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Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India published in 1981, Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought, Part 1 & 2, and the most recent

Clouds Part, a translation of the Gyü Lama. In 2019 his translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha with Indian and Tibetan commentaries was published and won the

Bukkyōgaku Kenkyū (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies) 10, no. 2 (1962): 26–33. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ibk1952/10/2/10_2_757/_pdf/-char/en. Takasaki

Chinese and Tibetan recensions occur, the Tibetan text will be noted also.[8]       The commentaries which are extant are few and only in Chinese and Japanese

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

for those who have no background in Indian or Tibetan studies, and who may chance to come across this title. It is and remains an untranslatable term.       The

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

for those who have no background in Indian or Tibetan studies, and who may chance to come across this title. It is and remains an untranslatable term.       The

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

Meru attempts in presenting in a lucid and concise way the Madhyamaka view including the Tantrik-madhyamaka, and its spread in India and Tibet. Drop of

Tathāgatagarbha in Sanskrit Fragments and Multiple Meanings of Garbha in the Mahāparinirvāṇamahāsūtra The current of tathāgatagarbha thought that was born in Indian

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

find sustained historical essays on Indian and Tibetan traditions of logic and epistemology, and of the Madhyamaka philosophy inspired by Nāgārjuna. The

ode/2up. Ruegg, David Seyfort. Three Studies in the History of Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Philosophy: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought

his monastic training in Bhutan and India before he pursued a M.St in Classical Indian Religions and a D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford

included in the second part of the book, with the Tibetan on facing pages, which can be used by those who read Tibetan and want to recite the ritual in Tibetan

Buddha-Nature. Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk and a Geshe Lharampa with B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University

Asanga's thought and influence in the development of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan, the book includes translations of early Indian commentaries

appointment in the School of Nursing. He has been a leader in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies for many years and has long immersed himself in Dzogchen

Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle: Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2010.

Seyfort Ruegg Book Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought Part 1 Part I of these Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka philosophy consists of three

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

principal views and justifications of Mahāmudrā against the background of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist doctrines on mind, emptiness and buddha nature; the

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

figure in the Nyingma tradition of Buddhism. His works continue to be widely studied in the Tibetan cultural region and beyond. This book provides an in-depth

also exists in one Tibetan (D45.48, twenty-three folios) and two Chinese translations (Taishō 310 and 353). For English translations and studies, see Wayman

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Laṅkāvatāra, part 3 with technical terms and basic concepts of the tathāgatagarbha theory, part 4 with tathāgatagarbha doctrine in general, and part 5 with Japanese

Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000. Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library 2/2. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

Kenkyu (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies) 69, no. 2 (2021): 118–124. Kano, Kazuo. "Sajjana and Mahājana: Yogācāra Exegeses in the Eleventh Century

Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Approaches to Dzogchen Practice in Jigme Lingpa's Longchen Nyingtig. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom

"Distinguishing the Views" and the Polemics of Emptiness. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2007. Cabezón, José Ignacio

Phuntsho;&nbsp Book Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought Part 1 Part I of these Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka philosophy consists

Tathāgatagarbhasūtra is preserved in one Tibetan (D258, fifteen folios) and two Chinese translations (Taishō 666 and 667). For a detailed study and translation of this

systems as diverse as Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha; the working out of Indian concepts and problematics in new Chinese works; and previously under-studied

Buddha-Nature. Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk and a Geshe Lharampa with B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

the Niḥsvabhāvavāda-Madhyamaka and the Yogācāra-Madhyamaka which to him are synonymous with rang stong- and gzhan stong-Madhyamaka respectively. The book

different texts with similar titles in the Chinese and Tibetan canons. Of the three Tibetan texts with Mahāparinirvāṇa in their title, a short one (Derge Kangyur

systems as diverse as Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha; the working out of Indian concepts and problematics in new Chinese works; and previously under-studied

Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Approaches to Dzogchen Practice in Jigme Lingpa's Longchen Nyingtig. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom

Laṅkāvatāra, part 3 with technical terms and basic concepts of the tathāgatagarbha theory, part 4 with tathāgatagarbha doctrine in general, and part 5 with Japanese

systems as diverse as Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha; the working out of Indian concepts and problematics in new Chinese works; and previously under-studied

approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism, seeing it as part of a recurrent polarity in Chinese history and thought. Sudden and Gradual includes essays

between this sūtra and early Madhyamaka texts by Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva. In any case, that this sūtra is not mentioned in the Uttaratantra and RGVV is not necessarily

Buddhist studies scholars. Of particular relevance to the topic of buddha-nature is Tadeuz Skorupki's paper, "Consciousness and Luminosity in Indian and Tibetan

Early Ch’an in China and Tibet. Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 5. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1983.;Early Ch'an in China and Tibet;Zen - Chan;The

for those who have no background in Indian or Tibetan studies, and who may chance to come across this title. It is and remains an untranslatable term.       The

appointment in the School of Nursing. He has been a leader in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies for many years and has long immersed himself in Dzogchen

principal views and justifications of Mahāmudrā against the background of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist doctrines on mind, emptiness and buddha nature; the

Koans, Dōgen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to

Koans, Dōgen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to

2011.;Prajñāpāramitā, Indian "gzhan stong pas", and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism;The doctrine

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

mind and reality emphasized in Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha classics, the tantras, and the songs and writings of the Buddhist mahāsiddhas and [2] the metaphysically

Metaphor of Effort and Intuition in Buddhist Thought and Practice." In Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought, edited by Peter

enduring and precious in the constitution of all sentient beings, and was in part a dynamic move to enter wider Indian discourse about the nature and value

verses, and prose commentary, the Chinese and Tibetan translators and commentators considered the root and explanatory verses to be one text and the complete

school of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, the other two being Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. However, the concept of buddha-nature reached its apogee not in India

Buddha-Nature: Part 2 This is the second part of Waddell and Abe's translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Busshō ("Buddha-nature"). Part 1 appears in The Eastern

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Draszczyk holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies and Tibetology. Her doctoral thesis at the Department for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies of the University

Meru attempts in presenting in a lucid and concise way the Madhyamaka view including the Tantrik-madhyamaka, and its spread in India and Tibet. Drop of

about emptiness in Tibet, the zhentong view of contemplation, and creative innovations of thought in Tibetan Buddhism. Highly accessible and informative,

Buddhahood latent in all sentient beings—occupies a crucial position in Buddhist thought, and indeed in Indian thought as a whole. In virtue of both their

chapters in the form of running annotations (the bulk of the thesis thus occurs in Part Ill). In Part Ill, the above texts are systematically analyzed in relation

will then present its role(s) in Mahāyāna Buddhism in general, and in the interpretations of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka in particular. Next I will discuss

authorship and the history of the transmission of the RGV in India, using Indian and Tibetan materials. Chapter 2 studies six different Tibetan translations

Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought Part 1 Book Book  Search online Read Online Part I of these Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka philosophy

Tao-sheng's thought.       The thesis is composed of two main portions: "Study" (Part I-IV) and "Translation" (Part V). Part I sets out and clarifies the

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

school of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, the other two being Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. However, the concept of buddha-nature reached its apogee not in India

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Uttaratantra, is the main Indian treatise on buddha nature, a concept that is heavily debated in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. In A Direct Path to the Buddha

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

appointment in the School of Nursing. He has been a leader in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies for many years and has long immersed himself in Dzogchen

V. Jones;&nbsp Article Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism Sallie B. King, in her essay "Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism", offers a characterization

twenty-eight generations in India and twenty-three generations in China, and reaches to Dogen Zenji and Ejo Zenji. It provides instruction, in teisho format, about

Brunnhölzl in When the Clouds Part: Possibly the first appearance of the term tathāgatagarbha (though not in the sense in which it is used in the tathāgatagarbha

a professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. His research interests include the Indian origin of the Tibetan Mahāmudrā traditions

