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Shedding light on the meditative tradition of the five texts of Maitreya with meditation manuals and commentaries from the Kagyu and Kadampa traditions.

The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra

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When the Clouds Part on the Tsadra Library

Buy When the Clouds Part from Shambhala Publications

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The Gyü Lama (རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་), also called the Mahāyānottaratantra Śāstra (ཐེག་ཆེན་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས་), the Ratnagotravibhāga (RGV), or simply the Uttaratantra, is one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra tradition that expounds the buddha nature theory (tathāgatagarbha), the idea that all sentient beings possess the nature of a buddha. The Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds the Ratnagotravibhāga to be one of the Five Treatises that Maitreya taught to Asaṅga in the 4th century. Read More...

An outline of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great's commentary on the Gyü Lama:

UttaratantraShastra English Outline Poster.pdf

Further Study