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Le Message Du Futur Bouddha	Lecture 1: une courte introduction7 Lecture 2: origine et transmission du texte 11 Lecture 3: une interprétation du RGV 21 Liste des abréviations 39 Section 0: Salutations 41 Chapitre I: Le Germe de Bouddha 43 Section 1: Les 7 points adamantins 43 Section 2: Le Joyau du Bouddha 51 Section 3: Le Joyau du Dharma 59 Section 4: Le Joyau de l'Assemblée 71 Section 5: Les Trois Joyaux comme Refuge 79 Section 6: Le Germe des Trois Joyaux 85 Section 7: Tous les êtres ont ce Germe 97 Section 8: Les 10 attributs de la Nature ultime 104 Section 9: Les 9 exemples du Germe dans les souillures 174 Section 10: Caractéristiques du Germe de Tathāgata 225 Section 11: Le but de cet enseignement 231 Chapitre II: L'Éveil 241 Section 12: L'Ainsité non souillée 241 Section 13: Les 8 caractéristiques de l'Ainsité non souillée 243 Chapitre III: Les qualités du Bouddha 299 Section 14: Caractéristiques de ces qualités 299 Section 15: Les 64 qualités du Bouddha 305 Chapitre IV: Les actions du Bouddha 345 Section 16: Caractéristiques de ces actions 345 Section 17: Neuf exemples de ces actions 354 Chapitre V: Les bienfaits de cet enseignement 429 Section 18: La foi dans la Nature de Bouddha 429 Annexe 1: Structure du Traité 457 Annexe 2: Prosodie et Métrique du RGV 467 Annexe 3: Les sources du RGV 474 Liste des ouvrages cités475 Liste des auteurs cités478 Liste des excursus 479 Table des matières détaillée 481
Le Rugissement de Lion de la Princesse Shrimala	Introduction au Rugissement de lion de la princesse Shrimala 7 Introduction9 Le thème11 Le concept de véhicule11 Le texte13 Le grand et unique véhicule14 L'ignorance subtile16 Les deux aspects des quatre vérités17 L'essence de Tathagata18 Le sens profond de la vacuité21 Une nature auto-réalisante22 Le Rugissement de lion de la reine Shrimala 25 1. Louange correcte des qualités infinies du tathagata28 2. Les grands vœux inconcevables32 3. Les grands souhaits qui embrassent tous les souhaits36 4. L'inconcevable adoption des suprêmes enseignements37 5. L'entrée véritable dans le Véhicule unique48 6. L'essence de Tathagata68 7. Le corps de réalité71 8. Le sens profond de la vacuité72 9. L'unique vérité - L'unique refuge73 10. L'erreur74 11. Sens profond de l'esprit parfaitement pur par nature77 12. Les fils véritables du tathagata81 13. Le Rugissement de lion de la princesse Shrimala84 Colophon87
Le Soutra de l'essence de Tathāgata	Présentation du Soutra de l'essence de Tathāgata7 Introduction9 Le texte du Tathāgatagarbha-Sūtra15 Le Soutra de l'essence de Tathāgata23 Prologue26 Le Tathāgata dans un lotus fané36 Le miel et l'essaim d'abeilles38 Le grain dans sa balle41 L'or dans les immondices43 Le trésor sous la maison44 L'arbre et le fruit47 La précieuse statuette enveloppée49 La femme enceinte d'un monarque52 La statue en or dans son moule de terre55 Les bienfaits de la propagation du soutra58 La question d'Ananda70
Le Traité de la continuité sublime du Grand Véhicule	PRÉFACE5 INTRODUCTION AUX ENSEIGNEMENTS DE L'ESSENCE DE TATHĀGATA (tathāgatagarbha)7 CHAPITRE 1 - L'ESSENCE DE TATHAGATA22 Les sept bases vajra22 Caractéristiques des sept bases vajra22 Le joyau du Bouddha23 Le joyau du Dharma24 Le joyau de la communauté26 Les trois refuges conventionnels27 Le refuge ultime27 L'origine des Trois Joyaux28 L'élément ou essence de Tathagata29 Les trois types de vivants31 Les quatre obstacles31 Les quatre antidotes32 Les quatre perfections du corps de réalité32 L'activité33 La manifestation34 Les états34 L'omniprésence35 L'immutabilité35 L'état impur36 L'etat partiellement pur et impur38 l'état pur41 Les neuf analogies45 Le lotus fané46 Le grain dans sa balle48 L'or égaré48 Le trésor sous la maison49 Le germe sous la peau du fruit50 La précieuse effigie dans les chiffons51 La femme enceinte52 La statue d'or dans son moule de terre53 Le sens résumé des exemples53 Les neuf types de souillures54 La triple nature de !'élément57 Les raisons de cet enseignement60 CHAPITRE 2 - L'ÉVEIL63 l'essence64 La cause65 Le fruit65 L'activité67 Les attributs70 La manifestation72 La permanence77 L'inconcevabilité78 CHAPITRE 3 - LES QUALITÉS80 Les quatre absences de peur82 Les dix-huit qualités exclusives du Bouddha83 Les trente-deux marques84 CHAPITRE 4 - L'ACTIVITÉ ÉVEILLÉE90 Spontanéité et continuité90 Les analogies93 Indra93 Le tambour divin96 Les nuages99 Semblable au grand Brahma102 Invisible103 Tel le soleil104 La supériorité du cercle de lumière du Bouddha105 Semblable au joyau qui exauce les souhaits106 L'apparition d'un tathagata est rare107 Semblable au son de l'écho107 Semblable à l'espace107 Semblable à la terre108 Résumé du sens de ces analogies108 CHAPITRE 5 - LES BIENFAITS DE CET ENSEIGNEMENT114 Les bienfaits114 La composition du traité118 COURTE BIBLIOGRAPHIE123
Like Cats and Dogs	Acknowledgmentsvii 1. More Cats Than Dogs? A Tale of Two Versions1 2. Would a Dog Lick a Pot of Hot Oil? Reconstructing the Ur Version37 3. Fightin’ Like Cats and Dogs: Methodological Reflections on Deconstructing the Emphatic Mu74 4. Cats and Cows Know That It Is: Textual and Historical Deconstruction of the Ur Version110 5. Dogs May Chase, But Lions Tear Apart: Reconstructing the Dual Version of the "Moo" Kōan148 6. When Is a Dog Not Really a Dog? Or, Yes! We Have No Buddha-Nature188 Notes213 Sino-Japanese Glossary239 Bibliography251 Index261
Like Lions Learning to Roar (Daehaeng 2020)	Foreword8 About Daehaeng Kun Sunim12 Dancing on the Whirlwind20 Turning Dirt into Gold74 Glossary140
Lion of Speech	Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche xi Translators' Introduction xii The Light of Wondrous Nectar: The Essential Biography of the Omniscient Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso Prologue 3 1. The Ground of Emanation 7 2. The Birth of a Bodhisattva 21 3. Entering the Dharma 27 4. Study and Reflection 33 5. Practice 61 6. A Hidden Life 75 7. Activities for the Doctrine and Beings 93 8. The Final Deed 109 A Selection of Jamgön Mipham's Writings 9. Selections on Madhyamaka 127 10. The Lion’s Roar: A Comprehensive Discourse on the Buddha-Nature 145 11. An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche 191 12. A Lamp to Dispel the Dark 199 Notes 205 Bibliography 221 Sources 225 The Padmakara Translation Group Translations into English 227 Index 229
Lion's Roar: Buddha Nature in a Nutshell
Luminous Heart	Abbreviationsvii An Aspiration by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjeix Foreword by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjexi Foreword by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpochexiii Prefacexv Introduction1 The Indian Yogācāra Background3 The Tibetan Tradition on the Five Maitreya Texts79 The Third Karmapa's View85 Translations127 The Autocommmentary on The Profound Inner Reality129 The Ornament That Explains the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga171 Four Poems by the Third Karmapa193 Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé's Commentary on The Treatise on Pointing Out the Tathāgata Heart203 Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé's Commentary on The Treatise on the Distinction between Consciousness and Wisdom257 Karma Trinlépa's Explanation of the Sugata Heart313 Appendix I: Pawo Tsugla Trengwa's Presentation of Kāyas, Wisdoms, and Enlightened Activity325 Appendix II: The Treatise on Pointing Out the Tathāgata Heart353 Appendix III: The Treatise on the Distinction between Consciousness and Wisdom361 Appendix IV: Outline of NTC367 Appendix V: Outline of NYC371 Appendix VI: The Change of State of the Eight Consciousnesses into the Four (Five) Wisdoms and the Three (Four) Kāyas373 Glossary: English–Sanskrit–Tibetan375 Glossary: Tibetan–Sanskrit–English379 Selected Bibliography383 Endnotes401 Index475
Mahāmudrā and the Middle Way	Volume One Acknowledgement12 Introduction14 Current State of Research17 Politico-Historical Background22 Doctrinal Background25 Navigating the Middle Ways29 The Nature of Liberating Knowledge41 Shākya mchog ldan44 Shākya mchog ldan and the Bka’ brgyud Mahāmudrā Tradition45 Life, Writings and Influences51 Madhyamaka and the Dialectic of Emptiness: Rang stong and Gzhan stong57 The Three Natures (trisvabhāva)65 The Two Truths (satyadvaya)67 Mahāmudrā and Buddha Nature74 Direct Perception and Nondual Wisdom101 The Great Seal in Shākya mchog ldan's Mahāmudrā trilogy109 Mahāmudrā: What it is and What it is Not109 Madhyamaka, Mantrayāna and Mahāmudrā116 Mahāmudrā and What Remains (lhag ma : avaśiṣṭa)121 The Problem of Cessation124 Contested Methods of Realization127 Responses to Sa skya Paṇḍita’s Criticism of Bka’ brgyud Mahāmudrā131 A Philosophical Defence and Justification of Mahāmudrā131 Defending Mahāmudrā Views135 The Self-sufficient White Remedy (dkar po gcig thub)135 Mental Nonengagement (amanasikāra) and the Fire of Wisdom139 Concluding Remarks145 Karma phrin las148 Overview149 Life, Writings and Influences156 Madhyamaka Approach159 Extant Writings168 Views of Reality169 The Compatibility of Rang stong and Gzhan stong169 The Two Types of Purity181 Buddha Nature Endowed with Qualities184 On the Unity of the Two Truths200 "Thoughts are Dharmakāya"210 Understanding Coemergence: the Inseparability of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa217 Concluding Remarks223 Karma pa Mi bskyod rdo rje226 Overview227 The Differentiation and Identification Models229 Reconciling Affirmation and Negation238 Life, Writings and Influences242 Blending Mahāmudrā and Madhyamaka250 Emptiness and Hermeneutics of the Three Turnings253 Core Soteriological Ideas and the Role of Philosophical Distinctions265 Buddha Nature269 Nature of Reality275 Nature of Mind277 The Problem of the Remainder (lhag ma : avaśiṣṭa)299 On the Prospect of a Groundless Ground314 On Whether or Not a Buddha has Wisdom320 Mahāmudrā as Mental Nonengagement (amanasikāra)325 Concluding Remarks341 Padma dkar po342 Overview343 Life, Writings and Influences347 The Basic Framework: Mahāmudrā and the Unity of the Two Truths350 Emptiness and the Hermeneutics of the Three Turnings352 Hermeneutics of Mahāmudrā as Ground and Path356 The Two Faces of Mahāmudrā: the Modes of Abiding and Error357 Mahāmudrā as the Mode of Abiding (gnas lugs phyag chen)359 Mahāmudrā in the Mode of Error ( 'khrul lugs phyag chen)363 Yang dgon pa on the Two Modes of Mahāmudrā369 Padma dkar po's Transposition of Yang dgon pa's Distinction376 Interpretations of the Mahāmudrā Distinction378 