Nature and the Concept of Person." Philosophy East and West 39, no. 2 (1989): 151–70.;Buddha Nature and the Concept of Person;Buddha Nature and the Concept

Buddhist Unconscious: The Ālaya-Vijñāna in the Context of Indian Buddhist Thought. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

figures in the final phase of Indian Buddhism, and more than thirty works are available in Tibetan translations (some of them are also available in Sanskrit

the one hand, and Vāyu and Vāta on the other; cp. also the idea of water and fire as principles of life in late Vedic thought). Even in post-Vedic Hinduism

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogācāra in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism In the past European scholars have tended to treat both Madhyamaka and Yogācāra as separate

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

about emptiness in Tibet, the zhentong view of contemplation, and creative innovations of thought in Tibetan Buddhism. Highly accessible and informative,

a professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. His research interests include the Indian origin of the Tibetan Mahāmudrā traditions

svasaṃvittiḥ, svasaṃvedana) in Tibetan Mādhyamika thought. In particular, I am concerned with his characterization of so so rang rig ye shes and its relation to Rdzogs-chen

"salvation by faith in Amitabha's mercy" and rebirth in his Pure Land. While in Tibet, coming in contact with its ancient Bon religion, and under the climatic

Mahāmudrā." In The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, edited by Olaf Czaja and Guntram

"salvation by faith in Amitabha's mercy" and rebirth in his Pure Land. While in Tibet, coming in contact with its ancient Bon religion, and under the climatic

different texts with similar titles in the Chinese and Tibetan canons. Of the three Tibetan texts with Mahāparinirvāṇa in their title, a short one (Derge Kangyur

principal views and justifications of Mahāmudrā against the background of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist doctrines on mind, emptiness and buddha nature; the

Phenomena and Their Nature and Distinguishing the Middle and Extremes, deal with the profound and vast aspects of general Mahāyāna thought and therefore

Buddhist Unconscious: The Ālaya-Vijñāna in the Context of Indian Buddhist Thought. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

Mo-ho-yen," edits and translates the sayings and works preserved in Tibetan in scattered fragments of the Ch'an master Mo-ho-yen, who took part in a dispute between

tathāgatagarbha, or Buddha-nature thought, in Indian literature. In light of recent reassessments of the development of tathāgatagarbha thought in India, this paper considers

constitutes the major part of the introduction to his commentary on the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, and is in large part also contained in his Ratnagotravibhāga

Asanga's thought and influence in the development of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan, the book includes translations of early Indian commentaries

Nepal, and Tibet, and his writings were influential both in India and among Newari Buddhists in Nepal. Translations of his works into Tibetan were begun under

theory and its transmission from India to Tibet, this book is the most thorough history of buddha-nature thought in Tibet and is exceptional in its level

school of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, the other two being Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. However, the concept of buddha-nature reached its apogee not in India

Studies (1979) and an M.A. in Chinese Studies (1981) from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan (1990)

Uttaratantra; Tibetan - Gyü Lama) and Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path at the request of Russian Buddhists at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala

received his PhD in Buddhist Studies under UCLA’s inaugural professor of Chinese Buddhism, Kenneth Ch’en. Liu is the author of Madhyamaka Thought in China (Sinica

Koans, Dōgen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to

widely read in China and Japan, and his influence on the overall development of East Asian Mahāyāna thought is significant, particularly in relation to

Laṅkāvatāra, part 3 with technical terms and basic concepts of the tathāgatagarbha theory, part 4 with tathāgatagarbha doctrine in general, and part 5 with Japanese

Laṅkāvatāra, part 3 with technical terms and basic concepts of the tathāgatagarbha theory, part 4 with tathāgatagarbha doctrine in general, and part 5 with Japanese

school. The little attention it has received is in the context of studies pertaining to the Tibetan Madhyamaka and rDzogs-chen doctrines.[6] Can one, however

Laṅkāvatāra, part 3 with technical terms and basic concepts of the tathāgatagarbha theory, part 4 with tathāgatagarbha doctrine in general, and part 5 with Japanese

