]> 2026-10-01T19:09:12-04:00 Books/The Changeless Nature 0 en No Maitreya;Asaṅga Library <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-ebe1818feaa3acf2END_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Maitreya|Maitreya]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-d01000a9858207d8END_WIDGET </div><div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-cbca8e348f1bbabbEND_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Asanga|Asanga]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-81f76fe64cc037a3END_WIDGET </div><div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-d63885b6dd8ae4c3END_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Holmes, Ken|Kenneth Holmes]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-64e5d72349a2ad48END_WIDGET </div><div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-3a0879d22fd8923dEND_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Holmes, Katia|Katia Holmes]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-a188fe7ea10f4ec7END_WIDGET </div> * <span> Translators' Introduction</span><span>p. 3</span> * '''THE TEXT''' * <span> Introduction: the seven vajra points</span><span>p. 13</span> * '''PART ONE: THE ACHIEVEMENT: THE THREE JEWELS''' * <span> '''First Vajra Point''': the buddha</span><span>p. 17</span> * <span> '''Second Vajra Point''': the dharma</span><span>p. 19</span> * <span> '''Third Vajra Point''': the sangha</span><span>p. 21</span> * '''PART TWO: THE BASIS FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT''' * <span> '''General Comment on these Last Four Vajra Points'''</span><span>p. 29</span> * <span> '''Fourth Vajra Point''': buddha-nature</span><span>p. 31</span> * 1. Summary: ** <span> A. 3 reasons why beings have it</span><span>p. 31</span> * 2. Detailed Presentation ** B. 10 aspects of buddha-potential *** <span> nature</span><span>p. 33</span> *** <span> cause</span><span>p. 33</span> *** <span> fruit</span><span>p. 35</span> *** <span> function</span><span>p. 35</span> *** <span> endowments</span><span> p. 37</span> *** <span> approach</span><span>p. 37</span> *** <span> phases</span><span>p. 39</span> *** <span> all-pervasiveness</span><span>p. 39</span> *** <span> inalterability</span><span>p. 39</span> *** <span> inseparability from its qualities</span><span>p. 49</span> ** C. 9 examples *** <span> the examples</span><span>p. 51</span> *** <span> summary and meaning of examples</span><span>p. 61</span> ** <span> D. Purpose of teachings on buddha-nature</span><span>p. 69</span> * '''Fifth Vajra Point''': enlightenment ** <span> its nature</span><span>p. 77</span> ** <span> cause</span><span>p. 77</span> ** <span> fruit</span><span>p. 79</span> ** <span> function</span><span>p. 81</span> ** <span> endowments</span><span>p. 85</span> ** <span> actualisation</span><span>p. 87</span> ** <span> permanence</span><span>p. 97</span> ** <span> inconceivability</span><span>p. 99</span> * '''Sixth Vajra Point''': the qualities of buddhahood * <span> 1. synopsis in terms of two sorts of kaya</span><span>p. 103</span> * 2. detailed explanation of each ** the qualities of freedom—ultimately-true kaya ** <span> 10 powers of perfect knowledge</span><span>p. 105</span> ** <span> 4 kinds of fearlessness</span><span>p. 107</span> ** <span> 18 distinctive qualities</span><span>p. 107</span> ** the qualities of maturity—relatively-true kayas ** <span> the 32 marks of a perfect being</span><span>p. 111</span> * <span> 3. scriptural source</span><span>p. 113</span> * <span> 4. recapitulation of the examples</span><span>p. 113</span> * '''Seventh Vajra Point''' : buddha-activity * <span> 1. synopsis</span><span>p. 119</span> * 2. detailed explanation ** <span> spontaneity</span><span>p. 121</span> ** <span> unceasingness</span><span>p. 121</span> * <span> 3. expanded explanation through 9 examples</span><span>p. 123</span> ** <span> purpose and significance of examples</span><span>p. 141</span> ** <span> review of examples to show their sublimeness</span><span>p. 145</span> * '''PART THREE: CONCLUSION''' * <span> 1. the benefits of this text</span><span>p. 151</span> * <span> 2. how this Sastra was composed</span><span>p. 155</span> * <span> 3. dedication</span><span>p. 159</span> * '''NOTES''' * <span> Translators Introduction</span><span>p. 163</span> * <span> Part One</span><span>p. 163</span> * <span> Part Two : buddha-nature</span><span>p. 167</span> * <span>                   enlightenment</span><span>p. 171</span> * <span>                   qualities</span><span>p. 174</span> * <span>                   activity</span><span>p. 175</span> * <span> Part Three</span><span>p. 176</span> Dharma true II false Intermediate Book The Changeless Nature Holmes, Ken, and Katia Holmes, trans. ''The Changeless Nature: The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra''. 2nd ed. By Arya Maitreya and Acarya Asanga. Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Karma Kagyu Trust, 1985. https://archive.org/details/mahayanottaratantrasastrathechangelessnaturebykenandkatiaholmes_202003_994_R/page/n1/mode/2up. #[[Maitreya]]/[[Asaṅga]] ([[mgon po byams pa]])/[[thogs med]]: [[Ratna-gotra-vibhaga]], also know as [[Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra]] or [[Uttaratantrashastra]] ([[theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos]]), Otani: (P5525), [[sems tsam]], phi 54b7-74b6 (vol.108, p.24-32) (Tōh. 4024), [[sems tsam]], phi 54b1-73a7. (N) phi 48b3-69a3. (Kinsha) 3524, phi 64b1 (p.33-3-1). In [[bstan 'gyur (sde dge)]], Vol. 123: 107-146. Delhi: [[delhi karmapae choedhey, gyalwae sungrab partun khang]], 1982-1985. [[File:Buda by BDRC Logo.jpg|class=bdrc-button|x40px|link=http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/W23703]] [http://databases.aibs.columbia.edu/index.php?id=f252678ccc40d9de0f3b10febe611c4d&enc=sanskrit_romanized_title_4_search&coll=tengyur Columbia AIBS] Lord Buddha taught the dharma in three main phases of teaching called the three dharmachakras or the three 'turnings of the wheel of dharma'. The first dharmachakra expounded the 'Four Truths of the Realised', the 'Eightfold Path of the Realised' and other fundamental principles, thereby making clear what suffering is, what causes such suffering, what really constitutes a definitive end (cessation) to suffering and what the means are for achieving this definitive end. The teachings given in this first phase are the easiest to understand.