Mahāmudrā and the Unity of the Two Truths382 Asymmetrical Unity and Rival Truth Theories (Jo nang and Dge lugs)385 The Ground of Truth393 Path Mahāmudrā and Liberating Knowledge398 Nonconceptual Knowing in the Shadow of the Bsam yas Debate399 Three Strands of Amanasikāra Interpretation in Indian Buddhism403 Padma dkar po's Three Grammatical Interpretations of Amanasikāra413 Responding to Criticisms of Amanasikāra422 Concluding Remarks426 Final Reflections429 Volume Two Shākya mchog ldan10 Introduction: the Mahāmudrā Trilogy11 1a. English Translation of Gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyams byed14 1b. Critical Edition of Gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyam byed26 2a. English Translation of Grub pa mchog gi dgongs pa rnam nges34 2b. Critical Edition of Grub pa mchog gi dgongs pa rnam nges43 3a. English Translation of Zung 'jug gi gru chen48 3b. Critical Edition of Zung 'jug gi gru chen71 Karma phrin las pa86 Perspectives on Rang stong and Gzhan stong87 1a. English Translation of Dri lan yid kyi mun sel88 1b. Critical Edition of Dri lan yid kyi mun sel91 A Mystical Song of the View Proclaiming the Mode of Being94 2a. English Translation of the Yin lugs sgrog pa lta ba'i mgur95 2b. Critical Edition of the Yin lugs sgrog pa lta ba'i mgur98 A Vajra Song100 3a. English Translation of the Rdo rje mgur100 3b. Critical Edition of the Rdo rje mgur102 Karma pa Mi bskyod rdo rje104 Critique of 'Gos Lo tsd ba' s Separation of Buddhahood and Buddha Nature105 1a. English Translation of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)105 1b. Critical Edition of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)109 Some Criticisms of Shākya mchog ldan's Buddha Nature Epistemology111 2a. English Translation of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)112 2b. Critical Edition of Rgan po'i rlung sman (excerpt)115 Two Minds in One Person? A Reply to the Queries of Bla ma khams pa117 3a. English Translation of Bla ma khams pa'i dris lan mi gcig sems gnyis118 3b. Critical Edition of Bla ma khams pa'i dris lan mi gcig sems gnyis120 A Trove Containing Myriad Treasures of Profound Mahāmudrā122 4a. English Translation of Zab mo phyag chen gyi mdzod sna tshogs 'dus pa'i gter123 4b. Critical Edition of Zab mo phyag chen gyi mdzod sna tshogs 'dus pa'i gter134 Mental Nonengagement as Unconditioned Mental Engagement143 5a. English Translation of Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad (excerpt)144 5b. Critical Edition of Sku gsum ngo sprod rnam bshad (excerpt)147 Amanasikāra, Emptiness, and the Tradition of Heshang Moheyan150 6a. English Translation of Dgongs gcig 'grel pa VI (excerpt)151 6b. Critical Edition of Dgongs gcig 'grel pa VI (excerpt)153 Padma dkar po156 Distinguishing Gnas lugs phyag chen and 'Khrul lugs phyag chen157 1a. English Translation of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)157 1b. Critical Edition of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)168 Three Grammatical Interpretations of Amanasikāra175 2b. Critical Edition of Phyag chen rgyal ba'i gan mdzod (excerpt)176 Refuting Sa paṇ's Equation of Mahāmudrā with Heshang's Chan Meditation179 3a. English Translation of Klan ka gzhom pa'i gtam (excerpt)180 3b. Critical Edition of Klan ka gzhom pa'i gtam (excerpt)188 Response to Nam mkha' rgyal mtshan's critique of Padma dkar po's Amanasikāra194 4a. English Translation of Shar rtse zhal snga'i brgal lan (excerpt)195 4b. Critical Edition of Shar rtse zhal snga'i brgal lan (excerpt)197 Amanasikāra in the Context of Nonreferential Meditation199 5a. English Translation of Snying po don gyi man ngag (excerpt)199 5b. Critical Edition of Snying po don gyi man ngag (excerpt)201 Bibliography202 Abbreviations of Canonical Collections, Journals, and Online Sources202 Primary Sources: Indian Works202 Primary Sources: Tibetan Works207 Secondary Sources218 Index232
The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra and the Emergence of Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine	Foreword - Michael Zimmermann9 Acknowledgements11 Introduction13 Outline13 Contributions of this study16 Part I: Is the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra "Our Earliest" Tathāgatagarbha Text? Introduction19 The portion of MPNMS under consideration ("MPNMS-tg")20 1 MPNMS-tg as a "Tathāgatagarbha Text"23 1.1 MPNMS-tg as a veritable "tathāgatagarbha text"23 1.2 The Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra as a "tathāgatagarbha text"32 2 The Date of MPNMS-tg, Relative to Other Tathāgatagarbha Texts35 2.1 Does MPNMS-tg refer to (our present) TGS by title?35 2.1.1 References to a/the (this?) Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra within MPNMS-tg37 2.1.2 Reference to other titles and texts in MPNMS40 2.1.3 MPNMS references to other Mahāyāna texts by title50 2.1.4 Relations to other texts without mention of their title53 2.2 Similarity of one simile between MPNMS-tg and TGS56 2.3 Summary57 3 Evidence for the Absolute Dates of MPNMS-tg and Other Tathāgatagarbha Scriptures59 3.1 Evidence for the absolute date of MPNMS-tg59 3.2 Independent evidence for the absolute dates of TGS83 3.3 Summary85 3.4 Takasaki’s chronology: The Anūnatvāpūrṇatva-nirdeśa and Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanāda-sūtra85 3.5 Chronological relations between MPNMS-tg and other texts in the MPNMS group97 3.6 Conclusions99 Part II: The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra and the Origins of Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine Introduction101 Schmithausen’s criteria for a "scenario of origin" for Buddhist concepts102 4 Tathāgatagarbha, the Problem of Maternity, and Positive Corollaries to Docetic Buddhology105 4.1 Terms105 4.2 Docetism as a corporeal issue107 4.3 The extension of docetism beyond death and birth110 4.4 Negatively-framed docetism about the Buddha’s conception, gestation and birth115 4.5 "Material-miraculous" positive corollaries of docetism about the Buddha’s conception, gestation and birth118 4.6 The material-miraculous, "docetic" womb124 4.7 Dharmakāya and vajrakāya as positive corollaries of corporeal docetism129 4.8 Tathāgatagarbha as a "soteriological-transcendent" positive corollary to docetism about the Buddha’s conception, gestation and birth132 4.9 Docetism and the problem of the Buddha’s mother(s)143 4.10 Docetic reinterpretations of other branches of kinship154 4.11 Summary155 5 Garbha and Dhātu159 6 Conclusions169 6.1 Summary169 6.2 Directions for future research171 Appendix 1 Terms related to "tathāgatagarbha" in MPNMS175 Appendix 2 Chinese zang 藏 (esp. in DhKṣ) and "secret teachings"193 Appendix 3 Further apparent historical detail in the MPNMS group prophecy complex199 1 Sarvalokapriyadarśana199 2 A "cakravartinī"202 3 Trials and tribulations of the espousers of the MPNMS group205 Appendix 4 "MPNMS-dhk" and "MPNMS-tg"207 Appendix 5 "Kataphatic gnostic docetism"211 Abbreviations215 Bibliography219 Index247
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations	Preface and acknowledgementsx 1 Introduction1 Buddhism: doctrinal diversity and (relative) moral unity1 The Indian background7 Factors that may have contributed to change12 Abhidharma15 Mahāsāṃghikas and the Lokottaravāda18 The origins of the Mahāyāna, and the laity21 Mahāyāna before 'Mahāyāna' – the Ajitasenavyākaraṇanirdeśa Sūtra27 On the origins of the Mahāyāna – some more sūtras30 The justification of the Mahāyāna sutras38 2 The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā) Sūtras 45 On the Mahāyāna sūtras45 The origins and development of the Prajñāpāramitā literature47 Wisdom (prajña) and its perfection49 Absence of Self – the extensive perspective51 The Bodhisattva55 3 Mādhyamika63 Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva63 The development of the Mādhyamika tradition in India65 Emptiness and intrinsic existence – the incompatible rivals68 A brief note on Mādhyamika method71 Three Mādhyamika critiques72 On causation73 On the Self74 On nirvāṇa75 The two truths76 Meditation and emptiness – an impressionistic outline79 A final note – Mādhyamika in China and East Asia81 4 Yogācāra84 Background84 The Yogācāra tradition – scholars and texts86 The three natures (trisvabhava)88 Mind92 Substratum consciousness, consciousness and immaculate consciousness97 Yet more disputes within the Yogācāra tradition100 5 The Tathāgatagarbha103 Some Tathāgatagarbha Sūtras104 The Tathāgatagarbha in the Ratnagotravibhāga109 Tibet – the gzhan stong and rang stong dispute112 The Dasheng qixinlun (Ta-sheng ch’i-hsin lun) and the Tathagatagarbha in East Asia115 Dōgen on the Buddha-nature119 A note on some contemporary issues: Critical Buddhism and a debate on not-Self in Thai Buddhism122 Critical Buddhism122 Not-Self in contemporary Thai Buddhism125 6 Huayan – the Flower Garland tradition129 Buddhism in China129 The Avataṃsaka Sūtra132 The Huayan tradition in China138 Huayan thought – Fazang’s 'Treatise on the Golden Lion' 141 A note on some aspects of Huayan practice144 The Avataṃsaka Sūtra and Vairocana in Buddhist art146 *7 The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus) Sūtra* and its influences149** A note on Tiantai (Tendai)161 Nichiren Shōnin and his tradition165 8 On the bodies of the Buddha172 Prolegomenon to the Mahāyāna172 The bodies of the Buddha and the philosophy of emptiness176 Yogācāra – the system develops179 A note on the dGe lugs schema of the Buddha's bodies182 A final note: the 'nonabiding nirvāṇa' and the lifespan of the Buddha185 9 The path of the Bodhisattva187 Buddhism reaches Tibet187 The eighth-century debates191 Compassion and the Bodhicitta194 Bodhisattva stages, paths and perfections200 10 Trust, self-abandonment and devotion: the cults of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas209 Buddhānusmṛti – recollection of the Buddha209 The pratyutpanna samādhi and Huiyuan212 The notion of a Buddha Field (buddhakṣetra)214 Some Bodhisattvas218 Maitreya218 Avalokiteśvara221 Tārā225 Mañjuśrī226 Kṣitigarbha229 Some Buddhas231 Akṣobhya231 Bhaiṣajyaguru234 Amitābha/Amitāyus238 The Amitābha sūtras238 Amitābha’s Pure Land in China243 Hōnen Shōnin (1133–1212)254 Shinran Shōnin (1173–1262)259 Notes267 References389 Index of names422 Index of subjects430
Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra: Exposé de la doctrine du Grand Véhicule selon le système Yogācāra, Vol. 2	Introduction*1 Chap. I1 — II19 — III25 — IV32 — V44 — VI50 — VII55 — VIII59 — IX68 — X (corriger au litre l'indication du chap.)93 — XI98 — XII138 — XIII152 — XIV164 — XV174 — XVI176 — XVII204 — XVIII225 — XIX266 — XX–XXI287 Avertissement307 Index français-sanscrit308 — sanscrit-français315 — chinois-sanscrit320 — tibétain-sanscrit323 — numérique325 — des comparaisons330 — variorum333
Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra: Exposé de la doctrine du Grande Véhicule selon le système Yogācāra, Vol. 1	Table of Contents in Sanskrit: Click here to view
Maitreya on Buddha Nature: A New Translation of Asaṅga's Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra	TRANSLATORS' INTRODUCTION13 CLASSICAL INTRODUCTION21 The three major phases of the Buddha's teaching21 First phase22 Second phase24 Third phase26 A simple introduction to voidness26 The Buddha's own teaching or a śāstra?29 Source of this work30 The author30 Transmission of the text34 Subject matter35 Styles of explanation37 A bridge between sūtra and tantra39 PART ONE: The Goal to be Achieved: The Three Rare and Precious Refuges43 Introduction to the Seven Vajra Abodes45 The Refuges48 First Vajra Abode: buddha50 Homage50 Three qualities of self-fulfillment51 Not a creation52 Non-dual peace53 Non-dependent55 Three qualities which benefit others57 Three qualities of self-fulfillment, reflections57 Beginningless, centreless and endless58 Peace as spontaneity of dharmakāya60 Apperceptive nature62 Three qualities which benefit others, reflections62 Second Vajra Abode: dharma65 Homage 66 Context 67 Relating content of homage to context 69 Qualities of the truth of cessation 69 Inconceivability 69 Not two 73 Freedom from concepts 73 Qualities of the truth of the path 74 Stainlessness 74 Brilliance 74 Power to remedy 75 Third Vajra Abode: saṃgha77 Homage 77 Context 79 Thusness jñāna 80 All-encompassing jñāna 80 Inner jñāna 81 What gives rise to these three 81 Relating content of homage to context 82 The way in which thusness jñāna is realised 82 The way in which all-encompassing jñāna is realised 83 Its special purity 84 They are a supreme refuge 85 General Points about the Refuges86 Why it is threefold 86 What is the ultimate refuge? 87 Why are they called ratna? 88 PART TWO: The Basis for Attaining the Three Rare and Precious Refuges91 General Comment on the Final Four Vajra Abodes 93 The final four vajra abodes only understood by Buddhas 93 They are inconceivable 94 Reasons for inconceivability 95 Causes and conditions for realisation 97 Fourth Vajra Abode: buddha nature 99 Brief Introduction: three reasons why beings possess dhātu 100 More detailed presentation through ten aspects of buddha potential 103 character and cause treated together, in brief 103 essential character 104 cause 105 fruition and function treated together, in brief 109 fruition 110 function 116 endowments 118 manifestation/approach 121 phases 122 all-pervasiveness 124 changelessness 125 in the impure phase 125 in the partially pure phase 133 in the completely pure phase 142 inseparability from its qualities 145 Nine examples showing how buddha nature remains changeless while concealed153 first example: buddha in decaying lotus 155 second example: honey amid bees 156 third example: grains in their husks 157 fourth example: gold in fifth 158 fifth example: buried treasure 159 sixth example: seeds within a fruit 160 seventh example: buddha image in tattered rags 161 eighth example: future king in pauper's womb 162 ninth example: statue inside its mould 163 the meaning of these examples 164 The purpose of the buddha nature teachings 179 Fifth Vajra Abode: enlightenment 187 The nature and cause of enlightenment 188 treated together, in brief 188 nature of enlightenment, in detail 190 cause of enlightenment, in detail 192 As a fruition 193 in brief, as a summary of examples of stainlessness 193 in detail 194 Its function 198 in brief, as twofold benefit 198 in greater detail, as vimuktikāya and dharmakāya 200 Its endowments 204 in brief, listing fifteen qualities 204 the fifteen qualities, in detail 205 Actualisation 209 in brief, the characteristics of the kāya 209 in detail 213 svabhavikakāya, five aspects and five qualities 214 sambhogakāya, five aspects and five qualities 217 nirmāṇakāya, the twelve deeds of the Buddha 220 Its permanence 231 in brief, ten-point presentation 231 the ten points in detail 233 Its inconceivability 237 in brief 237 in more detail 237 The Sixth Vajra Abode: the qualities of buddhahood 242 Synopsis: number of principal qualities and their relation to the kāya 242 More detailed explanation 245 Introduction to the examples and their significance 245 The qualities of freedom: the ultimately true kāya 246 Ten powers of perfect knowledge 246 Four fearlessnesses 251 Eighteen distinctive qualities 254 The qualities of maturity: the relatively true kāya 259 The thirty-two marks of a perfect being 259 Example for the marks 264 Scriptural source 264 Recapitulation of the examples 265 The qualities of freedom 265 The qualities of maturity 269 The Seventh Yajra Abode: enlightened activity 271 Summary 271 Its spontaneity 271 Its ceaselessness 272 More detailed explanation 273 Its spontaneity 273 It ceaselessness 274 Expanded explanation through nine examples 277 Summary of the nine examples 277 The examples 278 The reflection of Indra: Buddha forms 278 The divine drumbeat: Buddha speech 283 Monsoon clouds: the all-pervading compassionate mind 286 Brahma's emanations: emanation 291 The sun's radiance: the penetration of primordial wisdom 293 A wish-fulfilling gem: the mystery of mind 297 An echo: the mystery of speech 299 Space: the mystery of form 300 The earth: the application of compassion 301 Review of the purpose and significance of examples 302 Review of examples to show their sublime nature 306 PART THREE: Conclusion 311 The benefits of this text 312 How this śastra was composed 320 Dedication 327 INDEX 331
Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being	Translator's Preface11 The Root Text15 The Commentary55 The Authors Introduction57 The explication of the treatise67 I. The meaning of the title67 II. The translators' homage67 III. The main body of the text69 A The verse introducing the author's intention69 B The actual body of the treatise71 1 The brief presentation71 I) The points comprising the essential subject matter71 II) The defining traits of each of these75 A) The definition of phenomena75 B) The definition of pure being77 III) The rationale underlying these traits79 IV) Examining both for sameness and difference83 2 The expanded explanation85 I) The expanded explanation of phenomena85 A) A presentation of the headings85 B) An explanation of each of these87 (1) A passing reference to the first three points87 (2) An explanation of the last three points89 (I) The explanation of the two types of ground89 (A) A brief presentation of both in common89 (B) An expanded explanation of the meaning of each91 1) Experience comprising a common ground91 2) Experience not shared in common95 (II) How to approach reality, which is free of perceived and perceiver97 (A) The tenet stating that there is no outer referent, only image-awareness97 1) The lack of a perceived object discrete from the perceiver97 2) The elimination of any further uncertainty101 (B) The resultant procedure for approaching reality, the freedom from perceived and perceiver107 II) The expanded explanation of pure being113 A) A brief presentation of the headings113 B) The expanded explanation of these six115 (1) The defining characteristics 115 (2) The ground115 (3) Definitive verification117 (4) Encounter117 (5) Recollection119 (6) Complete immersion into its core121 (I) The character of ultimate transformation 121 (II) The expanded explanation of its distinctive features123 (A) The brief presentation of the headings123 (B) The expansion on these ten125 1) The essence125 2) The ingredients127 3) The individuals131 4) The special traits133 5) The requirements135 6) The ground137 a) The brief presentation137 b) The expansion on these six points141 i) The focal requirement141 ii) Surrendering attributes143 iii) How to apply the mind correctly in practice 147 iv) The defining characteristics of wisdom in terms of its effects—the sphere of experience it opens149 v) The benefits159 vi) The introduction to full understanding161 (a) The brief presentation161 (b) The expansion on that163 (i) Fully understanding the remedy163 (ii) Fully understanding the concrete characteristic165 (iii) Fully understanding the distinctive marks171 (iv) Fully understanding the five effects173 7) Mental cultivation175 8) Application185 9) The disadvantages189 10) The benefits199 3 The concluding summary employing examples to illustrate the point201 IV. The concluding statement203 The Author's Colophon205 Dedication207 Bibliography209 Notes211
Maitreya's Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes	Series Editor’s Prefacexi Author’s Prefacexv Abbreviationsxix Part One: Introduction Study of the Madhyāntavibhāga3 Yogācāra Buddhist Philosophy3 What Is Yogācāra5 Ālaya-vijñāna9 Vijñapti-mātra12 Trisvabhāva15 A Semiotic Soteriology20 The Madhyāntavibhāga Corpus28 Madhyāntavibhāga29 Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāsya32 Madhyāntavibhāga-tīkā34 Authorship and Dates36 The MAV/Bh’s Relation to Other Texts41 The MAV/Bh’s Place in the Yogācāra Tradition45 The Exegesis of the Madhyāntavibhāga48 Exegesis of the Introduction 48 Exegesis of Chapter 1: Definitions50 Exegesis of Chapter 2: Obstructions66 Exegesis of Chapter 3: Reality74 Exegesis of Chapter 4: Cultivation of Antidotes, States, and Results87 Exegesis of Chapter 5: The Unsurpassed Vehicle95 Exegesis of the Concluding Verse110 Part Two: Annotated Translation of the Madhyāntavibhāga/-bhāsya Introduction 115 I. Definitions117 II. Obstructions131 III. Reality143 IV. Cultivation of Antidotes, States, and Results161 V. The Unsurpassed Vehicle173 Concluding Verse192 Glossary, Bibliography, and Index Glossary195 Bibliography199 Index213
