625 * Indexes * 1 General index633 * 2 Index of persons, deities, and sacred images655 * 3 Index of places679 * 4 Index of Tibetan works693 +

Books/The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 1 (1999) +

* Foreword by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix * Translator’s Introductionxi * Essay on the Three Great Masters by H. E. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexxxv * The Root Text * ''Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo''1 * The Commentary ** ''Section One'' **Prologue and Teachings on the Tide, the Sign Script, and the Homage *** 1. Homage and Prologue21 *** 2. Teaching on the Tide25 *** 3. Explaining the Sign Script and Homage36 ** ''Section Two'' ** The Explanation of the Actual Body of the Text *** 4. The Setting43 *** 5. The Circumstances53 *** 6. The Four Vajra Syllables54 *** 7. The Five Perfections and Instruction to Retain the Teaching63 *** 8. The Meaning of the Ground68 ** ''Section Three'' ** Path *** 9. How to Follow a Spiritual Guide87 *** 10. The Four Mind Changings95 *** 11. Taking Refuge110 *** 12. Conventional Bodhichitta of Aspiration115 *** 13. Conventional Bodhichitta of Application121 *** 14. The View of Ultimate Bodhichitta135 *** 15. The Meditation of Ultimate Bodhichitta and Its Result147 ** Appendices and Notes *** 1. The Six Limits and Four Modes161 *** 2. The Four Noble Truths167 *** 3. The Four Dhyanas and Formless States170 *** 4. The Sugata Essence175 *** 5. Padmakara and the Four Vidyadhara Levels179 *** 6. Shakyamuni’s Prophecy about Buddhism in Tibet181 *** 7. The Five Aggregates183 *** 8. Establishing the Basis for Beginning the Teaching186 *** 9. The Actual Beginning of the Teaching191 *** 10. The Sixty Aspects of Melodious Speech195 *** 11. The Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy197 *** 12. The Bodhisattva Bhumis201 ** Epilogue206 ** Notes208 ** Index287

Books/The Lion's Roar That Proclaims Zhantong +

* Introductionv * The Lion's Roar that Proclaims Zhantong by Ju Mipham Namgyal1 * Tibetan Text39 * Index55 +

Books/The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā +

* Forewordvii * Prefacexiii * Translators' Notexv * Introduction1 ** I. Śrī-Mālā as a Text1 ** Literary History1 *** Historical Setting of the Text1 *** The Title of the Scripture4 *** The Text in Asian Countries5 **** Importance in India5 **** Importance in China9 **** Importance in Japan13 **** Importance in Tibet16 ** The Structure of the Śrī-Mālā17 *** Chapter Divisions17 *** Synopsis of the Scripture21 ** II. Classification of Persons24 ** The Characters in the Śrī-Mālā24 ** Persons on Stages26 *** Stages of the "Bodies Made of Mind"29 *** The Last Three Bodhisattva Stages33 *** Stages of the Lady Bodhisattva35 ** III. Doctrine of Śrī-Mālā37 ** Vehicle and Nirvāṇa37 **** One Vehicle37 **** Nirvāṇa and Enlightenment39 ** Tathāgatagarbha42 **** The Tathāgatagarbha Theory and Scriptures42 **** Synonyms and Alternate References to the Tathāgatagarbha44 **** Universality of Tathāgatagarbha46 **** Voidness Knowledge of the Tathāgatagarbha48 **** Tathāgatagarbha and Ālayavijñāna52 * The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā57 * Prologue59 * Chapter One60 ** Eliminating All Doubts60 *** 1. Praises of the Infinite Merit of the Tathāgata60 *** 2. Ten Great Vows64 * Chapter Two67 ** Deciding the Cause67 *** 3. Three All-inclusive Aspirations67 *** 4. Embrace of the Illustrious Doctrine68 **** (a. Teaching in the Scope of the Great Aspirations)69 **** (b. Teaching the Far-ranging Meaning)72 **** (c. Teaching the Great Meaning)74 * Chapter Three78 ** Clarifying the Final Meaning78 *** 5. One Vehicle78 **** (''re Vehicles of Disciples and the Self-Enlightened'')78 **** (''re Arhats and Pratyekabuddhas'')80 **** ("Attended with Remainder" and "Not Final Meaning")83 **** ("Final Meaning" and "One Vehicle")89 *** 6. The Boundless Noble Truths95 *** 7. The Tathāgatagarbha96 *** 8-9. The Dharmakāya and the Meaning of Voidness98 *** 10. The One Truth100 *** 11-12. The One Refuge and Wayward Stage100 *** 13. Intrinsic Purity of the Mind104 * Chapter Four107 ** Entering the One Vehicle Path107 *** 14. The True Son of the Tathāgata107 *** 15. The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā109 * Epilogue111 * Appendix I. The Chinese Section Titles of Śrī-Mālā and Japanese Diagram Analyses of Four Classical Commentaries115 * Appendix II. Works Cited in Chi-tsang's Commentary125 * Glossary131 * Bibliography133 * Index139

Books/The Lion's Roar of the Ultimate Non-Dual Buddha Nature +

* Introductionv * The Lion's Roar That is a Great Thousand Doses of the Sugata Essence by Ju Mipham Namgyal1 ** Posing the Question5 ** Giving the Answer5 *** The presentations of other traditions6 **** The first reason6 **** The second reason6 *** Stating our own tradition10 **** The first reason10 ***** The ordinary way10 ***** The extraordinary way11 **** The second reason17 **** The third reason20 *** Dispensing with some mistaken positions26 **** The element in being not empty being truly established27 **** The element in being a cut-off empty condition28 **** Wisdom in being impermanent being compounded30 * A Thorough Commentary to the Lion's Roar That Is a Great Thousand Doses of the Sugata Essence by Tony Duff45 ** Introduction47 *** ''The vocabulary of buddha nature–garbha, dhātu, gotra, potential, seed of a buddha, sugata essence and tathāgata essence; the importance of the teaching on sugata essence'' ** The Text: Prefatory section57 *** ''The title; the prostration; the expression of worship'' ** The Text: Body of the text62 *** ''Introduction, the need to establish sugata essence using scripture and reasoning; posing the question, giving the answer; the presentations of other traditions; presenting the positions of early Tibetans; refuting the positions of early Tibetans; the first reason; the second reason; stating our own tradition; the first reason; the ordinary way; the extraordinary way; the second reason; the third reason; dispensing with some mistaken positions; dispensing with the view that the element being not empty is truly established; dispensing with the view that the element is a cut-off empty condition; dispensing with wisdom in being impermanent taken to be compounded'' ** The Text: Concluding section and colophons156 * Texts Cited169 * Glossary of Terms173 * Supports for Study193 * Tibetan Text199 * Index229