<br>       The second dharmachakra, also referred to as the 'middle turning' or the 'dharmachakra of no-characteristics', demonstrated the illusory nature of everything and placed the teachings of the first dharmachakra in a much less concrete perspective; suffering was no longer something to be doted with existential reality and the fundamental statements of voidness (śūnyatā) - 'form not existing', 'sound not existing' etc. - were postulated to show the void nature of everything. In the third dharmachakra the 'true nature' of everything was explained - not just voidness, in the sense of complete absence or negation, but a void nature, resplendent with all qualities, naturally present, which is the essence of all beings; their buddha-nature. Since this is the very nature of ''all'' beings then by working on it anyone of them can reveal the enlightened wisdom that is inherent to that nature.<br>       The subject matter of these three dharmachakras was commented upon and cross-referenced in the many treatises (śāstra) composed by buddhist scholars after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa. Maitreya composed five encyclopaedic śāstra of which this Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra is one. Its teachings are those of the third dharmachakra. Many commentaries have been written for Maitreya's text, transmitted into this world by Aćarya Asaṅga. and the one chosen for this translation's standpoint is that of Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, whose commentary is in two main parts: an introduction to Maitreya's work and a commentary on the actual text of the original. (Kenneth and Katia Holmes, translator's introduction, 3–4) Thrangu Rinpoche;Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim false The Changeless Nature: The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra Holmes, Ken, and Katia Holmes, trans. ''The Changeless Nature: The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra''. 2nd ed. By Arya Maitreya and Acarya Asanga. Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Karma Kagyu Trust, 1985. https://archive.org/details/mahayanottaratantrasastrathechangelessnaturebykenandkatiaholmes_202003_994_R/page/n1/mode/2up.;The Changeless Nature;Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra;Kagyu;Maitreya;བྱམས་པ་;byams pa;'phags pa byams pa;byams pa'i mgon po;mgon po byams pa;ma pham pa;འཕགས་པ་བྱམས་པ་;བྱམས་པའི་མགོན་པོ་;མགོན་པོ་བྱམས་པ་;མ་ཕམ་པ་;Ajita; Asaṅga;ཐོགས་མེད་;thogs med;slob dpon thogs med;སློབ་དཔོན་ཐོགས་མེད་;Āryāsaṅga;Katia Holmes;Ken Holmes;The Changeless Nature: The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra;Maitreya;Asaṅga true The Changeless Nature-front.jpg Maitreya Asaṅga Holmes, Katia Holmes, Ken Thrangu Rinpoche Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim 1985 Translations Lord Buddha taught the dharma in three main phases of teaching called the three dharmachakras or the three 'turnings of the wheel of dharma'. The first dharmachakra expounded the 'Four Truths of the Realised', the 'Eightfold Path of the Realised' and other fundamental principles, thereby making clear what suffering is, what causes such suffering, what really constitutes a definitive end (cessation) to suffering and what the means are for achieving this definitive end. The teachings given in this first phase are the easiest to understand.<br>       The second dharmachakra, also referred to as the 'middle turning' or the 'dharmachakra of no-characteristics', demonstrated the illusory nature of everything and placed the teachings of the first dharmachakra in a much less concrete perspective; suffering was no longer something to be doted with existential reality and the fundamental statements of voidness (śūnyatā) - 'form not existing', 'sound not existing' etc. - were postulated to show the void nature of everything. In the third dharmachakra the 'true nature' of everything was explained - not just voidness, in the sense of complete absence or negation, but a void nature, resplendent with all qualities, naturally present, which is the essence of all beings; their buddha-nature. Since this is the very nature of ''all'' beings then by working on it anyone of them can reveal the enlightened wisdom that is inherent to that nature.<br>       The subject matter of these three dharmachakras was commented upon and cross-referenced in the many treatises (śāstra) composed by buddhist scholars after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa. Maitreya composed five encyclopaedic śāstra of which this Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra is one. Its teachings are those of the third dharmachakra. Many commentaries have been written for Maitreya's text, transmitted into this world by Aćarya Asaṅga. and the one chosen for this translation's standpoint is that of Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, whose commentary is in two main parts: an introduction to Maitreya's work and a commentary on the actual text of the original. 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