The Buddha Nature: A Study of the Tathāgatagarbha and Ālayavijñāna

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|BookToc=* {{i|Foreword by Alex Wayman|v}}
* {{i|Introduction|}}
** {{i|Part One|xv}}
** {{i|Part Two|xxviii}}
** {{i|Part Three|xxxvi}}
* {{i|Part One|}}
* {{i|The ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in the ''Śrī-Mālā Sūtra'' and the ''Ratnagotravibhāga''|}}
* {{i|Chapter|}}
* {{i|I. Analysis of the Śrī-Mālā Sūtra|'''3-41'''}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' as Ontic Subjectivity|4}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' and Soteriology|8}}
** {{i|The Status of the Buddha|15}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' and Epistemology|17}}
** {{i|The Nescience Entrenchment|20}}
** {{i|The Buddha Natures|22}}
** {{i|The Four Noble Truths|25}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' as Both ''Śūnya'' and ''Aśūnya''|31}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' as Self-explicating Knowledge Evaluation|38}}
* {{i|II. The Ratnagotravibhāga|'''43-67'''}}
** {{i|The Jewels of the ''Dharma'' and the ''Sangha''|47}}
** {{i|''Samalā'' and ''Nirmalā Tathatā''|53}}
** {{i|Threefold Meaning of the ''Tathāgatagarbha''|55}}
** {{i|The Meaning of ''Gotra''|59}}
* {{i|III. Characteristics of the Embryo Reality: Its Self-Nature|'''69-100'''}}
** {{i|The Cause of the Embryo's Purification|70}}
** {{i|The Four Supreme Virtues: Antidotal Methogology|72}}
** {{i|''Ātma-Pāramitā'': Supreme Unity|81}}
** {{i|''Nitya-Pāramitā'': Supreme Eternity|90}}
** {{i|Supreme Bliss and Supreme Purity|95}}
** {{i|The Result of the Embryo's Self-purification|98}}
** {{i|The Union with the purifying Factors|99}}
* {{i|IV. Further Characteristics of the Embryo|'''101-123'''}}
** {{i|The Function of the Embryo Towards Self-purification|101}}
** {{i|The Embryo's Manifestation|104}}
** {{i|''Cittaprakrti'': the Innate Mind|108}}
** {{i|Buddhahood and ''Nirvāna''|118}}
* {{i|VI. Nine Illustrations of the ''Garbha''|'''125-134'''}}
** {{i|Threefold Nature of the ''Tathāgatagarbha''|130}}
* {{i|VI. ''Tathāgatagarbha'' as ''Śūnyatā''|135-159}}
** {{i|''Tathāgatagarbha'' as ''Śūnya'' and ''Aśūnya'',|141}}
** {{i|The ''Ratnagotra'' and the ''Prajñapāramitā'' Tradition|150}}
* {{i|VII. The Properties of the Buddha|'''161-176'''}}
** {{i|''Nirmalā Tathatā''|163}}
** {{i|Evaluation|171}}
* {{i|Part Two|}}
* {{i|The ''Ālayalavijñāna'' in the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' and the ''Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun''|}}
* {{i|VIII. The ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra''|179-194}}
** {{i|The Union of the ''Tathāgatagarbha'' and the ''Ālayavijñana''|179}}
** {{i|The Confusion of Epistemology and Ontology in the ''Laṅkāvatāra''|185}}
* {{i|IX. The Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun|'''195-211'''}}
** {{i|The Metaphysics of Mere-Consciousness|195}}
** {{i|The ''Ālayavijñana'' and the ''Bījas''|202}}
* {{i|X. The ''Ālayavijñana'' and Ignorance|'''213-226'''}}
** {{i|''Ātmagrāha'' and ''Dharmagrāha''|213}}
** {{i|The "Manas'' and ''Manovijñāna''|214}}
** {{i|The Ultimate Origin of Ignorance|223}}
* {{i|XI. The Holy Path of Attainment|'''227-244'''}}
** {{i|The Stage of Moral Provisioning|227}}
** {{i|The Stage of Intensified Effort|228}}
** {{i|The Stage of Unimpeded Penetrating Understanding|230}}
** {{i|The Stage of Exercising Cultivation|232}}
** {{i|The Stage of Ultimate Realization|241}}
* {{i|Part Three|}}
* {{i|The ''Tathāgatagarbha-Ālayavijñāna'': Summary and Comparison|}}
* {{i|XII. Conclusion|'''247-292'''}}
** {{i|The ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in the ''Śrī-Mālā Sūtra''|247}}
** {{i|The ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in the ''Ratnagotravibhāga''|251}}
** {{i|The ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra''|260}}
** {{i|The ''Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun''|263}}
** {{i|The Ultimate Status of Ignorance in the Theory of the ''Tathāgatagarbha-Ālayavijñāna''|266}}
** {{i|The ''Tathāgatagarbha-Ālayavijñāna'' and the Hegelian Absolute Spirit|273}}
* {{i|Appendix 1: Numerical Listings from the Srī-Mālā Sūtra and the<br>Ratnagotravibhāga|293}}
* {{i|Appendix 2: Numerical Listings from the Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun|299}}
* {{i|Selected Bibliography|303}}
* {{i|Index|311}}
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