Books/The Lion’s Roar Proclaiming Emptiness of Other +

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Books/The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra +

* Chapter One: Introductory1 * Chapter Two: On Cunda15 * Chapter Three: On Grief25 * Chapter Four: On Long Life33 * Chapter Five: On the Adamantine Body43 * Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the Name49 * Chapter Seven: On the Four Aspects51 * Chapter Eight: On the Four Dependables75 * Chapter Nine: On Wrong and Right89 * Chapter Ten: On the Four Truths97 * Chapter Eleven: On the Four Inversions99 * Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the Tathagata101 * Chapter Thirteen: On Letters113 * Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the Birds117 * Chapter Fifteen: On the Parable of the Moon121 * Chapter Sixteen: On the Bodhisattva125 * Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the Crowd139 * Chapter Eighteen: On Actual Illness151 * Chapter Nineteen: On Holy Actions (a)159 * Chapter Twenty: On Holy Actions (b)177 * Chapter Twenty-One: On Pure Actions (a)201 * Chapter Twenty-Two: On Pure Actions (b)217 * Chapter Twenty-Three: On Pure Actions (c)235 * Chapter Twenty-Four: On Pure Actions (d)253 * Chapter Twenty-Five: On Pure Actions (e)269 * Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Action of the Child281 * Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a)283 * Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (b)299 * Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (c)311 * Chapter Thirty: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (d)323 * Chapter Thirty-One: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (e)337 * Chapter Thirty-Two: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (f)351 * Chapter Thirty-Three: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (a)365 * Chapter Thirty-Four: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (b)381 * Chapter Thirty-Five: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (c)399 * Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)407 * Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)415 * Chapter Thirty-Seven: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (e)423 * Chapter Thirty-Eight: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (f)437 * Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (g)453 * Chapter Forty: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a)469 * Chapter Forty-One: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (b)489 * Chapter Forty-Two: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c)509 * Chapter Forty-Three: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (d)525 * Chapter Forty-Four: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (e)529 * Chapter Forty-Five: On Kaundinya (a)547 * Chapter Forty-Six: On Kaundinya (b)565

Books/The Mirror of Mindfulness (2010) +

* ''Foreword by'' H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche''ix * ''Foreword by'' Ve, Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche''x'' * ''Translator's Preface''xi *''Introductory Discourse'' ** by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche1 * ''Prologue''15 * 1. The Natural Bardo of This Life19 * 2. The Painful Bardo of Dying27 * 3.The Luminous Bardo of Dharmata45 * 4. The Karmic Bardo of Becoming65 * ''Epilogue''83 * ''Translator's Afterword''85 * ''Appendix: The Dzogchen Tantras''87 * ''Glossary''93 * ''The Final Words of Tsele Natsok Rangdrol''129 +

Books/The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind (Padmakara 2024) +

* Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche xi * Series Introduction xv * Translators' Introduction xxi * A Caution for Readers xxix * Part One: The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind 1 * Part Two: The Light of Wisdom: A Commentary on The Great Perfection Tantra, The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind from the Mind Essence of the Lotus Dakini 25 * Part Three: A Key for Opening the Treasury of Instructions of the Three Lineages: A Structural Analysis of The Great Perfection Tantra, The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind 189 * Notes 201 * Glossary 207 * Texts Cited in Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk's Commentary 209 * Bibliography 211 * The Padmakara Translation Group Translations into English 213 * Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk's Collected Works 217 * Index 219 +

Books/The Nirvana Sutra Volume I +

* A Message on the Publication of the English Tripiṭaka, ''NUMATA Yehan''v * Editorial Foreword, ''MAYEDA Sengaku''vii * Publisher’s Foreword, ''A. Charles Muller''ix * Translator’s Introduction, ''Mark L. Blum''xiii * The Nirvana Sutra, Volume I * Fascicle I ** Chapter One. Longevity: Part 13 * Fascicle II ** Chapter One. Longevity: Part 231 * Fascicle III ** Chapter One. Longevity: Part 369 ** Chapter Two. The Adamantine Body91 ** Chapter Three. The Virtues of the Name103 * Fascicle IV ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 1107 * Fascicle V ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 2135 * Fascicle VI ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 3169 * Fascicle VII ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 4201 *** [The Four Inversions]224 *** [The Five Parables on Buddha-nature]226 * Fascicle VIII ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 5235 *** [The Garland of Letters]253 * Fascicle IX ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 6271 * Fascicle X ** Chapter Four. The Nature of the Tathāgata: Part 7305 ** Chapter Five. The Query of the Entire Assembly313 * Notes339 * Glossary365 * Bibliography375 * Index383 * A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripiṭaka (First Series)425 +

Books/The Nonduality of Nonconceptual Wisdom and Conceptual Cognition: A Study of the Tathāgatagarbha Teaching in the Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa-parivarta +