Maitrīpa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss	Series Introduction by Kurtis Schaeffer vii Preface ix Introduction 1 Life 1. Translation of Maitrīpa’s Life Story 17 2. Conversion, Monkhood, Expulsion Stories, and Legacy 29 Philosophy 3. Between Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, and Mahāmudrā 39 4. Sudden versus Gradual Paths 45 5. Maitrīpa’s Gradual Path 49 6. Nonconceptual Realization (Amanasikāra) 71 7. The Ten Verses on True Reality in the Light of Sahajavajra’s Commentary 77 8. Empowerment 95 9. Mahāmudrā Practice 129 10. The Four Signs of Mahāmudrā Meditation 139 Teachings: Maitrīpa’s Collection of Texts on Nonconceptual Realization 11. A Summary of the Amanasikāra Texts 151 12. The Destruction of Wrong Views 169 13. A Commentary on the [Initial] Statement of The Destruction of Wrong Views185 14. The Major Offenses 189 15. The Gross Offenses 191 16. A Jewel Garland of True Reality 193 17. Explaining the Seals of the Five Tathāgatas 211 18. A Presentation of Empowerment 221 19. The Succession of the Four Seals 231 20. A Summary of the Meaning of Empowerment 239 21. The Five Aspects of Vajrasattva 247 22. A Discourse on Illusion 255 23. A Discourse on Dream 259 24. An Elucidation of True Reality 263 25. An Elucidation of Nonabiding 267 26. An Elucidation of Indivisible Union 271 27. The Manifestation of Great Bliss 275 28. The Twenty Verses on True Reality 279 29. The Twenty Verses on Mahāyāna 283 30. The Five Verses on Penetrating Insight 287 31. The Six Verses on the Middle Path 289 32. The Five Verses on Transcendent Love 291 33. The Ten Verses on True Reality 293 34. A Justification of Nonconceptual Realization 295 35. The Six Verses on the Coemergent 301 36. A Pith Instruction on Reality Called A Treasure of Dohās 303 37. A Pith Instruction on Settling the Mind: A Genuine Secret 307 Notes 311 Bibliography 345 Index 359
Manifestation of the Tathāgata	Forewordix Prefacexiii Acknowledgementsxvii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION The Conception of Buddhahood3 Some Meanings of the Term "Buddhahood"4 Significance for Religious Cultivation9 The Avataṃsakasūtra13 Origins and Transmission13 Distinctive Features16 Influence on Chinese Buddhism18 The "Manifestation of the Tathāgata" Chapter21 Chinese Translations and Commentaries21 Position in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra23 Content Summary26 Related Doctrines31 On Reading the Translation40 PART TWO: MANIFESTATION OF THE TATHĀGATA Prologue47 The Characteristics of the Manifestation of the Tathāgata53 The Body of the Tathāgata69 The Voice of the Tathāgata81 The Mind of the Tathāgata97 The Realm of the Tathāgata110 The Activity of the Tathāgata114 The Accomplishment of Perfect Enlightenment of the Tathāgata117 The Turning of the Dharma-wheel122 The Parinirvāṇa of the Tathāgata125 The Wholesome Roots Planted by Seeing, Hearing, and Associating with the Tathāgata129 Epilogue135 Notes141 Glossary165 Bibliography169
Metaphysics and Mysticism in Mahāyāna Buddhism	Forewardv-vii Prefaceix-xiii Chapter 1: General Introduction1-34 Chapter 2: The Ratna-gotra-vibhāgo-mahāyānottara-tantra-śātaram: An Introduction35-59 Chapter 3: The First Three Vajra Points: The Three Jewels60-98 Chapter 4: The Fourth Vajra Point: Tathāgata-garbha99-162 Chapter 5: The Fifth and Sixth Vajra Points: The Bodhi and the Guna163-216 A. The Fifth Vajra Point: The Bodhi A. The Sixth Vajra Point: The Guna(s) Chapter 6: The Seventh Vajra Points: The Krtya-kriyā of the Tathāgata217-242 Chapter 7: The Advantage of Having Faith in the Tathāgata-garbha Teaching243-266 Chapter 8: Conclusion: Metaphysics and Mysticism in the Uttaratantra267-294 Epilogue295-296 Bibliography297-309 Glossary of Sanskrit Terms310-313 Index315-327
Middle Beyond Extremes	Foreword by Trulshik Rinpoche 9 Foreword by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche 11 Introduction 13 Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes 19 Chapter One • The Characteristics 25 The Characteristics of Thorough Affliction 25 The Characteristics of Complete Purification 36 Chapter Two • The Obscurations 47 General Presentation 47 Detailed Explanation 49 Obscurations That Prevent Liberation 49 Obscurations That Inhibit the Ten Qualities 51 Obscurations That Inhibit the Three Remedies 59 Summary 67 Chapter Three • Reality 69 Brief Presentation 69 Detailed Explanation 70 The Reality of the Three Essential Natures 70 The Eight Principles 73 The Ten Topics of Knowledge 84 Chapter Four • The Path of Practice 103 The Thirty-seven Factors of Enlightenment 103 Phases of the Path 115 Results of the Path 119 Chapter Five • The Unsurpassable Vehicle 123 Unsurpassable Practice 124 The Eminent Practice 124 Directing the Mind 129 Concordant Factors 133 Eliminating Dualistic Extremes 148 The Specific and the General 154 Unsurpassable Observation 155 Unsurpassable True Accomplishment 157 Conclusion 161 Visual representation of Ju Mipham’s outline 166 Appendix: Ju Mipham’s Topical Outline of Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes 167 Notes 173 English-Tibetan Glossary 179 Tibetan-English-Sanskrit Glossary 189 Bibliography 203 Index 207
Mind Seeing Mind	Prefacexv Permissions xxiii Technical Notexxv Introduction1 A Summary of the Book (10) Part 1. The Background to Geluk Mahāmudrā 1. Mahāmudrā in India: Hindus and Buddhists, Sūtras and Tantras17 Seals and Great Seals in Hindu Traditions (18) Seals and Great Seals in Sūtras-Based Buddhism (23) Tantric Buddhism (25) Mahāmudrā in the "Lower" Buddhist Tantras (30) Mahāmudrā in the Mahāyoga and Yoginī Tantras (34) 2. Mahāmudrā in India: The Mahāsiddhas41 The Seven Attainment Texts (42) Saraha: The Essential Trilogy and Beyond (44) Śavaripa and Virūpa (48) Tilopa and Nāropa (51) Maitrīpa and the Practice of Nonmentation (56) A Perfection Vehicle Mahāmudrā? (61) 3. Mahāmudrā in Some Tibetan Renaissance Schools65 Transmitting Mahāmudrā to Tibet (63) Atiśa and the Kadam (68) Shiché and Chö (73) Shangpa Kagyü (76) Sakya (78) Nyingma (79) 4. Mahāmudrā in Early Marpa Kagyü83 Marpa and Milarepa (83) Rechungpa and Gampopa (87) Gampopa's Successors (92) Shang Rinpoché and the Tsalpa Kagyü (93) Phakmo Drupa Kagyü and Drigung Kagyü (93) Drukpa Kagyü (98) Early Karma Kagyü (101) 5. Mahāmudrā in Later Marpa Kagyü105 Sakya Paṇḍita's Critique of Kagyü Mahāmudrā (105) The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorjé (107) Great Madhyamaka, Shentong, and the Jonang Tradition (109) The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (111) Sixteenth-Century Scholasticism (117) Karma Trinlepa and Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa (117) The Eighth Karmapa and Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (119) Pema Karpo (122) The Ninth Karmapa (124) The State of Kagyü Discourse in 1600 (126) The Kagyü-Geluk Conflict (128) Part 2. Early Geluk Mahāmudrā 6. Tsongkhapa, the Geluk, and Mahāmudrā133 Tsongkhapa's Life and Works (134) Tsongkhapa's Secret Teachings (143) From Tsongkhapa to Paṇchen Chögyen, and Back Again (147) Tsongkhapa and Mahāmudrā: A Closer Took (149) Mahāmudrā in Tsongkhapa's Tantric Writings (150) Tsongkhapa's Views of His Contemporaries' Meditation Practices (153) Did Tsongkhapa Teach His Own Mahāmudrā System? (159) 7. From Tsongkhapa to Panchen Chögyen: Khedrup Jé and the Main Line of the Hearing Transmission165 Khedrup Jé (166) Tokden Jampal Gyatso (170) Baso Chökyi Gyaltsen (171) Chökyi Dorjé (172) The Great Ensapa (174) Khedrup Sangyé Yeshé (176) 8. From Tsongkhapa to Panchen Chögyen: Masters Outside the Main Line of the Hearing Transmission179 Gendun Drup, the First Dalai Lama (179) Khedrup Norsang Gyatso (181) Gendun Gyatso, the Second Dalai Lama (184) Paṇchen Sönam Drakpa (187) Sönam Gyatso, the Third Dalai Lama (193) Khöntön Paljor Lhundrup (195) 9. Paṇchen Chögyen in Focus199 Paṇchen Chögyen's Life and Works (199) Highway of the Conquerors (202) Lamp So Bright (206) Mahāmudrā Lineage Prayer (215) Like a Treasure Inventory (216) Offering to the Guru (218) Paṇchen Chögyen's Spiritual Songs (226) Why Mahāmudrā? (235) Part 3. Later Geluk Mahāmudrā 10. Paṇchen Chögyen's Successors241 The Fifth Dalai Lama (243) Shar Kalden Gyatso (245) Jamyang Shepa (252) Kalsang Gyatso, The Seventh Dalai Lama (254) 11. Yeshé Gyaltsen257 Works Focused Mainly on Mahāmudrā (259) Works Focused Mainly on the Madhyamaka View (270) Works Focused Mainly on Guru Yoga (272) Final Remarks (278) 12. Four Later Commentators279 Gugé Losang Tenzin (279) Gungthang Könchok Tenpei Drönmé (281) Ngulchu Dharmabhadra (284) Keutsang Losang Jamyang Mönlam (286) 13. Later Lamas from Amdo and Kham291 Changkya Rölpai Dorjé (291) Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima (295) Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdröl (298) Gyalrong Geshé Tsultrim Nyima (302) Akhu Sherab Gyatso (304) Choné Lama Lodrö Gyatso (306) Losang Dongak Chökyi Gyatso (309) 14. The Twentieth Century and Beyond313 Phabongkha Rinpoché (315) Geshé Rabten (319) Geshé Acharya Thubten Loden (321) Gelek Rinpoché (323) Geshé Kelsang Gyatso (327) The Fourteenth Dalai Lama (331) A Note on Recent Tibetan Editions (337) Part 4. Perspectives on Geluk Mahāmudrā 15. Three Issues in Geluk Mahāmudrā341 The Name of the Tradition (341) Geluk and Kagyu Mahamudra Compared (346) The Place of Mahāmudrā in Geluk Life (358) 16. Archer Among the Yellow Hats: Geluk Uses of Saraha363 Tsongkhapa and Saraha (364) Khedrup Norsang Gyatso and Saraha (367) Paṇchen Chögyen and Saraha (369) Khöntön Paljor Lhundrup and Saraha (373) Jamyang Shepa and Saraha (375) Final Remarks (378) 17. The Big Picture: Sixteen Questions381 1. Is There Scriptural Warrant for Mahāmudrā? (382) 2. To Which Dharma Wheel Does Mahāmudrā Belong? (384) 3. Is There Mahāmudrā outside the Tantras? (386) 4. Is Sudden Realization Possible? (389) 5. Can a Single Realization Suffice? (391) 6. Are We All Already Buddhas? (393) 7. What Sort of Negation Is Emptiness? (396) 8. Of What Is Buddha Mind Empty? (399) 9. What Is Serenity and What Is Insight? (402) 10. Is There a Place for Reason in Mahāmudrā? (403) 11. Is There a Place for Devotion in Mahāmudrā? (409) 12. Does Mahāmudrā Transcend Ritual? (412) 13. Is There Room for Ethics in Mahāmudrā? (413) 14. Is Mahāmudrā Expressible? (419) 15. Is All Mahāmudrā Realization the Same? (423) 16. What Is Mind? (427) Part 5. Translations 1. Synopsis of the Spiritual Practice Taught by the Exalted Mañjughoṣa435 Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa 2. Bright Lamp of the Excellent Path: An Excerpt439 Kachen Yeshé Gyaltsen 3. Mahāmudrā Lineage Prayer457 4. Highway of the Conquerors469 Paṇchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen 5. Lamp So Bright481 Paṇchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen 6. The Hundred Deities of Tuṣita539 Dulnakpa Palden Sangpo 7. The Bright Lamp of Mahāmudrā543 Khedrup Norsang Gyatso 8. Offering to the Guru567 Paṇchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen 9. The Crystal Mirror of Tenet Systems: Excerpts597 Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima 10. Poetic Expressions611 Paṇchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen Appendix A: The Geluk Mahāmudrā Uncommon Proximate Lineage643 Appendix B: The Geluk Mahāmudrā Uncommon Distant Lineage645 Appendix C: Keutsang Jamyang Mönlam's Outline of Highway of the Conquerors 647 Bibliography651 Index689 About the Author717
