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|BookToc=Series Editor’s Preface.................................................................................xi
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Author’s Preface.......................................................................................... xv
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Abbreviations............................................................................................. xix
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P art One: Introduction
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Study of the Madhyāntavibhāga...................................................................3
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Yogācāra Buddhist Philosophy..............................................................3
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What Is Yogācāra............................................................................ 5
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Ālaya-vijñāna...................................................................................9
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Vijñapti-mātra............................................................................... 12
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Trisvabhāva....................................................................................15
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A Semiotic Soteriology.................................................................20
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The Madhyāntavibhāga Corpus.......................................................... 28
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Madhyāntavibhāga........................................................................ 29
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Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāsya........................................................... 32
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Madhyāntavibhāga-tīkā.................................................................34
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Authorship and Dates....................................................................36
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The MAV/Bh’s Relation to Other Texts...................................... 41
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The MAV/Bh’s Place in the Yogācāra Tradition........................ 45
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The Exegesis of the Madhyãntavibhāga.............................................48
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Exegesis of the Introduction......................................................... 48
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Exegesis of Chapter 1: Definitions..............................................50
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Exegesis of Chapter 2: Obstructions............................................66
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Exegesis of Chapter 3: Reality..................................................... 74
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Exegesis of Chapter 4: Cultivation of Antidotes, States,
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and Results...............................................................................87
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Exegesis of Chapter 5: The Unsurpassed Vehicle...................... 95
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Exegesis of the Concluding Verse..............................................110
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Part Two: Annotated Translation of the M adhyāntavibhāga/-bhāsya
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Introduction......................................................................................... 115
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I. Definitions....................................................................................... 117
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II. Obstructions................................................................................... 131
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III. Reality............................................................................................143
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IV. Cultivation of Antidotes, States, and Results.............................161
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V..The Unsurpassed Vehicle...............................................................173
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Concluding Verse................................................................................192
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Glossary, Bibliography, and Index
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Glossary...................................................................................................... 195
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Bibliography...............................................................................................199
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Index............................................................................................................213
 
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Maitreyanātha's Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga) was transmitted to us by the noble Asaṅga, great saint and champion scholar of fourth century CE Indic Buddhism—along with Vasubandhu’s commentary on the text. It is one of the five seminal texts of what the Tibetans call the “magnificent deeds tradition of universal vehicle Buddhism, according to its spiritual focus and ethical impact. Its emphasis on the nondual, primarily mental nature of reality most powerfully supports the great messianic vow of the bodhisattva, the entry into the universal vehicle lifestyle. In his study introducing the translation, Dr. D'Amato analyzes and elucidates the teachings of this text and its associated school with great learning and insight. (Source: Tibet House)

Citation D'Amato, Mario, trans. Maitreya's Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga): Along with Vasubandhu's Commentary (Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya); A Study and Annotated Translation. Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences. Tengyur Translation Initiative. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University's Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House US, 2012.

advaya - Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two. Skt. अद्वय Tib. གཉིས་མེད་ Ch. 不二

Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt. बोधिसत्त्व Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ། Ch. 菩薩

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