* Acknowledgementsi * Abbreviationsvi * Introduction1 <center>'''PART ONE:'''</center> <center>'''The ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in Relation to Other Mahāyāna Teachings'''</center> * Chapter One: The Nature of the ''Tathāgatagarbha''14 * Chapter Two: ''Tathāgatagarbha'' and the Two Mahāyāna Traditions47 <center>'''PART TWO:'''</center> <center>'''An Analysis of the ''Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa-parivarta'' (''AAN'')'''</center> * Chapter Three: The ''Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa-parivarta''70 * Chapter Four: The Main Themes and a Structural Analysis of the ''AAN''88 * Chapter Five: The Notion of "No Increase and No Decrease" in Mahāyāna Scriptures122 <center>'''PART THREE:'''</center> <center>'''The ''AAN'' and Other ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Sūtras'''</center> * Chapter Six: The ''AAN'' and the ''Tathāgatagarbhasūtra''142 * Chapter Seven: The ''AAN'' and the ''Śrīmālāsiṃhanādasūtra''153 * Chapter Eight: The ''AAN'' and the ''Aṅgulimālyasūtra''161 * Chapter Nine: The ''AAN'' and the ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra''168 * Chapter Ten: Other ''Sūtras'' on the ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Teaching176 * Chapter Eleven: The Problems of Dating the ''Sūtras''180 <center>'''PART FOUR:'''</center> <center>'''The ''AAN'' and Other ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Treatises'''</center> * Chapter Twelve: The ''AAN'' and the ''Ratnagotravibhāga''185 * Chapter Thirteen: The ''AAN'' and the ''Dasheng fajie wuchabie lun''202 * Chapter Fourteen: The ''AAN'' and the ''Dasheng qixin lun''209 * Chapter Fifteen: The ''AAN'' and the ''Foxing lun''239 * Conclusion255 <center>'''APPENDICES:'''</center> * Appendix I: English translation of the ''Foshuo buzeng bujian jing''264 * Appendix II: Bodhiruci, the Translator of the ''AAN''282 * Bibliography306

Books/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism +

SECTION ONE: THE TRANSLATIONS * List of Illustrationsxv * Foreword by Shenpen Dawa Rinpochexxv * Preface to the Second Editionxxxii * Credits for Illustrations and Mapsxxxiii * Technical Notexxxv * Guide to Pronunciationxxxvii * Abbreviations for Section Onexli BOOK ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM * Detailed Contents of Book One3 * Translator’s Introduction11 THE TEXT * Verses of Invocation45 * Introduction47 PART ONE: DOCTRINES OF SAṂSĀRA AND NIRVĀNA * 1 The Essence and Defmition of Dharma51 * 2 Doctrines of Saṃsāra54 * 3 Doctrines of Nirvāṇa70 * 4 Transmitted Precepts73 * 5 Treatises88 * 6 Quantitative Treatises97 * 7 Treatises of Inner Science108 PART TWO: THE NATURE OF THE TEACHER ENDOWED WITH THE BUDDHA-BODIES * Introduction113 * 1 Samantabhadra, the Buddha-body of Reality115 * 2 Vajradhara, the Emanation of Samantabhadra120 * 3 The Two Buddha-bodies of Form123 * 4 The Five Buddha-bodies and Five Pristine Cognitions139 * 5 Distinctive Attributes of the Buddha-bodies and Pristine Cognitions 144 PART THREE: CAUSAL VEHICLES OF DIALECTICS * Introduction151 * 1 The Three Promulgations of the Doctrinal Wheel153 * 2 The Lesser Vehicle156 * 3 The Greater Vehicle160 * 4 The Superiority of Great Madhyamaka to Mind Only178 * 5 The Provisional and Definitive Meaning of the Transmitted Precepts187 * 6 The Enlightened or Buddha Family191 * 7 The Two Truths According to Great Madhyamaka206 * 8 Key to the Appraisal of Causal Vehicle Texts217 * 9 A Recapitulation of the Causal Vehicles223 PART FOUR: RESULTANT VEHICLES OF SECRET MANTRA * Introduction241 * 1 The Superiority of Secret Mantra243 * 2 The Essence and Defmition of Secret Mantra257 * 3 The Three Continua of Ground, Path and Result263 * 4 The Four Tantrapiṭaka268 * 5 Mahāyoga275 * 6 Anuyoga284 * 7 Key to the Appraisal of Secret Mantra Texts290 * 8 The Superiority of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection294 * 9 The Definition of Atiyoga311 * 10 The Divisions of Atiyoga319 * 11 A Recapitulation of the Resultant Vehicles346 CONCLUSION * 1 Concluding Remarks375 * 2 Dedicatory Verses376 * 3 Colophon378 BOOK TWO: HISTORY OF THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM * Detailed Contents of Book Two383 * Translators’ Introduction393 THE TEXT * Verses of Invocation403 PART ONE: THE ORIGIN OF THE PRECIOUS TEACHING OF THE CONQUEROR IN THIS WORLD * Introduction409 * 1 The Coming of Buddha, Teacher of the Doctrine411 * 2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Councils428 * 3 The Patriarchs of the Teaching432 * 4 The Preservation of the Teaching and Spread of the Greater Vehicle440 PART TWO: THE RISE OF THE PRECIOUS TEACHING OF SECRET MANTRA * Introduction445 * 1 The Turning of the Secret Mantra Wheel447 * 2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Different Compilers451 * 3 The Emergence of this Teaching in the Human World452 * 4 The Lineage of Mahāyoga, the Class of Tantras458 * 5 The Lineage of Mahāyoga, the Class of Means for Attainment475 * 6 The Lineage of Anuyoga, the Perfection Stage485 * 7 The Lineage of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection490 * 8 Concluding Remarks502 PART THREE: THE ORIGIN OF THE CONQUEROR’S TEACHING IN TIBET * Introduction507 * 1 The Three Ancestral Religious Kings510 * 2 The Decline and Expansion of the Doctrine during the Intermediate Period523 * 3 The Revival and Later Expansion of the Teaching524 PART FOUR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE INNER CLASSES OF TANTRA IN TIBET * Introduction531 * 1 Mahāyoga and Anuyoga533 * 2 The Mental and Spatial Classes of Atiyoga538 * 3 The Esoteric Instructional Class of Atiyoga, the Innermost Spirituality 554 * 4 Longcen Rapjampa575 PART FIVE: THE DISTANT LINEAGE OF TRANSMITTED PRECEPTS * Introduction599 * 1 The Lineage of Nyak601 * 2 The Lineage of Nup607 * 3 The Lineage of the Zur Family617 * 4 Biographies of the Rong Tradition650 * 5 Dotokpa’s Lineage of the Zur Tradition685 * 6 Biographies of the Kham Tradition688 * 7 Miscellaneous Lineages of the Zur and Kham Traditions700 * 8 Rongzom Chöki Zangpo703 * 9 The Traditions of Vajrakīla710 * 10 The Lineages of the Empowerment of the Sūtra which Gathers All Intentions717 * 11 Later Lineages of the Transmitted Precepts733 PART SIX: THE CLOSE LINEAGES OF THE TREASURES * 1 The Nature, Purpose and Kinds of Treasure743 * 2 Biographies of the Treasure-finders750 * 3 Sangye Lama751 * 4 Trapa Ngönshe753 * 5 Nyang-rel Nyima Özer755 * 6 Guru Chöki Wangcuk760 * 7 Como Menmo771 * 8 Orygen Lingpa775 * 9 Ngödrup Gyeltsen or Rikdzin Gödemcen780 * 10 Sangye Lingpa784 * 11 Dorje Lingpa789 * 12 Ratna Lingpa793 * 13 Pema Lingpa796 * 14 Karma Lingpa800 * 15 Thangtong Gyelpo802 * 16 Ngari Pancen Pema Wangyel805 * 17 Rikdzin Jatsön Nyingpo809 * 18 Rikdzin Düdül Dorje813 * 19 Lhatsün Namka Jikme818 * 20 The Fifth Dalai Lama821 * 21 Rikdzin Terdak Lingpa, the Great Treasure-finder of Mindröling825 * 22 Jikme Lingpa835 * 23 Chogyur Decen Lingpa841 * 24 Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo849 * 25 Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye859 * 26 Mipham Jamyang Namgyel Gyamtso869 * Conclusion881 PART SEVEN: A RECTIFICATION OF MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE NYINGMA SCHOOL * 1 General Reply to Criticisms of the Nyingmapa Tantras887 * 2 On the View of the Great Perfection896 * 3 Response to Critics of the Sūtra which Gathers All Intentions911 * 4 Response to Critics of the Root Tantra of the Secret Nucleus914 * 5 The Continuity of the Nyingmapa Tradition and its Impact on the Other Schools918 * 6 On the Validity of the Treasures927 * 7 The Shortcomings of Refutation and Proof929 * 8 On The Prophecies Found in the Treasures934 * 9 The Relationship between the Nyingmapa and Pönpo Traditions936 * 10 On the "Bad Luck of the Nyingmapa"938 PART EIGHT: THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOCTRINE * 1 Duration of the Doctrine943 * 2 A Chronology of the Buddha’s Life946 * 3 From the Buddha’s Final Nirvāṇa until the Beginning of the First Tibetan Sexagenary Cycle948 * 4 From the Beginning of the First Sexagenary Cycle to the Present951 * 5 Some Prophecies960 CLOSING STATEMENTS * 1 Primary Sources965 * 2 Concluding Benedictions967 * 3 Colophon972 SECTION TWO: REFERENCE MATERIAL * Contentsv * Introductionvii * Guide to Pronunciationxi * Abbreviations for Section Twoxv NOTES * 1 Fundamentals3 * 2 History27 GLOSSARY OF ENUMERATIONS * Introduction103 * Glossary of Enumerations105 BIBLIOGRAPHY * Introduction191 Part One: Works Cited by the Author * Works Cited by the Author199 Part Two: Works Referred to by the Translators * 1 Indic Texts293 * 2 Tibetan Texts297 * 3 Secondary Literature301 * 4 Addenda to the Bibliography316 ARTIFACTS AND MATERIAL TREASURES * Introduction320 * Artifacts and Material Treasures321 INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS * Introduction331 * Index of Technical Terms333 INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES * Introduction391 * Index of Personal Names393 INDEX OF LOCATIONS * Introduction453 * Index of Locations455 MAPS * Introduction489 * 1 Buddhist India and Adjacent Regions490 * 2 North-Central India492 * 3 Tibet494 * 4 Western Tibet and Nepal496 * 5 North-Central Tibet498 * 6 South-Central Tibet and Bhutan500 * 7 North-West Kham502 * 8 South-West Kham506 * 9 Amdo508 * 10 North-East Kham510 * 11 South-East Kham512