Mind at Ease	FOREWORD by Khenchen Thrangu xi PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTION xv PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS 1 What Is Mahamudra? 3 2 The Importance of Correct View 22 3 The Spiritual Path 32 4 Deluded Mind, Enlightened Mind 51 5 The Four Preliminaries 60 6 The Four Immeasurables 92 PART TWO GROUND MAHAMUDRA 7 Buddha-Nature121 PART THREE: PATH MAHAMUDRA 8 Tranquillity Meditation143 9 Insight Meditation168 PART FOUR: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA 10 The Four Yogas of Mahamudra209 11 On the Spiritual journey225 APPENDIX: "PRECIOUS SUN"229 NOTES236 GLOSSARY239 RECOMMENDED READING247 TRALEG KYABGON'S CENTERS250 INDEX251
Mind in Comfort and Ease	Verses of Homage by Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpochevi Foreword by Sogyal Rinpocheix Prefacexv PART ONE: KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE BUDDHADHARMA1 1 Introduction3 2 Transforming the Mind15 3 Appearance and Reality29 4 The Question of Consciousness41 5 Overcoming the Causes of Suffering49 PART TWO: FINDING COMFORT AND EASE IN MEDITATION ON THE GREAT PERFECTION69 6 The Ancient Tradition of the Nyingmapas71 7 The Uniqueness of the Great Perfection77 8 The Environment and Places Conducive to Meditation91 9 The Individual Practitioner101 10 Self and Selflessness117 11 Life, Death, and Practice131 12 The Dharma to Be Practiced: The Preliminaries139 13 Bodhichitta, the Heart of the Awakened Mind143 14 Taking the Bodhisattva Vow155 15 The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations173 16 The Clear Light179 17 A Review of the Teaching193 18 The Wisdom of Rigpa205 THE ROOT TEXT Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection by Longchen Rabjam227 Appendix: Historical Perspectives253 Notes267 Glossary283 Bibliography289 Acknowledgments299 Index301
Mining for Wisdom within Delusion	Preface11 Introduction13 "The five dharmas of Maitreya" and their transmission from India to Tibet 15 Various assertions about the nature and the view of the five Maitreya texts in the Tibetan tradition21 The Dharmadharmatāvibhāga and its major topics47 The different versions of the text 47 A summary of the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga 48 The fundamental change52 Nonconceptual wisdom 132 The commentaries on the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga 149 Translations155 The Prose Version of The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena157 The Versified Version of The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena163 Vasubandhu's Commentary on The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena173 The Third Karmapa's Ornament That Explains The Treatise on The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena199 Presentation of the body of the text202 The actual topics205 Brief introduction205 General instruction 205 The distinction of both phenomena and the nature of phenomena 205 The explanation of the defining characteristic of phenomena 210 The defining characteristic of the nature of phenomena 213 The manner of being mistaken 214 If one does not exist, phenomena and the nature of phenomena are not tenable as two 216 Not asserting phenomena and the nature of phenomena as being one or different 217 Detailed explanation 219 The explanation of comprehending phenomena 219 The first three points being as in the brief introduction above 220 The matrix of phenomena 221 The manner of comprehending the nonexistence of the appearance of apprehender and apprehended 223 The explanation of comprehending the nature of phenomena 228 Defining characteristic 229 The matrix of the nature of phenomena 230 The path of preparation 233 The path of seeing 236 Explanation of the path of familiarization 240 The path of completion (arrival) 249 Explanation of the fundamental change 250 Explanation of the nature of the fundamental change 251 Which entities undergo the fundamental change 252 The persons who undergo the fundamental change 254 Instruction on the distinctive features of the fundamental change 255 Explanation of comprehending the distinctive features of the prerequisites 256 Instruction on the foundation of all this, based on which the fundamental change takes place 257 Explanation of the mental engagement 274 Comprehending the training 280 Knowing the shortcomings if there were no fundamental change 292 Explanation of comprehending the benefits of there being the fundamental change 294 Explanation through examples and conclusion of the treatise 296 Gö Lotsāwa's Commentary on The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena301 Appendix 1: The Dhāraṇī of Entering Nonconceptuality329 Appendix 2: Topical Outline Of OED337 Glossary: English–Sanskrit–Tibetan341 Glossary: Tibetan–Sanskrit–English345 Notes349 Bibliography467 Index479
Mipam on Buddha-Nature	Prefaceix Introductionxi Presence and Absencexii Historical Surveyxvii Monastic Education and the Nonsectarian Movementxx Life and Works of Mipamxxiii Summary of Contentsxxviii The End of the Beginningxxxii Chapter 1. Buddha-Nature and the Unity of the Two Truths1 Introduction1 Mipam’s Synthesis4 Two Truths6 Buddha-Nature as the Unity of Appearance and Emptiness13 Buddha-Nature as the Definitive Meaning20 Conclusion26 Chapter 2. Middle Way of Prāsaṅgika and Yogācāra27 Introduction27 Svātantrika-Prāsaṅgika28 Dialectical Ascent39 Foundations of Yogācāra45 Prāsaṅgika versus Yogācāra51 Conclusion53 Chapter 3. The Present Absence55 Introduction55 Other-Emptiness in the Jonang57 Other-Emptiness and the Nyingma: Lochen Dharmaśrī66 Another Emptiness? Emptiness of Self/Other71 Phenomena and Suchness73 De/limiting Emptiness81 Emptiness as the Unity of Appearance and Emptiness85 Conclusion91 Chapter 4. Buddha-Nature and the Ground of the Great Perfection93 Introduction93 Distinguishing the Views on Buddha-Nature94 Buddha-Nature as Heritage, Buddha-Nature as the Ground99 Appearance and Reality107 Conclusion114 Chapter 5. The Indivisible Ground and Fruition117 Introduction117 Establishing Buddha-Nature: The Immanent Buddha118 Establishing Appearances as Divine124 Buddha-Nature and a Difference Between Sūtra and Mantra131 Conclusion139 Conclusion141 Translations of Primary Texts145 Appendix 1. Lion’s Roar: Exposition of Buddha-Nature147 Stating Other Traditions149 Presenting Our Authentic Tradition153 The Meaning of the First Verse "Because the body of the perfect Buddha is radiant"153 The Meaning of the Second Verse "Because thusness is indivisible"159 The Meaning of the Third Verse "Because of possessing heritage"162 Refuting the View that [the Basic Element] Is Truly Established and Not Empty167 Refuting the View that [the Basic Element] Is a Void Emptiness168 Refuting the Apprehension of [the Basic Element] as Impermanent and Conditioned170 Appendix 2. Notes on the Essential Points of [Mipam’s] Exposition [of Buddha-Nature]181 Notes191 Bibliography265 Index281
Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā	Outlines of Textsix Foreword by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapaxxiii Foreword by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpochexxv Translator’s Introductionxxix An Abbreviated Biography of Dakpo Tashi Namgyallxv Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā Introduction3 Part One: Common Samādhis13 1. Śamatha and Vipaśyanā15 2. Śamatha47 3. Vipaśyanā63 4. Removing Doubts87 Part Two: Uncommon Mahāmudrā111 5. Generating Confidence 113 6. Preliminaries149 7. Mahāmudrā Approaches175 8. Śamatha179 9. Vipaśyanā215 10. Pointing-Out Instructions259 11. Sustaining Mahāmudrā305 12. Eliminating Deviations and Strayings355 13. Enhancement381 14. Realization and the Four Yogas421 15. The Four Yogas in Detail447 Colophon485 Mahāmudrā: Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance Introduction491 1. Preliminaries493 2. Main Practices501 Śamatha501 Vipaśyanā508 3. Conclusion523 Abbreviations537 Notes539 Glossary635 Glossary of Enumerations643 Translation Equivalents657 Tibetan Transliterations683 Bibliography693 Index729
Mountain Doctrine: Tibet's Fundamental Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha-Matrix	Detailed Outline of the Mountain Doctrinevi Technical Notesxxii Introduction 1 MOUNTAIN DOCTRINE, OCEAN OF DEFINITIVE MEANING: FINAL UNIQUE QUINTESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS 45 OVERVIEW 46 PART ONE: THE BASIS 55 PART TWO: THE PATH 191 PART THREE: THE FRUIT 413 CONCLUSION 537 ABRIDGED MOUNTAIN DOCTRINE 545 ABRIDGED OVERVIEW 547 PART ONE ABRIDGED: THE BASIS 553 PART TWO ABRIDGED: THE PATH 581 PART THREE ABRIDGED: THE FRUIT 683 ABRIDGED CONCLUSION 719 Detailed Outline in Tibetan 725 Backnotes 759 List of Abbreviations 782 Bibliography 783 Index 810
