The Tathāgatagarbha Theory in the Śrīmālāsūtra

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*Acknowledgements<br>
*Chapter 1 Introduction<br>
**1. Tathāgatagarbha as the refuge, the support, and the basis of both conditional and unconditional dharmas<br>
**2. The association of tathāgatagarbha with dharmakāya<br>
**3. The identification of tathāgatagarbha with prakṛtipariśuddhagarbha<br>
**4. From lokottaragarbha and prakṛtipariśuddhagarbha to a comprehensive textual study<br>
*Chapter 2 Some essential terms related to tathāgatagarbha<br>
**1. On mukta and jñāna/jña<br>
***1.1 The polysemous term mukta<br>
***1.1.1 Mukta in the Bhagavadgītā<br>
***1.1.2 Mukta meaning “liberated”, “freed”, “released” in a formula in the AP<br>
***1.1.3 Mukta in its literal and figurative meaning attested in the AŚ, Lal, SP and MSA<br>
***1.1.4 Mukta in three other tathāgatagarbha-related Buddhist scriptures<br>
***1.2 Multiple jñānas in the Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
***1.2.1 The tathāgatagarbha knowledge and the knowledge of emptiness of tathāgatas<br>
***1.2.2 The knowledge of emptiness and the knowledge of the omniscient one<br>
***1.2.3 Some other forms of knowledge in the Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
***1.2.4 Tathāgata/sugata/buddha-jñāna in the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra<br>
**2. Dharmakāya in the Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
***2.1 The fourfold attributes of dharmakāya<br>
***2.2 Absolute exclusion of self (ātman) within the fourfold attributes<br>
***2.3 Two synonyms of dharmakāya: nirvāṇadhātu and sarvajñajñānaviṣaya<br>
***2.4 Dharmakāya and duḥkhanirodha<br>
*Chapter 3 Some philological observations on the Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
**1. The language features of the Sanskrit Śrīmālāsūtra of the Schøyen Collection<br>
***1.1 ho for khalu<br>
***1.2 śakkra for śakra, and satva for sattva<br>
***2.1 Imperative of 2nd person singular ending with āhi<br>
***2.2 Aorist of 3rd person singular ending with si or ṣi<br>
***2.3 Absolutive ending of verb with prefix as tvā<br>
***2.4 Contraction of aya in form of e in the causative verbs<br>
***2.5 Changing from n to ṃ<br>
***2.6 An extra m to form ṃm<br>
***3.1 Hyper-sanskritisation concerning ṛ<br>
***3.2 Hyper-sanskritisation of dh for h<br>
**2. A supplementary paleographical study of the Sansrkit Śrīmālāsūtra manuscripts<br>
***1. A general remark<br>
***2. The variant and unlisted akṣaras in the ŚSC comparing with the Gupta-scripts alphabet-k<br>
***3. The script tables of the Sanskrit Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
**3. The older recension(s) among the multiple Śrīmālāsūtra versions<br>
***3.1 Passages of (a)muktajñ(ān)a<br>
***3.2 Added sentences in Group II<br>
***3.3 The diametrically opposed attitudes towards saṃskāra and nirvāṇa views<br>
**4. Summary of this chapter<br>
*Chapter 4 Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese collation of the Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
**1. Symbols used in my collation<br>
**2. Editorial styles in this dissertation<br>
**3. General information on the Tibetan materials<br>
***3.1 Colophon, Notes and References of the Tibetan Śrīmālāsūtra<br>
***3.2 Characteristics of the textual witness of the Tibetan materials<br>
***3.2.1 Gondhla Collection<br>
***3.2.2 Them spang ma Manuscript preserved in Ulaanbaatar<br>
***3.2.3 sTog Palace Kanjur<br>
***3.2.4 Peking Kanjur preserved in Ulaanbaatar<br>
**4. Stemma of the Chinese materials<br>
***4.1 Division of chapters<br>
***4.2 Some philological observations<br>
**5. Collation<br>
***1. Dharmakāya vis-à-vis kleśakośa and buddhadharma<br>
***2. Tathāgatagarbha vis-à-vis kleśakośa and buddhadharma<br>
***3. Knowledge and views of non-Buddhists and Buddhists<br>
***4. The merits and attributes of tathāgatagarbha<br>
***5. The synonyms of tathāgatagarbha<br>
***6. The nature of prakṛtipariśuddha citta<br>
***7. The conservation between Queen Śrīmālā and the Buddha<br>
***8. The manifestation of Buddha and its response<br>
***9. Name of this sūtra<br>
*Chapter 5 Annotated translation<br>
**1. Dharmakāya vis-à-vis kleśakośa and buddhadharma<br>
**2. Tathāgatagarbha vis-à-vis kleśakośa and buddhadharma<br>
**3. Knowledge and views of non-Buddhists and Buddhists<br>
**4. The merits and attributes of tathāgatagarbha<br>
**5. The synonyms of tathāgatagarbha<br>
**6. The nature of prakṛtipariśuddha citta<br>
**7. The conversation between Queen Śrīmālā and the Buddha<br>
**8. The manifestation of the Buddha and its response<br>
**9. Name of this sūtra<br>
*Primary Sources, with Abbreviations<br>
*Bibliography<br>
*Summary of results
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