Books/The Other Emptiness: Entering Wisdom Beyond Emptiness of Self +

<center>Part I : Explanations by the Author</center> * Important Background1 * Other Emptiness, Wisdom, and the Tathagatagarbha Teaching19 * Topics of Other Emptiness23 * History of Other Emptiness57 * The Four Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma59 * Wisdom is the Key Point77 * Differing Opinions Over the Two Ways to Access Wisdom95 * Terminology101 * Two Types of Emptiness and Two Truths117 * The Practise of Other Emptiness139 <center>Part 2: Explanations by Dolpopa</center> * The Chapter on Tathāgatagarbha from ''Mountain Dharma: An Ocean of Definitive Meaning''143 <center>Part 3: Explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso</center> * ''A Brief Discussion of The Rise of the Other Emptiness Middle Way Called "The Music of Talk on the Definitive Meaning"''155 * The View of Other Emptiness Introduced165 * Supporting Scripture for the View of Other Emptiness175 * Key Points in the View of Other Emptiness179 <center>Part 4: Explanations by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great</center> * The Introductory Section from: ''A Complete Commentary to the Great Vehicle Treatise The Highest Continuum which Connects to Heart Meaning using the Explanation System of the Path of Direct Perception, Called "The Lion 's Roar of the Non-Regressing"''191 * The Section from: ''The Treasury which is an Encyclopedia of Knowledge'' on Thorough Ascertainments of Provisional and Definitive Within the Three Wheels, and of the Two Truths211 * The Practice Section from: ''Instructions for Practising the View of the Other Emptiness Great Middle Way, "Light Rays of Stainless Vajra Moon"''255 * Texts Cited265 * Glossary of Terms275 * Supports for Study305 * Index311