Multivariant Levels of Interpretations on Selected Caryās	Approvalii Abstractiii Acknowledgementsiv Dedicationv Abbreviationsvi I. Introduction4 II. Comparative Doctrines10 1. Essential ideology10 2. Early Buddhist Schools11 3. Tāntric concepts that stem from Mahāyāna14 a. Śūnyatā15 b. Prajñā and Upāya17 c. The three kāyas19 4. Vajrayāna Buddhism20 a. Mantra23 b. Mudrā23 c. Maṇḍala25 d. The three higher classes of tāntra: Mahāyoga27 e. Anuyoga/ Mother Tāntra level28 f. Mahāmudra30 g. The three lower tāntras: Kriyāyoga30 h. The Buddhist Cakras31 i. Consort Practice34 III. History of Buddhism in Bengal38 1. Socio-economic Background38 2. The Rise and fall of Buddhist Dynasties in Bengal41 IV. Definitions of Buddha Nature47 1. The Tathāgatagarbha Theory47 a. Definition of tathāgatagarbha51 b. Tathāgatagarbha as already Buddha55 c. Conventional and Higher Truths56 2. The Sahaja Theory57 3. Mahāsukha58 4. Mahāmudrā59 5. The meanings of terms summarized61 IV. SANDHABHĀṢĀ (twilight language)62 VI. Transliterated Verses of the Caryāgitīs69 1. CARYĀ THREE: A Grog Shop69 a. Part One: About the Author: Birūpa69 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and Translations71 c. Translations:73 d. Sandhabhāṣā :75 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā81 2. CARYĀ NINE: A Mad Elephant83 a. Part one: About the author: Kānhā83 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation84 c. Translations:86 d. Sandhabhāṣā:87 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā93 3. CARYĀ THIRTY-SIX: A Carefree Stalwart96 a. Part one: About the author: Kṛṣṇācarya96 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation96 c. Translations:97 d. Sandhabhāṣā :98 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā100 4. CARYĀ FORTY: Futility of Religiosity102 a. Part one: About the author: Kāṇhu102 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation102 c. Translations:103 d. Sandhabhāṣā :103 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā105 5. CARYĀ FORTY-TWO: Life and Death107 a. Part one: About the author: Kāha107 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation107 c. Translations:107 d. Sandhabhāṣā:108 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣa109 6. CARYĀ FIFTEEN: A Benighted Traveler111 a. Part one: About the author: Śānti111 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation111 c. Translations:113 d. Sandhabhāṣā:116 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā118 7. CARYĀ TWENTY-EIGHT: A Couple of Savara Lovers120 a. Part one: About the author: Śavaripa120 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation121 c. Translations:122 d. Sandhabhāṣā :124 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā129 8. CARYĀ TWENTY-NINE: The Unreal Reality131 a. Part one: About the author: Lūipā131 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation131 c. Translations:132 d. Sandhabhāṣā:133 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā134 9. CARYĀ THIRTY: The Rising Moon136 a. Part one: About the author: Bhusuku136 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation136 c. Translations:137 d. Sandhabhāṣā:137 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā139 10. CARYĀ THRITY-SEVEN: An Experience of the Innate140 a. Part one: About the author: Tāṛakapā140 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation140 c. Translations141 d. Sandhabhāṣā142 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā144 11. CARYĀ THIRTY-EIGHT: Paddling and towing a boat146 a. Part one: About the author: Saraha146 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation147 c. Translations:148 d. Sandhabhāṣā:149 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā150 12. CARYĀ THIRTY-NINE: A Hapless Householder152 a. About The Author: Saraha152 b. Part Two: Textual Studies and translation152 c. Translation:154 d. Sandhabhāṣā:155 e. Mahāmudra depictions in sandhabhāṣā157 VII. Conclusion159 VIII. Bibliography165
Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning	PART ONE Mahamudra Prayer of Definitive Meaning1 PART TWO Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning9 PART THREE Music of the Speech of Definitive Meaning125
My Heart Is a Golden Buddha	Foreword6 Introduction10 About Daehaeng Kun Sunim13 1. The Four Wives16 2. Dog Meat and the Seon Master22 3. A Greedy Daughter-in-law26 4. Red Bean Porridge32 5. Making a Mirror40 6. Parents' Endless Love44 7. The Man Who Ran Out of Merit54 8. The General's Strange Dream60 9. The Fox that Fell in a Hole64 10. The Man who Became a Cow68 11. Ananda and the Keyhole74 12. Worm Soup80 13. Buckwheat Dumplings86 14. Wonhyo's Awakening92 15. Wisdom Guides the Way96 16. Letting Go102 17. Like a Centipede108 18. All by Yourself112 19. Three Grains of Millet118 20. The Same Dream124 21. The Good for Nothing Son130 22. The Travels of a Seon Master136 23. Even a Tree Understands Gratitude144 24. The Pure-hearted Sculptor148 25. The Scholar and the Regent156 26. Bodhidharma's Sandal162 27. It's Hard to Say168 28. Mother-in-law Saves the Family172 29. The Man with Two Sets of Parents178 30. The King and the Blacksmith184 31. The Examination190 32. Carrying the Sheep on Your Shoulders198 33. True Giving204
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Natural Great Perfection (1995)	Preface7 Prologue—Free and Easy: A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Lama Gendun Rinpoche11 1. Enlightened Vagabond: An Autobiographical Sketch13 Teachings 2. Basic Buddhadharma: A Teaching in the Kingdom of Bhutan31 3. You Are Dzogpa Chenpo: A Teaching on Relative and Absolute Bodhicitta at a Two-Month Dzogchen Retreat in America56 4. Ground, Path, and Fruition: Mind-Nature Teachings Concerning the View, Meditation, and Action of Dzogpa Chenpo, the Innate Great Perfection69 5. Dzogchen and the Buddhism of Tibet: A Teaching in Cambridge, Massachusetts83 Songs and Commentary 6. The Mirror of Essential Points: A letter in Praise of Emptiness, from Khenpo Jamyang Dorje to His Mother93 7. Khenpo Comments on "The Mirror of Essential Points: A Letter in Praise of Emptiness"102 8. The Vajra Mirror of Mindfulness: A Spontaneous Song123 9. Deer Park Retreat125 10. The Song of Illusion: Khenpo Jamyang Dorje's Letter of Instructions to His Holiness128 11. A Spontaneous Song to My Wife: Sacred Heart Essence of Pith Instructions134 12. The Essential Meaning151 History 13. The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo by Lama Surya Das155 Glossary187 Notes195 A Long Life Prayer for Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche197
Nibbāna as True Reality beyond the Debate	I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 A Historical Introduction1 1.2 Background of the Debate4 1.2.1 Buddhadāsa5 1.2.2 Saṅgharāja (Phae Tissadevo)12 1.2.3 Luang Pho Wat Paknam, Phra Mongkhon Thepmuni (Sot Candasaro)19 1.2.4 P.A. Payutto27 1.2.5 Phra Rajyanvisith29 1.3 The Cause of the Debate31 II. NIBBĀNA IS ANATTĀ: PAYUTTO'S DHAMMAKĀYA CASE 2.1 Introduction33 2.2 Payutto's Characterisation of Western Scholarship on Attā/Anattā37 2.3 Payutto on Attā/Anattā41 2.3.1 General41 2.3.2 Sections 1-644 2.3.3 Sections 7 -1150 2.3.4 Sections 12-1560 2.3.5 Sections 16-2472 III. NIBBĀNA IS ATTĀ: THE PRINCIPLE OF EXAMINATION OF NIBBĀNA DHĀTU 3.1 Introduction74 3.2 Principle of Examination88 3.2.1 Chapter 4: what is nibbāna?88 3.2.2 Chapter 5: the meaning of anattā97 3.2.3 Chapter 6: the meaning of attā122 3.2.4 Chapter 7: consideration130 IV. COMMENTARY 4.1 Patterns in the Background of the Advocators138 4.2 Differences in Basic Understanding140 4.3 Repetition of OldArguments and Canonical Passages145 4.4 NewArguments and References150 4.5 The Perspective of Phra Thamwisutthimongkhon154 4.6 The Context of This Debate157 4.7 Conclusion166 BIBLIOGRAPHY173 APPENDICES A. Beginning Meditation Practice179 B. Phra Rajyanvisith188 C. Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram191 D. Meditation Retreats in English199
Nirvana Sutra (Yamamoto)	Chapter One: IntroductoryV1 Chapter Two: On CundaV58 Chapter Three: On GriefV93 Chapter Four : On Long LifeV136 Chapter Five : On the Adamantine BodyV179 Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the NameV199 Chapter Seven: On the Four AspectsV204 Chapter Eight : On the Four DependablesV321 Chapter Nine: On Wrong and RightV373 Chapter Ten: On the Four TruthsV408 Chapter Eleven: On the Four InversionsV413 Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the TathagataV417 Chapter Thirteen: On LettersV465 Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the BirdsV479 Chapter Fifteen : On the Parable of the MoonV494 Chapter Sixteen: On the BodhisattvaV505 Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the CrowdV559 Chapter Eighteen: On Actual IllnessV601 Chapter Nineteen: On Holy Actions (a)V627 Chapter Twenty: On Holy Actions (b)V686 Chapter Twenty-One: On Pure Actions (a)V782 Chapter Twenty-Two : On Pure Actions (b)V823 Chapter Twenty-Three : On Pure Actions (c)V859 Chapter Twenty-Four: On Pure Actions (d)V900 Chapter Twenty-Five : On Pure Actions (e)V927 Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Action of the ChildV944 Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a)V946 Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (b)V972 Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (c)V994 Chapter Thirty : Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (d)V1014 Chapter Thirty-One: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (e)V1039 Chapter Thirty-Two : Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (f)V1067 Chapter Thirty-Three : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (a)V1091 Chapter Thirty-Four: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (b)V1116 Chapter Thirty-Five : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (c)V1147 Chapter Thirty-Six : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (d)V1160 Chapter Thirty-Seven : On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (e)V1174 Chapter Thirty-Eight: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (f)V1199 Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (g)V1233 Chapter Forty: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a)V1266 Chapter Forty-One : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (b)V1302 Chapter Forty-Two : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c)V1337 Chapter Forty-Three : On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (d)V1365 Chapter Forty-Four: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (e)V1369 Chapter Forty-Five: On Kaundinya (a)V1404 Chapter Forty-Six: On Kaundinya (b)V1438
No River to Cross	Forewordix Editor's Introductionxi A Brief Biography of Daehaeng Kun Sunimxiii PART ONE: PRINCIPLES Chapter 1: Fundamental Questions3 Who Am I?3 What Is Buddha?4 What Is Buddha-nature?5 What Is Buddha-Dharma?6 What Is Buddhism?6 Chapter 2: Eternal Truth9 Hanmaum9 Juingong10 My True Reality12 Non-Duality15 Cause and Effect16 The Principle of Evolution19 The Essence of Truth22 Chapter 3: Mind and Science25 PART TWO: CULTIVATING MIND Chapter 4: The Essence of Mind31 What Is Mind?31 The Profound Ability of Mind33 The Thoughts that We Give Rise To34 Chapter 5: Belief Is the Key39 Chapter 6: Entrust and Observe41 Entrust and Let Go of Everything41 How to Let Go47 The Virtue and Merit of Letting Go49 Unceasing Practice51 Gwan (Observing)56 Chapter 7: Enlightenment59 The Path to Awakening59 Seeing Your Inherent Nature60 Becoming a Buddha62 Nirvana63 The Middle Path64 The Virtue and Merit of Awakening65 PART THREE: APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE MIND Chapter 8: The Essence of Buddhism Lies in Applying and Experiencing69 Chapter 9: Practice in Daily Life71 Life Itself Is Dharma71 Handling Difficulties and Suffering72 Illness73 Money and Prosperity75 Family76 True Love78 Happiness and Harmony78 Chapter 10: Religion and Daily Life81 Teachers and Learning the Path81 Bowing82 Keeping the Precepts84 Sutras85 Reciting the Buddha's Name and Chanting Sutras87 One With Your Ancestors87 True Giving89 Fate and Destiny90 Believing in Outer Powers91 Religious Conflict92 Glossary93 A Note about the Current Text99 Notes101
