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* {{i|Appendix 5: The General Explanation of ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in Yeshé Dorje’s<br>Commentary on the ''Uttaratantra''|963}}
 
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* {{i|Appendix 6: The Presentation of the Purpose of Teaching ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in<br>Yeshé Dorje’s Commentary on the ''Uttaratantra''|969}}
 
* {{i|Appendix 6: The Presentation of the Purpose of Teaching ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in<br>Yeshé Dorje’s Commentary on the ''Uttaratantra''|969}}
* {{i|Appendix 7: Comparison of the First Six Topics of the Fourth and Fifth Vajra Points in the ''Uttaratantra'' with the Same Six Topics in the ''Mahāyānasūtrā-<br>laṃkāra'' and the ''Mahāyānasaṃgraha''|979}}
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* {{i|Appendix 7: Comparison of the First Six Topics of the Fourth and Fifth Vajra<br>Points in the ''Uttaratantra'' with the Same Six Topics in the ''Mahāyānasūtrā-<br>laṃkāra'' and the ''Mahāyānasaṃgraha''|979}}
 
* {{i|Appendix 8: A Letter from Stainless Expanse and Awareness— a Casual<br>Summary of the "''Uttaratantra''|983}}
 
* {{i|Appendix 8: A Letter from Stainless Expanse and Awareness— a Casual<br>Summary of the "''Uttaratantra''|983}}
 
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When the Clouds Part
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"Buddha nature" (tathāgatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathāgatagarbha teachings and the different ways of explaining the meaning of this term. It includes new translations of the Maitreya treatise Mahāyānottaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most important, the translator’s introduction investigates in detail the meditative tradition of using the Mahāyānottaratantra as a basis for Mahāmudrā instructions and the Shentong approach. This is supplemented by translations of a number of short Tibetan meditation manuals from the Kadampa, Kagyü, and Jonang schools that use the Mahāyānottaratantra as a work to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2014.