Books/The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet +

* Acknowledgments vii * Introduction 1 * The Philosophical Grounds and Literary History of Zhentong ** ''Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Michael R. Sheehy'' * CHAPTER 1 * ''*Bodhigarbha'': Preliminary Notes on an Early Dzokchen Family of Buddha-Nature Concepts 29 ** ''David Higgins'' * CHAPTER 2 * On the Inclusion of Chomden Rikpai Raldri in Transmission Lineages of Zhentong53 ** ''Tsering Wangchuk'' * CHAPTER 3 * The Dharma of the Perfect Eon: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen's Hermeneutics of Time and the Jonang Doxography of Zhentong Madhyamaka 65 ** ''Michael R. Sheehy'' * CHAPTER 4 * Buddha-Nature in Garungpa Lhai Gyaltsen's ''Lamp That Illuminates the Expanse of Reality'' and among Tibetan Intellectuals 95 ** ''Dorje Nyingcha'' * CHAPTER 5 * Zhentong Views in the Karma Kagyu Order 115 ** ''Klaus-Dieter Mathes'' * CHAPTER 6 * Buddha-Nature: "Natural Awareness Endowed with Buddha Qualities" as Expounded by Zhamar Kacho Wangpo 145 ** ''Martina Draszczyk'' * CHAPTER 7 * "There Are No Dharmas Apart from the Dharma-Sphere": Shakya Chokden's Interpretation of the Dharma-Sphere 171 ** ''Yaroslav Komarovski'' * CHAPTER 8 * Tāranātha's ''Twenty-One Differences with Regard to the Profound Meaning'': Comparing the Views of the Two Zhentong Masters Dolpopa and Shakya Chokden 197 ** ''Klaus-Dieter Mathes'' * CHAPTER 9 * Zhentong Traces in the Nyingma Tradition: Two Texts from Mindroling235 ** ''Matthew T. Kapstein'' * CHAPTER 10 * Zhentong as Yogācāra: Mipam's Madhyamaka Synthesis 257 ** ''Douglas Duckworth'' * CHAPTER 11 * Where Buddhas and Siddhas Meet: Mipam's Yuganaddhavāda Philosophy 273 ** ''Dorji Wangchuk'' * CHAPTER 12 * Along the Middle Path in the Quest for Wisdom: The Great Madhyamaka in Rime Discourses 323 ** ''Marc-Henri Deroche'' * CHAPTER 13 * The Zhentong Lion Roars: Dzamtang Khenpo Lodro Drakpa and the Jonang Scholastic Renaissance 351 ** ''Michael R. Sheehy'' * Contributors 379 * Index 383

Books/The Philosophical Foundations of Classical rDzogs Chen in Tibet +

* ''Contents''5 * ''Prologue''8 * Section One: Understanding the rDzogs chen Distinctions 17 * Part I Background18 ** 1 Introduction: the Distinctions as a Window on Classical rDzogs chen18 *** 1. Two Principal Distinctions: ''Sems''/''Ye shes'' and ''Kun gzhi''/''Chos sku''18 *** 2. The Place of the Distinctions in Classical rNying ma Soteriology24 *** 3. The Disclosive Paradigm27 *** 4. On the Obscure Origins of the sNying thig System30 *** 5. The Lives and Works of Four Major rDzogs chen Figures35 **** 5.1 Vimalamitra35 **** 5.2 gNyags Jñānakumāra37 **** 5.3 gNubs chen Sangs rgyas ye shes40 **** 5.4 Klong chen rab ’byams43 *** 6. Previous Studies and Scope of Present Work 53 * Part II The Problem of Knowledge: The ''Sems''/''Ye shes'' Distinction57 ** 2 The Nature and Scope of the Mind/Primordial Knowing Distinction57 *** 1. The Scope of the Distinction57 *** 2. The rDzogs chen sNying thig Analysis of Mind (''sems'')66 **** 2.1 Dualism67 **** 2.2 Ignorance69 **** 2.3 Reification74 *** 3. The rDzogs chen sNying thig Analysis of ''Ye shes'' and Related Concepts78 ***** 3.1 rDzogs chen Intepretations of ''Sems nyid''79 ***** 3.2 rDzogs chen Interpretation of ''Rig pa'' and ''Rang rig''86 ***** 3.3 rDzogs chen Interpretation of ''Ye shes''99 *** 4. Concluding Remarks: Reframing the Two Truths111 ** 3 Classical Justifications of the Mind/Primordial Knowing Distinction120 *** 1. Why the Distinction? 120 *** 2. Some Consequences of Not Distinguishing Mind and Primordial Knowing123 *** 3. Criticisms of the Cessation of ''Jñāna'' Doctrine127 *** 4. Clarifications and Transcendental Arguments133 * Part III The Problem of the Ground: The ''Kun gzhi''/''Chos sku'' Distinction140 ** 4 The Ground in Early rDzogs chen (8th to 11th c.) 140 *** 1. Background 140 *** 2. Two Dimensions of the Ground Problem 142 *** 3. The Yogācāra Model: Scope and Limitations 147 *** 4. Toward a Primordially Unaffected Ground of Consciousnesss 150 **** Ye shes sde’s Eighth Century Synthesis of Yogācāra and Tathāgatagarbha Views 160 *** 5. Conceptual History of the Ground in Early rDzogs chen 163 **** 5.1 Soteriological Context of the Ground 163 **** 5.2 A Typology of the Ground in early rDzogs chen 163 ***** (a) Ground as the Nature of Mind (''sems nyid'', ''ye shes'', ''rig pa'') 168 ***** (b) Ground as the Nature of Reality (''de bzhin nyid'', ''de kho na nyid'', ''chos nyid'')170 ***** (c) Ground as Buddha Nature (''bde gshegs snying po'', ''byang chub snying po'') 173 ** 5 Distinguishing the sNying thig Ground of Freedom (''grol gzhi'')183 *** 1. Stages of Differentiating the Sūtric and rDzogs chen Grounds 183 **** 1.1 ''Identity'': Ground as Common Source of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa 185 **** 1.2 ''Divergence'': Conflicting Interpretations of ''Kun Gzhi''189 **** 1.3 ''Difference'': Clearly Distinguishing the Grounds 192 *** 2. A Central Problem: Does Errancy Exist in The Ground? 198 **** 2.1 The Response of gNyags Jñānakumāra (8th Century) 199 **** 2.2 The Response of Rog Bande Shes rab ’od (12th Century) 201 **** 2.3 The Response of Klong chen rab ’byams pa (14th Century) 203 *** 3. The sNying thig Primordial Ground and its Critics206 **** 3.1 The Abiding versus Metaphysical Grounds207 **** 3.2 Mi bskyod rdo rje’s Critique and rNying ma Responses213 *** 4. Concluding Remarks: The rDzogs chen Idea of Freedom217 * Part IV The Problem of the Path: Implications of the ''Sems''/''Ye shes'' Distinction222 ** 6 rNying ma Path Hermeneutics and the Problem of Reconciliation 222 *** 1. Overview: Bridging the Vehicles226 *** 2. The Problem of Gradualism in rNying ma Perspective229 *** 3. Nature and Scope of the Reconciliation Problem231 **** 3.1 The Exegetical Dimension: Doctrinal Synthesis and Narrative Unity251 ***** Comparison with gSar ma Path Summaries of Atiśa, sGam po pa, Tsong kha pa257 **** 3.2 The Hermeneutical Dimension: Intemalizing the Path245 *** 4. rNying ma Soteriological Schemes: From Soteriology to Aletheiology249 **** 4.1 The Path as Emancipation Process and Clearing Process249 **** 4.2 Yon tan rgya mtsho on Disciplines (''sdom'') as Stages of Refinement255 ** 7 rDzogs chen Transformations of the Path 255 *** 1. The rDzogs chen Path Without Progression (''bgrod du med pa'i lam'')255 *** 2. Where the Ladder Ends: A Path Beyond Its Representations 264 * Section Two: Tibetan Texts and Translations267 ** 1. Klong chen pa’s ''Sems dang ye shes kyi dris lan''268 *** 1.1 Introductory Remarks268 *** 1.2 Translation: ''A Reply to Questions Concerning Mind and Primordial Knowing''269 *** 1.3 Sources and Conventions Used in Preparing Critical Edition289 *** 1.4 A Critical Edition of ''Sems dang ye shes kyi dris lan''290 ** 2. Klong chen pa’s ''Theg mchog mdzod'' (excerpts)500 *** 2.1 Introductory Remarks500 *** 2.2 Translation: ''Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle'' (excerpts)501 *** 2.3 Sources and Conventions Used in Preparing Edited Text515 *** 2.4 Edited Text of ''Theg mchog mdzod'' XIV (excerpts)516 ** 3. ’Jigs med gling pa’s ''Yon tan mdzod'' XII.9-13 with Yon tan rgya mtsho’s Commentary527 *** 3.1 Introductory Remarks527 *** 3.2 Translation: ''Treasury of Qualities'' XII.9-23 with Commentary (excerpts)527 *** 3.3 Sources and Conventions Used in Preparing Edited Text555 *** 3.4 Edited Text of ''Yon tan mdzod'' XII.9-13 and Commentary555 * ''Bibliography and Abbreviations''541 * ''Index''560

