Buddha Nature Reconsidered
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'''1.''' '''''The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition of the Gzhan<br> stong Madhyamaka Proponents''''' | '''1.''' '''''The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition of the Gzhan<br> stong Madhyamaka Proponents''''' | ||
* {{i|1.1. Introduction|11}} | * {{i|1.1. Introduction|11}} | ||
| − | * {{i|1.2. Annotated Translation: ''The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition<br> of the Gzhan stong Madhyamaka Proponents'' (''Lamp'')|15}} | + | * {{i|1.2. Annotated Translation: ''The Lamp of Fine Discernment Regarding the Tradition<br> of the Gzhan stong Madhyamaka Proponents'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Lamp'')|15}} |
| − | * {{i|1.3. Critical Edition: ''Dbu ma gzhan stong smra ba 'i srol legs par phye ba 'i sgron me<br> zhes bya ba bzhugs so'' ( LG)|50}} | + | * {{i|1.3. Critical Edition: ''Dbu ma gzhan stong smra ba 'i srol legs par phye ba 'i sgron me<br> zhes bya ba bzhugs so'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> LG)|50}} |
'''2.''' '''''The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly'''''<br> | '''2.''' '''''The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly'''''<br> | ||
* {{i|2.1. Introduction|73}} | * {{i|2.1. Introduction|73}} | ||
| − | * {{i|2.2. Annotated Translation: ''The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly'', also known as ''The<br> Sublime Fragrance of Nectar'' (''Tonic'')|76}} | + | * {{i|2.2. Annotated Translation: ''The Nerve Tonic for the Elderly'', also known as ''The<br> Sublime Fragrance of Nectar'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> ''Tonic'')|76}} |
| − | * {{i|2.3. Critical Edition: ''Rgan po'i rlung sman'', also known as ''Dpyad pa bdud dri mchog<br> '' (GL)|137}} | + | * {{i|2.3. Critical Edition: ''Rgan po'i rlung sman'', also known as ''Dpyad pa bdud dri mchog<br> '' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> GL)|137}} |
'''3.''' '''''Buddha Nature and Dharmakāya'''''<br> | '''3.''' '''''Buddha Nature and Dharmakāya'''''<br> | ||
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* {{i|4.1. Introduction|177}} | * {{i|4.1. Introduction|177}} | ||
* {{i|4.2. Annotated Translation of an Excerpt from Mi bskyod rdo rje's ''Single Intent<br> Commentary'' (''Intent'') on 'Jig rten gsum mgon's ''Single Intent'' (''Dgongs gcig'') Vajra<br> Precepts 1.27–28|178}} | * {{i|4.2. Annotated Translation of an Excerpt from Mi bskyod rdo rje's ''Single Intent<br> Commentary'' (''Intent'') on 'Jig rten gsum mgon's ''Single Intent'' (''Dgongs gcig'') Vajra<br> Precepts 1.27–28|178}} | ||
| − | * {{i|4.3. Critical Edition: ''Dgongs gcig kar ṭīg'' (GC) excerpt|188}} | + | * {{i|4.3. Critical Edition: ''Dgongs gcig kar ṭīg'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> GC) excerpt|188}} |
'''5.''' '''''Buddha Nature and the Substratum''''' | '''5.''' '''''Buddha Nature and the Substratum''''' | ||
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'''6.''' '''''Buddha Nature and the Two Truths''''' | '''6.''' '''''Buddha Nature and the Two Truths''''' | ||
| − | * {{i|6.1. Introduction to Excerpts [A-B] from Mi bskyod rdo rje's ''Explanation of the<br> Direct Introduction to the Three Embodiments'' (''Embodiments'')|255}} | + | * {{i|6.1. Introduction to Excerpts [A-B] from Mi bskyod rdo rje's ''Explanation of the<br> Direct Introduction to the Three Embodiments'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> ''Embodiments'')|255}} |
* {{i|6.2. Annotated Translation [A]: On the Unity of the Two Truths|258}} | * {{i|6.2. Annotated Translation [A]: On the Unity of the Two Truths|258}} | ||
| − | * {{i|6.3. Critical Edition [A]: ''Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad'' (KN) excerpt|268}} | + | * {{i|6.3. Critical Edition [A]: ''Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad'' (<nowiki>=</nowiki> KN) excerpt|268}} |
* {{i|6.4. Annotated Translation [B]: On Buddha Nature in the Context of the Two<br> Truths|277}} | * {{i|6.4. Annotated Translation [B]: On Buddha Nature in the Context of the Two<br> Truths|277}} | ||
* {{i|6.5. Critical Edition [B]: ''Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad'' excerpt|287}} | * {{i|6.5. Critical Edition [B]: ''Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad'' excerpt|287}} | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 31 March 2020
This is David Higgins and Martina Draszczyk's second book together and comes out of their first study, Mahāmudrā And The Middle Way. In their follow up they have delivered another two volumes on the writings of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje (1507-1554) and his nuanced approach to the intricacies of the buddha-nature debate. It is an approach that combines the yogic sensibilities of Mahāmudrā with the dialectic approach of the Madhyamaka, which, according to the authors, Mikyö Dorje characterizes as the Yuganaddha-Apratiṣṭhāna-Madhyamaka (zung ’jug rab tu mi gnas pa’i dbu ma), that is, as a “Nonfoundational (or Nonabiding) Middle Way consisting in Unity.” As the authors explain,
"This nomenclature tells us much about the central philosophical aims and presuppositions of the Eighth Karma pa and his Karma bka’ brgyud tradition. As a Mahāmudrā proponent, Mi bskyod rdo rje gives primacy to innate modes of being and awareness, such as coemergent wisdom or buddha nature naturally endowed with qualities, that are amenable only to direct yogic perception and revealed through the personal guidance of a qualified teacher. As an exponent of yuganaddha (zung ’jug), i.e., unity (literally, “yoking together”), he espouses the tantric goal of unity beyond extremes, a goal grounded in the inseparability of the two truths or realities (bden gnyis dbyer med), of appearance and emptiness (snang stong dbyer med). In his eyes, this unity is only fully realized when one understands that the conventional has no independent existence apart from the ultimate and that the latter is a condition of possibility of the former. As an advocate of apratiṣṭhāna (rab tu mi gnas pa), i.e., nonfoundationalism, he resolutely maintains that all outer and inner phenomena, including deep features of reality disclosed through meditation, lack any ontic or epistemic essence or foundation that the mind can lay hold of. Finally, as a champion of Madhyamaka, i.e., the Buddhist Middle Way, the author attempts to ply a middle course between the extremes of existence and nonexistence, eternalism and nihilism. These various doxographical strands are deftly interwoven in the Karma pa’s view of buddha nature, which affirms the innate presence of buddha nature and its qualities in all sentient beings as well as their soteriological efficacy while denying either any ontological status." (Higgins and Draszczyk, preface, 14)
| Citation | Higgins, David, and Martina Draszczyk. Buddha Nature Reconsidered: The Eighth Karma pa's Middle Path. 2 vols. Vol. 1, Introduction and Analysis. Vol. 2, An Anthology of His Writings: Critical Texts and Annotated Translations. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 95.1–95.2. Vienna: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, 2019. |
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