Buddha-nature thought. In my understanding, while Buddha-nature thought uses some of the terminology of essentialist and monistic philosophy, and thus may give

Mahāyāna Tradition in India66‐69 Later Mahāyāna Tradition in India69‐71 Indian Masters in the Sūtra Gzhan stong Lineage72‐74 Tibetan Forefathers in the Sūtra Gzhan

Tao-sheng's thought.       The thesis is composed of two main portions: "Study" (Part I-IV) and "Translation" (Part V). Part I sets out and clarifies the

Concept       2. The Buddha-nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature       3. The Laṅkāvatārasūtra and Hindu Philosophy       4. The Thought of Buddha-nature

Buddha-nature concept in an attempt to discover a central core of meaning inherent in the concept, and 2) to evaluate Dōgen's view of the Buddha-nature in the light

Koans, Dōgen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to

approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism, seeing it as part of a recurrent polarity in Chinese history and thought. Sudden and Gradual includes essays by

texts in the Indian treatise Ratnagotravibhāga (Mahāyānottaratantra). The category is thus in some sense conceptually coherent even in an Indian context

school of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, the other two being Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. However, the concept of buddha-nature reached its apogee not in India

Ratnagotravibhāga in Tibet17 2.4.1. The analytical school of Blo-ldan shes-rab18 2.4.2. The meditative school of Btsan Kha-bo-che21 2.5. Previous studies and the aim

Philosophy East and West 26, no. 2 (1976): 117–36.;Apophatic and Kataphatic Discourse in Mahāyāna: A Chinese View;Apophatic and Kataphatic Discourse in Mahāyāna:

David Seyfort. Three Studies in the History of Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Philosophy: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka Thought (Vol. 1). Vienna:

University with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from Naropa University with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages

Stong?, 55–57) Add a verse 1 Abstract 1.1 Notes 2 References 2.1 Primary Sources (Tibetan) 2.2 Other Works and Translations Topics Zhentong Email us to contribute

Seyfort Ruegg, who trained in Paris and wrote mostly in French, published five studies of buddha-nature in Indian and Tibetan literature. The first, a survey

excessive concern for and trust in doctrinal labels can be seen in ancient Indian philosophers and Tibetan scholastics, and even in the Abhidharma itself

about emptiness in Tibet, the zhentong view of contemplation, and creative innovations of thought in Tibetan Buddhism. Highly accessible and informative,

Ngodrup and Sherab Drimay, 1984, p. 375. ~ Translation from Stearns, Cyrus. The Buddha From Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master

Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008, pp. 195–196. Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye 1813 ~ 1899 In his commentary

truths—which he takes as a central doctrine of the Madhyamaka, Mantrayāna and ’Brug pa Bka’ brgyud traditions—and [2] criticizing the rival Jo nang account of reality

second of a two-part study on the problem of Buddha-nature in the MNS,[12] is an attempt to unravel the various strands of thought present in the MNS regarding

for Buddhist Studies. See Harrison 1995, p. 24, n. 4. 2. In the present study I differentiate between a buddha (i.e., written in lower case and italicized)

systems as diverse as Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha; the working out of Indian concepts and problematics in new Chinese works; and previously under-studied

Chinese and Tibetan recensions occur, the Tibetan text will be noted also.[8]       The commentaries which are extant are few and only in Chinese and Japanese

Sings Its Song: Tathāgatagarbha and Its Equivalents in the Indian Dohā Tradition;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism;Terminology;tathāgatagarbha;Karl

Buddhism (Chos-hbyung): Part 2, The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet Video Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On Candrakīrti and Nāgārjuna and Why They Emphasized

Exegesis in the 11th and 12th Centuries: Sajjana and his Circle 135 Chapter 6: Six Tibetan Translations of the Ratnagotravibhāga 155 Conclusion 181 PART II:

Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008, p. 33. Śākya Chokden 1428 ~ 1507 In his Essence of Sūtra and Tantra:

death and of sounds and visions during the intermediate state. Below are links to media in which teachers and translators answer this question in various