Books/The Philosophy of Buddhism +

* Introduction1 * A. The teaching of the Buddha5 ** AA. The Buddha (ca. 560-480 B.C.E.)5 ** AB. The proclamation of the Buddha5 *** ABA. The sermon of Benares (Dharmacakrapravartanasūtra)6 *** ABB. The Buddhist path of liberation8 **** ABB.1. From the "Kandaraka Sutta" (Majjhima Nikāya 51)8 ** AC. Questions which the Buddha did not answer10 *** ACA. Ānanda [Saṃyutta Nikāya 44, 10]10 *** ACB. The Sūtra of Vatsagotra and the Fire (Aggivacchagottasuttanta) [Majjhimanikāya Sutta 72]11 *** ACC. The Sūtra of the Bearer of the Burden (Bhārahārasūtra)15 ** AD. The tenet of dependent origination16 *** ADA. The Account of Enlightenment (Bodhikathā; Mahāvagga I, 1)17 *** ADB. The Great Sūtra of the Foundations of Origination (Mahānidānsuttanta; Dıghanikāya XV)18 *** ADC. The Sūtra of Dependent Origination (Pratītyasamutpādasūtra)24 *** ADD. From Vasubandhu’s "Commentary to the Sūtra of Dependent Origination" (Pratītyasamutpādavyākhyā)26 *** ADE. The Sūtra of the young Rice plant (Śālistambasūtra)29 * B. The Dogmatics (Abhidharma) of the Hīnayāna36 ** BA. The rise of the Buddhist Schools36 ** BB. The principal philosophical doctrines of the Sarvāstivāda37 *** BBA. The principal philosophical thoughts37 **** BBA.1. The denial of a soul, of a self37 ***** BBA.1.1. From "The Questions of Menandros"(Milindapañhā)39 ***** BBA.1.2. Vasubandhu the Younger (ca. 400-480 C.E.)46 ****** BBA.1.2.1. A soul does not exist (Abhidharmakośa III, v. 18-24)47 ****** BBA.1.2.2. From "Refutation of the Person" (Pudgalapratiṣedhaprakaraṇa)52 **** BBA.2. General views associated with the doctrine of the denial of a soul58 ***** BBA.2.1. First general view: All entities lack a solid permanent core58 ***** BBA.2.1.1. (A) Discussion of this first general view in the field of material elements59 ***** BBA.2.1.2. (B) Discussion of this first general view in the field of psychology60 ***** BBA.2.1.3. A substance does not exist (Abhidharmakośa III, ad v. 100)61 ***** BBA.2.2. Second general view: The momentariness of all things62 ****** BBA.2.2.1. The momentariness of entities (Abhidharmakośa IV, v. 2-3)64 *** BBB. The fundamental concepts67 **** BBB.1. The Dogmatics of the Sarvāstivāda67 ***** BBB.1.1. From the "Treatise on the Five Aggregates" (Pañcaskandhaka)68 **** BBB.2. The Dogmatics of the Sautrāntika73 ***** BBB.2.1. The seemingly and the truly real (Abhidharmakośa VI, verse 4)75 ***** BBB.2.2. The nature of acquisition (Abhidharmakośa, II, verse 36)76 *** BBC. The doctrine of liberation of the Hīnayāna78 **** BBC.1. Suppression through knowledge (Abhidharmakośa, I, verse 6)81 **** BBC.2. Nirvāṇa as non-existence (Abhidharmakośa II, verse 55)82 **** BBC.3. From "Establishment of the Truth" (Tattvasiddhi)84 * C. The schools of the Mahāyāna89 ** CA. Main elements in the development of the Mahāyāna89 *** CAA. The new goal of liberation89 *** CAB. The philosophical doctrine of a highest being and of the unreality of the phenomenal world89 *** CAC. The new buddhology90 ** CB. The beginnings of the Mahāyāna90 ** CC. The oldest literary documentation of the Mahāyāna91 *** CCA. The Prajñāpāramitā literature and its philosophical doctrines91 **** CCA.1. Central philosophical thought: the concept of a highest being92 **** CCA.2. The unreality of the phenomenal world and its relationship to the highest being93 **** CCA.3. From the "Perfection of Insight in Eight Thousand Lines" (Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā)94 *** CCB. From the "Jewel Heap" (Ratnakūṭa)102 ** CD. The Madhyamaka school106 *** CDA. Nāgārjuna (ca. 200 C.E.)106 **** CDA.1. The works of Nāgārjuna106 **** CDA.2. The philosophical system of Nāgārjuna106 ***** CDA.2.1. The unreality of the external world106 ****** CDA.2.1.1. The phenomenal world as dependent origination107 ****** CDA.2.1.2. The relativity of opposing terms and the middle way107 ****** CDA.2.1.3. Nāgārjuna's concept of intrinsic nature (svabhāva) and the emptiness of the phenomenal world108 ****** CDA.2.1.4. The highest and the restricted truth109 ****** CDA.2.1.5. The nature of the phenomenal world is diversity (prapañca)109 ***** CDA.2.2. The highest reality109 ****** CDA.2.2.1. Distinction from the phenomenal world: free from diversity, extinction, peace, etc.109 ****** CDA.2.2.2. Identity in nature of the phenomenal world and nirvāṇa109 ***** CDA.2.3. Doctrine of liberation110 **** CDA.3. Introduction to sections of the Madhyamakakārikā110 ***** CDA.3.1. Chapter I: Examination of causes (Pratyaya-parīkṣā)110 **** CDA.4. From the "Mnemonic Verses of the Middle Doctrine" (Madhyamakārikā)112 ***** CDA.4.1. Chapter 15: Examination of intrinsic nature (svabhāva-parīkṣā)114 ***** CDA.4.2. Chapter 18: Examination of the self (ātma-parīkṣā)116 ***** CDA.4.3. Chapter 24: Examination of the noble truths (ārya- satya-parīkṣā)118 ***** CDA.4.4. Chapter 25: Examination of nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa-parīkṣā)123 **** CDA.5. Introduction to sections of the Vigrahavyāvartanī126 **** CDA.6. From the "The Quarrel (equals) Averting" (Vigrahavyāvartanı)127 **** CDA.7. Introduction to the sections of the Ratnāvalī130 **** CDA.8. From the "Garland of Jewels" (Ratnāvalī)133 *** CDB. Āryadeva (Beginning of 3rd century C.E.)139 **** CDB.1. Introduction to the sample from the Catuḥśataka139 **** CDB.2. From the "Treatise in Four Hundred Stanzas" (Catuḥśataka)140 *** CDC. Buddhapālita (ca. 5th century C.E)142 **** CDC.1. Introduction to the sample from the Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti142 **** CDC.2. From the "Commentary to the Mnemonic Verses of the Middle Doctrine" (Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti)142 *** CDD. Bhāvaviveka (middle of 6th century C.E.)144 **** CDD.1. Introduction to sample from the Prajñāpradīpa144 **** CDD.2. From the "Shining Light of Insight"145 **** CDD.3. From the "Jewel in the Hand" (Tchang tchen) (T 1578, pp. 276a3-377b11)149 *** CDE. Candrakīrti (7th century C.E.)154 **** CDE.1. The works of Candrakīrti154 **** CDE.2. Introduction to the sample from the Prasannapadā154 **** CDE.3. From the "Clearly Worded" (Prasannapadā)155 **** CDE.4. Introduction to the sample from the Madhyamakāvatāra157 **** CDE.5. From the "Introduction to the Madhyamaka Doctrine" (Madhyamakāvatāra)159 ** CE. The school of Sāramati164 *** CEA. Sāramati (ca. 250 C.E.)164 **** CEA.1. From the "Elucidation of the Seed of the (Three) Jewels" (Ratnagotravibhāga)165 ** CF. The school of the Yogācāra171 *** CFA. The