Maitreya on Buddha Nature: A New Translation of Asaṅga's Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra
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| − | *{{i|PART ONE: The Goal to be Achieved: The Three Rare and Precious Refuges|43}} | + | *{{i|'''PART ONE: The Goal to be Achieved: The Three Rare and Precious Refuges'''|43}} |
| − | *{{i|Introduction to the Seven Vajra Abodes|45}} | + | *{{i|'''Introduction to the Seven Vajra Abodes'''|45}} |
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***{{i|They are a supreme refuge | 85}} | ***{{i|They are a supreme refuge | 85}} | ||
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**{{i|What is the ultimate refuge?| 87}} | **{{i|What is the ultimate refuge?| 87}} | ||
**{{i|Why are they called ratna? | 88}} | **{{i|Why are they called ratna? | 88}} | ||
| − | *{{i|PART TWO: The Basis for Attaining the Three Rare and Precious Refuges|91}} | + | *{{i|'''PART TWO: The Basis for Attaining the Three Rare and Precious Refuges'''|91}} |
| − | *{{i|General Comment on the Final Four Vajra Abodes| 93}} | + | *{{i|'''General Comment on the Final Four Vajra Abodes'''| 93}} |
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**{{i|They are inconceivable | 94}} | **{{i|They are inconceivable | 94}} | ||
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**{{i|Causes and conditions for realisation | 97}} | **{{i|Causes and conditions for realisation | 97}} | ||
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*{{i|How this śastra was composed | 320}} | *{{i|How this śastra was composed | 320}} | ||
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Maitreya on Buddha Nature: A New Translation of Asaṅga's Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra
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During the last years of his life, Buddha Sakyamuni revealed the deepest of his teachings, in what we now call the Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. These show the heart nature of every one and every thing to be the sublime perfection of enlightenment. This unrecognized inner essence is known as buddha nature. To discover it completely is to become a Buddha, with all a Buddha's qualities and power to help others. But what, really and truly, is a Buddha? What lies at the heart of the Buddha's teachings, the dharma? What is it that illuminates the Buddhist saints of the sangha? These and many other questions are answered in precise and beautiful poetry by Asanga, in his great classic, the Mahayana Uttara Tantra, which has become one of the most important doctrinal texts of Tibetan Buddhism.
This new and refreshingly accessible translation is accompanied by a commentary based on the explanations of the most learned contemporary masters of the Kagy Tradition. It provides an introduction for those new to buddha nature as well as a major and essential reference work, to which one can return again and again for inspiration and guidance.
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| Citation | Holmes, Ken, and Katia Holmes, trans. Maitreya on Buddha Nature: A New Translation of Asaṅga’s Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra. Forres, Scotland: Altea, 1999. |
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- Maitreya/Asaṅga (mgon po byams pa)/thogs med. Ratna-gotra-vibhaga, also known 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.
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