Interpretations of Unity: Hermeneutics in Śākya mchog ldan's Interpretation of the Five Treatises of Maitreya

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|BookToc=* {{i|Abstract|2}}
* {{i|Acknowledgments|7}}
* {{i|Abbreviations|10}}
* {{i|Introduction|13}}
** {{i|1. Context|13}}
** {{i|2. Buddhist Hermeneutics: Literature Review|28}}
** {{i|3. Division of Topics|38}}
* {{i|Chapter 1|43}}
* {{i|The Place and Importance of the Five Treatises of Maitreya in Tibetan Buddhist Doctrine|43}}
** {{i|1. Tibetan fields of knowledge|43}}
** {{i|2. The importance of Madhyamaka for doctrinal identity|48}}
** {{i|3. Scriptural sources for Perfection of Wisdom and Madhyamaka|51}}
** {{i|4. The Tension Between Two Currents|56}}
** {{i|5. The Importance of a Resolution|60}}
* {{i|Chapter 2: Tibetan Interpretations of the Five Treatises|70}}
*** {{i|Note on Method|71}}
** {{i|1. Definition and History of the notion of the "Five Treatises"|74}}
*** {{i|1. History of the Five Treatises in Tibet|75}}
**** {{i|a) The Treatises translated during the early propagation<br> (snga dar)|75}}
**** {{i|b) The Five Treatises at the time of the later propagation<br>(phyi dar)|77}}
*** {{i|2. History of the Concept of the Five Treatises|80}}
** {{i|2. Interpretations of the Five Treatises|89}}
**** {{i|rNgog Lotsāwa Blo ldan shes rab (1059-1109)|89}}
**** {{i|Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge (1109-? )|90}}
**** {{i|Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga' rgyal mtshan (1182-1251)|92}}
**** {{i|Dol po pa Shes rab rgyal mtshan (1292-1360)|96}}
**** {{i|Bu ston Rin chen grub (1290-1364)|99}}
**** {{i|kLong chen rab ―byams (1308-1363)|101}}
**** {{i|Third Karmapa Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339)|104}}
**** {{i|Blo gros mtshungs med (early 1300s)|106}}
**** {{i|Red mda' ba gZhon nu bLo gros (1349-1412)|108}}
**** {{i|Tsong kha pa bLo bzang grags pa (1357-1419)|110}}
**** {{i|Rong ston Shes bya kun rig (1367-1449)|112}}
** {{i|3. Analysis and typology of interpretations|113}}
* {{i|Chapter 3: Śākya mchog ldan's defense of the definitive meaning of the Five<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Treatises in the Byams chos lnga'i nges don rab tu gsal ba|120}}
** {{i|1. The Byams chos lnga'i nges don rab tu gsal ba|122}}
** {{i|2. The Order of the Five Treatises|125}}
** {{i|3. The Doxographical Classification of the Five Treatises|130}}
*** {{i|1. Privileging the authority of Asaṅga and Vasubandhu|133}}
*** {{i|2. Stressing passages against reification of mind in the<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Five Treatises and their commentaries|139}}
*** {{i|3. Śākya mchog ldan's systematic harmonization of the meaning of the<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Five Treatises|142}}
**** {{i|a) Interpretation of the Abhisamayālaṅkāra|143}}
**** {{i|b) Interpretation of Ratnagotravibhāga as other-emptiness (gzhan<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stong)|149}}
** {{i|4. Summary of the meaning of the Five Treatises|154}}
** {{i|5. Analysis and interpretation|158}}
* {{i|Chapter 4: The Place of the Five Treatises in the Thought of Śākya mchog<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ldan|164}}
** {{i|1. Śākya mchog ldan's Interpretation of the Five Treatises in Works Other<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;than the BCN|165}}
** {{i|2. Elements of Śākya mchog ldan's general interpretation of Mahāyāna<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Doctrines|180}}
*** {{i|1. General classification of the Mahāyāna|180}}
*** {{i|2. Śākya mchog ldan's attitude towards the view of niḥsvabhāvavāda|184}}
*** {{i|3. Interpretation of Vajrayāna as tantric Madhyamaka|190}}
*** {{i|4. Śākya mchog ldan on Pramāṇa Theory|193}}
*** {{i|5. Interpretation of buddha nature|195}}
** {{i|Summary|196}}
* {{i|Conclusion|200}}
* {{i|Appendix 1: Translation of the introductory part of the Byams chos lnga'i nges<br>don rab tu gsal ba of Śākya mchog ldan|205}}
** {{i|1. Preliminary remarks|205}}
** {{i|2. Translation|207}}
* {{i|Bibliography|254}}
** {{i|Bibliography of Indian and Tibetan Sources|254}}
** {{i|Modern Scholarship|262}}
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