beginnings of the Yogācāra school: the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra171 **** CFA.1. The divisions of reality (sections 1-8)171 **** CFA.2. The determination of the nature of reality: non-duality & the middle way & the constitution of the nature of reality (sections 9-13)172 **** CFA.3. The proof of the unreality of the phenomenal world {section 14)173 **** CFA.4. The 2 proofs of the unreality of the designations (sections 15-16)174 **** CFA.5. The 2 errors & the false and correct view of reality (sections 17-19)174 **** CFA.6. From the "Stage of the Bodhisattva (Bodhisattvabhūmi)175 *** CFB. The Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra180 **** CFB.1. The doctrine of the threefold nature of things in Chapt. VI180 **** CFB.2. The doctrine of the threefold essencelessness of entities in chapt. VII and its relation to the doctrine of the Prajñāpāramitā and of the Mādhyamikas182 **** CFB.3. From the "Elucidation of the Secret Meaning" (Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra)183 *** CFC. Maitreyanātha (ca. 300 C.E.)191 **** CFC.1. The works of Maitreyanātha191 **** CFC.2. The first philosophical system of the Yogācāra: the doctrine of Maitreyanātha192 ***** CFC.2.1. The highest being as the center of the system192 ***** CFC.2.2. The highest being and the phenomenal world193 ***** CFC.2.3. The false conception and the deception of the phenomenal world, etc.193 ***** CFC.2.4. The doctrine of liberation194 ****** CFC.2.4.1. Non-conceptual knowledge and liberation194 ****** CFC.2.4.2. Buddhology and the highest being195 ***** CFC.2.5. The doctrine of Maitreyanātha and the Madhyamaka doctrine196 **** CFC.3. Introduction to the samples from the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra196 ***** CFC.3.1. From the "Ornament of the Sūtras of the Mahāyāna" (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra)200 **** CFC.4. Introduction to samples from the Madhyāntavibhāga207 **** CFC.5. From the "Elucidation of the Middle and of the Extremes" (Madhyantavibhāga)210 *** CFD. Asaṅga (ca. 315-390 C.E.)213 **** CFD.1. The works of Asaṅga213 **** CFD.2. The philosophical system of Asaṅga214 ***** CFD.2.1. Adoption of old concepts and development of new psychological concepts214 ***** CFD.2.2. The appearance of the phenomenal world: the doctrine of the three characteristics214 ****** CFD.2.2.1. The dependent characteristic215 ****** CFD.2.2.2. The imagined and the perfect characteristic216 ***** CFD.2.3. The doctrine of liberation216 ***** CFD.2.4. Asaṅga's Buddhology217 **** CFD.3. Introduction to the translated sections of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha218 **** CFD.4. From the "Summary of the Mahāyāna" (Mahāyānasaṃgraha)219 *** CFE. Vasubandhu the Elder (ca. 320-380 C.E.)231 **** CFE.1. The works of Vasubandhu the Elder and Vasubandhu the Younger231 **** CFE.2. Synopsis of the doctrines of the "Twenty Verses" and "Thirty Verses"232 ***** CFE.2.1. The mental complex as three transformations of cognition232 ***** CFE.2.2. The mental complex and the seeds of permeation233 ***** CFE.2.3. The mental complex in relation to the phenomenal world, highest reality and other beings234 ***** CFE.2.4. The doctrine of liberation235 **** CFE.3. Introduction to the Viṃśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi235 ***** CFE.3.1. Chapter One: Doctrine of the unreality of the external world and answers to objections based on reasoning (verses 1-7)235 ***** CFE.3.2. Chapter two: Answers to objections based on scripture (verses 8-10)236 ***** CFE.3.3. Chapter three: Proof of the unreality of the external world: impossibility of the concept of an atom, etc. (verses 11-15)237 ***** CFE.3.4. Chapter four: Refutation of various objections (verses 16-21)239 **** CFE.4. "Proof that (Everything) is Mere Cognizance, in Twenty Verses" (Viṃśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi)242 **** CFE.5. Introduction to the Triṃśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi253 **** CFE.6. "Proof, that (Everything) is Mere Cognizance, in Thirty Verses"254 *** CFF. Dignāga (ca. 480-540 C.E.)259 **** CFF.1. From the "Compendium of the Means of Valid Cognition" (Pramāṇasamuccaya)260 *** CFG. Sthiramati and Dharmapāla (middle of the 6th century C.E.)262 **** CFG.1. From Hiuan-tsangs "Proof that (Everything) is Mere Cognizance" (Tch'eng wei che louen)265 * D. Sources and Literature271 ** DA. General271 ** DB. A. The doctrine of the Buddha271 *** DBA. Canonical texts (Tripiṭaka)271 *** DBB. Pratītyasamutpādasūtra272 *** DBC. Pratītyasamutpādavyākhyā272 *** DBD. Śālistambasūtra272 ** DC. B. The Dogmatics of the Hīnayāna272 *** DCA. Milindapañhā272 *** DCB. Vasubandhu the Younger273 **** DCB.1. Abhidharmakośa273 **** DCB.2. Pañcaskandhaka273 *** DCC. Harivararman, Tattvasiddhi273 ** DD. The Schools of the Mahāyāna273 *** DDA. 1. The Madhyamaka School273 **** DDA.1. Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā273 **** DDA.2. Ratnakūṭa (Kāśyapaparivarta)274 **** DDA.3. Nāgārjuna274 ***** DDA.3.1. Madhyamakakārikā274 ***** DDA.3.2. Vigrahavyāvartanıī274 ***** DDA.3.3. Ratnāvalī275 **** DDA.4. Āryadeva: Catuḥśataka275 **** DDA.5. Buddhapālita, Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti275 **** DDA.6. Bhāvaviveka, Prajñāpradīpa275 **** DDA.7. Tchang tchen (Hastaratna?)275 **** DDA.8. Candrakīrti276 ***** DDA.8.1. Prasannapadā276 ***** DDA.8.2. Madhyamakāvatāra276 *** DDB. 2. The school of Sāramati276 **** DDB.1. Sāramati, Ratnagotravibhāga276 *** DDC. 3. The school of the Yogācāra276 **** DDC.1. Bodhisattvabhūmi276 **** DDC.2. Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra277 **** DDC.3. Maitreyanātha277 ***** DDC.3.1. Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra277 ***** DDC.3.2. Madhyāntavibhāga277 **** DDC.4. Asaṅga, Mahāyānasaṃgraha277 **** DDC.5. Vasubandhu277 ***** DDC.5.1. Viṃśatikā277 ***** DDC.5.2. Triṃśikā278 **** DDC.6. Dignāga, Pramāṇasamuccaya278 **** DDC.7. Hiuan-tsang, Tch’eng wei che louen278 * E. Supplementary remarks279 ** EA. General279 ** EB. A. The doctrine of the Buddha280 ** EC. B. The Dogmatics of the Hīnayāna280 ** ED. The schools of the Mahāyāna281 *** EDA. 1. The Madhyamaka school281 *** EDB. 2. The school of Sāramati281 *** EDC. 3. The school of the Yogācāra282 *Appendix I: Amalavijñāna and ālayavijñāna. A Contribution to the Epistemology of Buddhism. By Erich Frauwallner *Appendix II: Bibliography of Erich Frauwallner *Appendix III: Sources and Literature (after the fourth edition)