Not Always So	Introductionvii Shikantaza: Living Fully in Each Moment Calmness of Mind5 Express Yourself Fully8 Freedom from Everything12 Jumping off the 100-Foot Pole16 Changing Our Karma21 Enjoy Your Life25 Walk like an Elephant29 Letters from Emptiness Letters from Emptiness35 Brown Rice is just Right40 The Zen of Going to the Rest Room42 Caring for the Soil47 Everyday Life is like a Movie49 Resuming Big Mind53 Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind58 Practicing Zen Supported from Within65 Open Your Intuition69 Find Out for Yourself72 Be Kind with Yourself77 Respect for Things81 Observing the Precepts85 Pure Silk, Sharp Iron89 Not Always So Not Always So95 Direct Experience of Reality99 True Concentration103 Wherever l Go, l Meet Myself107 The Boss of Everything111 Sincere Practice115 One with Everything120 Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There127 Not Sticking to Enlightenment131 The Teaching Just for You134 Stand Up by the Ground139 Just Enough Problems143 Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha146 Sitting like a Frog151 Notes about Editing the Lectures155 Further Reading159 Acknowledgments161
Nyoraizō to Busshō	Chapter 1 Toward a New Understanding of Buddha's Thought of Buddha (Masahiro Shimoda) Revisiting Chapter 2 "Buddha of Nyorai"--Focusing on the Nine Metaphors of Buddha (Michael Zimmermann) Chapter 3 Declaration of Buddha-- -Nirvana Sutra (Hiromi width width) Chapter 4 Development of Buddha nature-Maruka Nakao and Daiho drum (Takayasu Suzuki) Chapter 5 Development of the theory of treasure (Kazuo Kano) Chapter 6 Nyorai and Sora (Shiro Matsumoto) Chapter 7 Nirvana and East Asia (Fujii Norio) Chapter 8 Defining Anxiety and Perception--The Origins of Two Disorders of Intuition and Nyoraizo (Charles Muller)
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On Being Buddha	Foreward by Frank E. Reynoldsxiii Prefacexvii Acknowledgementsxxi Chapter One: The Doctrinal Study of Doctrine 1.0 Prolegomena1 1.1 Primary Doctrines6 1.2 Secondary Doctrines12 1.2.1 Rules of Recognition and Patterns of Derivation12 1.2.2 Rules of Interpretation and Combination20 1.3 The Doctrinal Uses of Primary Doctrines21 1.4 Applying the Theory23 Chapter Two: Buddhist Doctrine 2.0 Prolegomena27 2.1 The Doctrinal Digests27 2.2 The Authority of the Doctrinal Digests33 2.3 The Content and Subject-Matter of the Doctrinal Digests41 2.4 The Goals of the Doctrinal Digests43 2.5 Theories of Doctrine in the Doctrinal Digests46 2.5.1 Rules of Recognition46 2.5.2 Rules of Interpretation51 Chapter Three: Buddhalogical Doctrine 3.0 Prolegomena57 3.1 Buddhalogy and Maximal Greatness58 3.2 Titles and Epithets of Buddha60 3.3 Properties of Buddha66 3.4 Analytical and Organizational Schemata75 3.5 Metaphysical Embeddedness and Systematic Location82 Chapter Four: Buddha in the World 4.0 Prolegomena87 4.1 The Buddha-Legend87 4.2 Bodies of Magical Transformation90 4.3 Buddha's Perfections of Appearance in the World97 4.4 Buddha's Perfections of Action in the World101 4.4.1 Spontaneity and Effortlessness103 4.4.2 Endlessness and Omnipresence107 4.4.3 Excursus: Buddha's Consumption of Food110 4.5 Buddha's Perfections of Cognition in the World115 4.5.1 Omnilinguality116 4.5.1 Awareness of What Is Possible and What Is Impossible118 4.6 One Body of Magical Transformation at a Time? A Controversy119 Chapter Five: Buddha in Heaven 5.0 Prolegomena127 5.1 Ornamenting Heaven128 5.2 Bodies of Communal Enjoyment134 Chapter Six: Buddha in Eternity 6.0 Prolegomena147 6.1 Epistemic Predicates151 6.1.1 Awareness Simpliciter151 6.1.2 Buddha's Awareness153 6.2 Metaphysical Predicates173 Chapter Seven: Doctrinal Criticism Doctrinal Criticism181 Notes203 Glossary229 Bibliography233 Index253
On Supreme Bliss: A Study of the History and Interpretation of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra	1. The Study of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra: Contextualizing the Tantric1 1. "Tantrism" and Colonialism9 2. Defining "Tantrism" and the Tantric25 3. Tantrism in Context 1. Non-Origins39 2. Buddhist Origins45 3. Hindu Origins53 2. Passion, Compassion and Self-Mastery: Approaches to Tantric Buddhism65 1. Purity66 2. Transformation and Perfection 1. The Alchemy of Passion and Compassion86 2. Union and Self-Consecration95 3. The Way of Great Bliss 1. Joy and Asceticism103 2. Transgression and Self-Mastery 1. Interpretation and Ambiguity113 2. The Logic of Mastery128 4. Concluding Models147 3. Competing Discourses in Theory and Practice152 1. The Discourse on Varṇa 1. Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Ideologies153 2. Myth, Counter-myth and Ritual161 3. On Dissent, Protest and Counter-Culture: Resistance or Reproduction?178 2. The Practice of Dissent 1. Heresies193 2. Renunciation and Liminality 1. Liminal Persons200 2. Liminal Places223 3. Cosmic Mastery: Visions of Authority Within and Beyond the World 1. Cosmology and Awakening240 2. The Collapse of Time and Space in the Maṇḍala250 3. Mastery in and of the World 1. The Guru, the King and the Maṇḍala262 2. Lineage and the Transmission of Alternate Modes of Authority280 4. Revelation and Taxonomy: Categorizing Tantric Literature293 1. Modes of Tantric Discourse 1. Primary Revelation299 2. Primary Exegesis303 3. Secondary Revelation309 4. Secondary Exegesis313 2. Tantric Doxography 1. Compilations314 2. Classification Schemes319 3. Tantric Taxonomy and Early Medieval Indian Society348 5. Tantric Historiography 1. Traditional Histories364 2. Modem Chronologies389 6. The Cakrasaṃvara Tantra and the Origins of Heruka 1. The Texts of the Cakrasamvara Tantra 1. Description of Texts 431 2. Survey of Contents438 2. A Geneology of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra 1. Buddhist Sources446 2. Hindu Sources464 3. Heruka 1. The Origin of Heruka473 2. The Purification of Heruka496 Bibliography: Primary Sources505 Bibliography: Secondary Sources525 Appendix A: An Edition of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Chapters One to Four588 Appendix B: A Translation of the Cakrasrupvara TantTai Chapters One to Four614 Appendix C: Tsongkhapa's Total Illumination of the Hidden Meaning, Ch. 1-4622 Appendix D: Sumatikīrti's Laghusaṃvaratantrapaṭalābhisandhi760 Appendix E: Cakrasamvara Lineage Lists765
Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism	Charts and Illustrationsix Prefacexi Acknowledgmentsxv Abbreviations and Conventionsxix Part One: Perspectives and Problems Chapter One: What Is "Original Enlightenment Thought"?3 Chapter Two: Tendai Hongaku Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism: Rival Theories55 Part Two: The World of Medieval Tendai Chapter Three: The Culture of Secret Transmission97 Chapter Four: Hermeneutics, Doctrine, and "Mind-Contemplation"153 Chapter Five: Tendai Hongaku Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism: A Reappraisal190 Part Three: Nichiren and His Successors Chapter Six: Nichiren and the New Paradigm239 Chapter Seven: Hokke-Tendai Interactions and the Emergence of a Nichiren Hongaku Discourse300 Conclusion356 Notes369 Character Glossary461 Bibliography481 Index523
Ornament of Precious Liberation (Holmes)	Foreword by His Holiness the Karmapa vii Editor’s Preface ix Translator’s Introduction 1 Ornament of Precious Liberation: A Wish-Fulfilling Gem of Sublime Dharma Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (1079–1153) Author’s Preface 11 I. The Prime Cause 1. Buddha Nature 15 II. The Basis 2. A Precious Human Existence25 III. The Condition 3. Relying on the Dharma Master 37 IV. The Means: The Dharma Master’s Instruction 4. The Impermanence of Conditioned Existence 47 5. The Suffering of Samsara 59 6. Karma and Its Effects 77 7. Loving Kindness and Compassion 89 8. Taking Refuge 99 9. The Proper Adoption of Bodhicitta 111 10. Precepts for Generating Aspiring Bodhicitta 145 11. Presentation of the Six Perfections 151 12. The Perfection of Generosity 155 13. The Perfection of Moral Discipline 169 14. The Perfection of Forbearance 181 15. The Perfection of Diligence 191 16. The Perfection of Meditative Concentration 199 17. The Perfection of Wisdom 215 18. The Presentation of the (Five) Paths 247 19. The Presentation of the Levels 253 V. The Result 20. The Bodies of Perfect Buddhahood 275 VI. Enlightened Activities of the Buddhas 21. Enlightened Activities of the Buddhas 291 Notes 297 Glossary 319 Bibliography 331 Index 341 About the Contributors357
Ornament of Stainless Light	General Editor's Prefacexiii Translator's Introduction1 Technical Note19 ORNAMENT OF STAINLESS LIGHT An Exposition of the Outer, Inner, and Other Kālacakra Introduction Compilation of the Root and Condensed Tantra25 The Primordial Mind and Body53 Part 1. The External World The Three Themes of Kālacakra Tantra75 The Formation of the External World and Its Dimensions79 The Inhabitants of This World91 The Stars and the Planets105 Resolving Contradictions between Kālacakra and Abhidharma Cosmology145 Part 2. The Inner World of Sentient Beings The Development of the Body161 Channels, Winds, and Drops177 Discrepancies between Kālacakra and Other Tantras195 Part 3. Initiations Qualifications of Master and Disciple211 Description of the Mandala225 The Initiations231 The Seven Childhood Initiations243 The Four Higher Initiations247 The Higher-than-High Initiations257 Part 4. Sādhana: Methods of Accomplishment The Two Stages271 The Generation Stage277 The Two Accumulations281 The Body Vajra285 Analysis of the Colors of the Lunar-Day Deities303 Resolving Doubts Concerning the Process of Generation317 The Speech Vajra341 The Mind Vajra369 The Gnosis Vajra375 Part 5. Gnosis: The Completion Stage The Six-Branched Yoga391 Withdrawal: Night Yoga411 Withdrawal: Day Yoga439 The Yoga of Meditative Absorption461 Prāṇāyāma: The Yoga of the Winds475 Vajra Recitation483 Vase Yoga495 The Yoga of Retention513 The Yoga of Recollection523 The Yoga of Meditative Concentration553 The Fruits of the Two Stages585 APPENDIXES Table of Tibetan Transliteration595 Enumerations Mentioned in the Text598 Time Measurement602 Linear Measurement604 Kālacakra Word-Numerals605 Approximation and Accomplishment in the Six-Branched Yoga610 The Six Elements and the Inner World611 Diagram: The Kālacakra World Realm615 Diagram: The Sun's Path over the Earth and Water Mandalas616 Notes617 Glossary673 Bibliography681 Works Cited by the Author681 Kangyur (Canonical Scriptures)681 Tengyur (Canonical Treatises)683 Tibetan Works688 Works Consulted by the Translator 691 Index693 About the Contributors709
Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras	Translators’ Introduction vii Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras 1 Title and Translator’s Homage 4 1. How the Scripture Was Composed 5 2. Establishing the Teachings of the Great Vehicle 21 3. Going for Refuge 41 4. Potential 59 5. Developing the Enlightened Mind 77 6. Practice 109 7. Reality 125 8. Power 145 9. Full Maturation 157 10. Enlightenment 181 Summary of Chapters 1 through 10 261 11. Inspiration 265 12. Investigation of the Dharma 285 13. Teaching 397 14. Practice 429 15. Practical Instructions and Advice 453 Summary of Chapters 11 through 15 489 16. Skillful Means 491 17. Transcendences and Means of Attraction 497 18. Worship, Reliance, and the Immeasurables 571 19. The Factors That Accord with Enlightenment 639 20. The Qualities 777 21. Activity and Perfection 863 Colophons 927 Appendix: A Visual Representation of Mipham’s Topical Outline 931 Notes 963 English-Tibetan Glossary 969 Tibetan-English-Sanskrit Glossary 977 Bibliography 987 Index 991
Our Human Potential	Translator's Prefacevii 1. The Buddhist Analytical Attitude1 2. The Situation of Cyclic Existence17 3. The Psychology of Cyclic Existence37 4. More about Consciousness and Karma55 5. Cessation and Buddha Nature79 6. Paths and the Utilization ofBliss101 7. Techniques for Meditation121 8. Altruism139 9. Valuing Enemies161 10. Wisdom181 Notes203 Bibliography219 Books by the Dalai Lama233 Index235
Path to Buddhahood: Teachings on Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation	Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Homage to Manjushri xxi Introduction 1 1. THE CAUSE: Buddha Nature 7 2. THE BASIS: A Precious Human Life 15 3. THE CONDITION: The Spiritual Friend 23 Why We Need a Spiritual Friend 24 The Different Categories of Spiritual Friends 25 The Qualities of Ordinary Spiritual Friends 26 The Master-Disciple Relationship 27 Receiving the Teachings in the Right Way 29 4. THE METHOD: The Instructions of the Spiritual Friend 37 First Antidote: Contemplating Impermanence 32 Second Antidote 37 Contemplating the Misery of Samsara 37 Understanding Karma 44 Third Antidote: Love and Compassion 50 The Development of Loving-Kindness 51 The Development of Compassion 60 Fourth Antidote: Bodhichitta 64 The Bodhichitta of Aspiration 67 Refuge 67 Taking Refuge in the Buddha 68 Taking Refuge in the Dharma 70 Taking Refuge in the Sangha 70 The Three Kayas 72 The Refuge Ceremony 74 The Bodhichitta of Commitment 76 The Bodhisattva Vows 76 Instructions for Developing the Bodhichitta of Commitment: The Six Paramitas 80 First Paramita: Generosity 82 Second Paramita: Ethics or Right Conduct 87 Third Paramita: Forbearance 88 Fourth Paramita: Diligence 93 Fifth Paramita: Meditation 99 Sixth Paramita: Wisdom 108 The Five Levels of the Bodhisattva Path 138 Accumulation 139 Integration 140 Insight 141 Meditation 142 Complete Accomplishment 142 The Ten Bodhisattva Levels 143 5. THE RESULT: Perfect Buddhahood149 6. The Activities of a Buddha 163 Conclusion 169 Dedication of Merit 171 Notes 173 Index 179
Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature	Forewordvii Preface and Acknowledgmentsix I - Translator's Introduction: The Doctrine of Buddha-nature1 Overview1 Sources4 The Sutras4 The Sastras8 The Ratnagotravibhaga11 The Text of the Ratnagotravibhaga11 The Question of the Authorship of the Ratnagotravibhaga12 The Ratnagotravibhaga in India13 The Ratnagotravibhaga in Tibet15 The Analytical School of Loden Sherab15 The Meditative School of Tsen Khaboche19 Previous Studies and the Aim of the Present work20 Rongton and His Presentation of Buddha-nature22 A Brief Biography of Rongton Sheja Kiinrig22 Rongton's Presentation of Buddha-nature23 Introduction23 The Buddha Qualities and the Dharmakaya26 The Dhatu as a Cause28 The Gotra and the Luminous Nature of the Mind29 Rongton and the Ratnagotravibhagavyakhya33 Summary34 Notes on the Translation35 II - Translation: An Extensive Exposition of the Dhatu: All Sentient Beings Have Buddha-Nature37 Determining the Dhatu by Means of a Tenfold Presentation44 Essential nature and cause44 Result and function50 Connection62 Manifestation65 States67 All-pervasiveness69 Immutability71 Inseparable qualities97 Summary106 Appendix: Detailed Outline of the Commentary107 Glossary113 Tibetan Names and Places125 Bibliography129 Index137
Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Professor Gustav Roth	Prefacev Bio-data of Dr. phil., Dr. h.c. Gustav Rothxi Bibliography of Professor Gustav Rothxxi 1. Sibjiban Bhattacharya: Meaning and Scepticism: Some Indian Themes and Theories1 2. S.S. Barlingay: The Grammar of (Indian) Moral Concepts21 3. Rajendra P. Pandey: Language and Significance37 4. G.L. Pandit: Rediscovering Indian Philosophy: Out of Text and Into Text41 5. K.N.Tiwari: Logicalism and Anthropocentrism in Linguistic Meaning53 6. P.R. Bhat: Philosophical Problems and Language in Wittgenstein61 7. N.K. Devaraja: Self and Freedom: The Vedantic and Phenomenological Perspectives79 8. Arvind Kumar Rai: The Positive Dimension of Śunyatā in Nāgārjuna87 9. Vijay Bharadwaja: Svadharma and Mokṣa: A Critique95 10. Deepkant Prasad: The Concept of Justification and Svataḥprāmāṇya- Parataḥprāmāṇya Debate103 11. R.I. Ingalalli: Pramanya (Validity of Knowledge)143 12. Raghunath Ghosh: Some Problems Concerning the Comprehension of Meaning157 13. Tulsi Ram Kanaujia: Heterogeneity of Arthāpatti165 14. Rajesh Kumar Jha: Advaitism as Revealed in the Saudarya-laharī of Śaṃkara85 15. Ramesh Kumar Sharma: Reality of the External World: Yoga vs. Buddhist Idealism221 16. H. S. Prasad: Śāntideva on Roots and Resolutions of Violence233 17. Hajime Nakamura: Buddhist Influence as is Noticed in the Fourth Chapter of the Gauḍapādīya-Kārikā-s241 18. Harsh Narain: Nibbāna: Extinction or Emancipation259 19. N.H. Samtani: Mahāyāna Elements in Thai Buddhism267 20. S.C. Goswami: The Monistic Absolute of the Uttaratantra and Modem Science275 21. Sanghasen Singh: On the Restoration of the Śrīghanācārasaṃgraha283 22. K.T.S. Sarao: Did the Buddha Really Belong to the Sixth-fifth Century B.C.303 23. Hisashi Matsumura: A Story of Seeking after the Dharma and a Verse on Impermanence-Another Mahāyāna Element in Sri Lanka Literature319 24. K.R. Norman: The Nasalisation of Vowels in Middle Indo-Aryan331 25. Georg von Simson: Gaṇeśa and Vṛtra339 26. Utz Podzeit: Indian Manuscripts in Vienna351 27. Lokesh Chandra & Sudarshan Devi Singhal: Avalokiteśvara in Tun-Huang Painting359 28. Chandra B. Varma: A Translator's Approach with Reference to the Abhidhammatthasaṅgahasarūpa373 29. T.S. Rukmani: Upaniṣadic Philosophy and the Pañcakośa Concept Compared with Recent Humanistic Psychology in the West383 30. S.C. Goswami: Complementarity of Opposites: The Undercurrent of Upaniṣadic Thought389 31. V.N. Jha: Jayanta on Prātibhajñāna399 32. Keshab Chandra Dash: Pronominal Reference and Inferential Mechanism in Micro- Structural Representation403 33. K. Maheswaran Nair: On the Hindu Thinking on Conversion to Buddhism in Kerala413 34. Ashok Kumar Goswami: Contributions of Anundoram Borooah to Sanskrit423 35. List of Contributors 437
Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees	Preface9 Technical Remarks17 Pt. I: Reconsidering the Status of Plants in Early Buddhism19 1. Plants as a Borderline Case between Sentient and Insentient19 2. Alternative Proposals30 3. Plants as Living Beings with One Sense-Faculty in the Vinaya36 Philological Excursus on the phrase 'jīvasaññino manussā rukkhasmiṁ' (§ 16)42 4. Plants as Insentient Living Beings (Fujimoto)48 5. Additional Arguments for the Sentience of Plants Revisited58 5.1. Findly's Arguments58 5.1.1. Additional Passages Referring to Plants as Sentient Beings59 5.1.2. Additional Arguments for Plants Possessing the Sense of Touch65 5.1.3. Arguments for Plants as Complex Sentient Beings69 5.2. Okada's Arguments for Plants as Sentient Beings76 5.2.1 Tree Deities and Numinous Trees77 5.2.2. Plants Reacting to Extraordinary Events84 5.3 Résumé89 6. Plants as Saintly Beings?89 6.1 Discussion of Findly's Arguments90 6.2. Systematic difficulties94 7. Résumé98 Pt. II: The Problem of the Relationship between the Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees and Early Buddhism101 Pt. II.A: The Question of Textual Continuity103 Excursus: Remarks on 'Buddha-nature' (§ 53)106 1. General Passages122 1.1 Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra: Maitreya's Palace123 1.2. Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā124 1.3. Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (1): *Ayuṣparivarta129 1.4. Viṁśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi136 1.5. Buddhāvataṁsaka (1): Cittamātra Passages140 1.5.1. Daśabhūmika-sūtra VI141 1.5.2. 'Verses Recited in the Palace of Suyāma'148 1.5.3. The 'Chapter on Religious Practice'160 1.6. Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa161 1.7. Buddhāvataṁsaka (2): 'Eulogies on Mount Sumeru'163 1.8. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka: Oṣadhiparivarta167 1.9. Résumé168 2. Specific passages169 2.1. Dharmadhātu-prakṛty-asaṁbheda-nirdeśa170 2.2. Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (2): 'Chapter on Religious Practice'176 2.3. 'Amitābha-sūtra' 185 2.4. Buddhāvataṁsaka (3): Samantabhadracaryā-nirdeśa189 2.4.1. First Explanation197 2.4.2. Second Explanation201 2.4.3. Third Explanation224 2.4.4. Conclusions Regarding the Buddhāvataṁsaka226 2.5. Résumé238 Pt. II.B: An Attempt at a Structural Comparison241 1. Facets of the Far Eastern Idea of the 'Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees' and their Indian Background247 1.1. Buddha-Nature as the Essential Nature of Plants249 1.2. The Buddha-Nature of Plants as Experienced by Awakened Beings275 1.3. The Omnipresence of Vairocana280 1.4. Plants Miraculously Transformed into Buddhas290 1.5. Plants Becoming Buddhas292 2. New Aspects of the Buddha-Nature and Sentience of Plants in Japanese Buddhism294 3. The Question of Practical Consequences308 4. Résumé322 Conclusion327 Abbreviations329 References341 Index367

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