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* The Platform Sutra1 * Introduction53 * The Platform Sutra with Commentary63 *Appendix ** I. Additional Text277 ** II. Finding List297 ** III. Names, Terms, Texts, and Places with Chinese equivalents298 ** IV. The Platform Sutra—Tunhuang Museum Text320 +

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* Table of Contents * * A Message on the Publication of the English Tripiṭaka NUMATA Yehanv * Editorial Foreword MAYEDA Sengakuvii * Publisher’s Foreword Francis H. Cookix * Translator’s Introduction John R. McRaexiii * A Note on Interpolated Materialxvii * * The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch * Preface to the Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch3 * Encomium of the Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch7 * * [Text of] Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch * * Number One: Account of Origins17 * Number Two: Prajnā27 * Number Three: Questions36 * Number Four: Meditation and Wisdom41 * Number Five: Seated Meditation45 * Number Six: Repentance46 * Number Seven: Encounters53 * Number Eight: Sudden and Gradual71 * Number Nine: Proclamations79 * Number Ten: Transmission81 * * Appendix * * An Additional Record of the Story of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch95 * Details of Accolades through the Dynasties99 * Epitaph on the Bequest of the Posthumous Title "Chan Master Great Mirror"100 * Epitaph for Chan Master Great Mirror103 * Inscription on the Robe of the Buddha (with Introduction)105 * Epilogue108 * * Notes111 * Glossary125 * Bibliography129 * Index131 * A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripiṭaka (First Series)145