Roger R. Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008, p. 66. Longchen

editions of the Tibetan texts as well as the Sanskrit source text and translated with reference to all the existing Indian and Tibetan commentaries, as

Buddhist Unconscious: The Ālaya-Vijñāna in the Context of Indian Buddhist Thought. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

dharmakāya consists of (2)–(4), and nonconceptuality applies to all, but in particular to (4). As for the many different ways in which Tibetan scholars explain

canonical and scientific works were rendered into Tibetan,—all this has been described by Bu-ston in his History of Buddhism and in other Tibetan historical

Somapurī in Dakṣiṇa Kośala (present-day western Orissa), who stayed in Nepal for some time between 1101 and1106 and in Tibet in the 1140s and 1150s. It

original Tibetan compositions. However, there is a single core text studied in all Tibetan Buddhist lineages and in the current academic study of buddha-nature

      Paul Williams places this controversy in its Indian and Tibetan context. He traces in detail Mi pham's position in his commentary on the Bodhicaryaāvatāra

read more at Book Prajñāpāramitā, Indian "gzhan stong pas", and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is an ongoing

most part in the form of questions and answers) that are based on the lineage of Dsen Kawoché and the Uttaratantra. Similar to IM, the style and contents

(Chos-hbyung), Part 2 The present volume contains the translation of the 2d Part of Bu-ton's History of Buddhism, i.e. of the historical part proper. The

an MA in South Asian Area Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and an M. Litt. in Sanskrit Language and Literature

different texts with similar titles in the Chinese and Tibetan canons. Of the three Tibetan texts with Mahāparinirvāṇa in their title, a short one (Derge Kangyur

pivotal moments in Tibetan Buddhist history, and the relationship of Śāntarakṣita, Padmasambhava, and Khri srong lde btsan figures in many Tibetan legends, most

Lamp, and GISM all establish connections between the Uttaratantra and Mahāmudrā. Such connections are also found in a number of Indian and Tibetan Mahāmudrā

Buddha-Nature;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism;Dzogchen;Klong chen pa;Christian thought and Buddha-Nature;Madhyamaka;Buddha-nature as Emptiness;Buddha-nature

formal study and practice. For example, the practices of shamatha and vipashyana are retained, and students engage in studies of certain sutras and philosophical

(Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most

remarks83 2. Sixteen central claims regarding buddha nature85 2.1. Buddha nature exists equally in everyone from ordinary beings to       buddhas85 2.2. Buddha

wrote some seventy books and more than a thousand articles. His books include studies of Goethe, Schiller, Kant, and Chinese thought. (Source: The Princeton

the broad range of Indian and Tibetan views on buddha-nature and selfhood considered by Mi bskyod rdo rje and show how he presented and defended his own

traveller, and translator who travelled to India in the seventh century and described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism during

Mind"57 2.1.5. Unity of the Mind60 2.2. "Original Purity of the Mind" in Early Mahāyāna64 2.2.1. No-Mind and the "Original Purity of the Mind"65 2.2.2. The

142 Madhyamaka Path153 How Can Madhyamaka Be a Personal Practice? 157 Reasoning and Debate in Centrism 172 Three Stages of Analysis by Nāgārjuna and Aryadeva

Place and Importance of the Five Treatises of Maitreya in Tibetan Buddhist Doctrine43 1. Tibetan fields of knowledge43 2. The importance of Madhyamaka for

verse 28. Note 1236 in Brunnhölzl, K. When the Clouds Part: In the Tibetan Editions of the Uttaratantra, this verse follows I.28, and some editions omit

for Buddhist Studies. See Harrison 1995, p. 24, n. 4. 2. In the present study I differentiate between a buddha (i.e., written in lower case and italicized)

Watch & Learn 2 From the Masters 2.1 Maitrīpa 2.2 Gampopa 2.3 Layakpa Jangchub Ngödrup 2.4 Jikten Gönpo 2.5 Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje 2.6 Gö Lotsāwa

Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Stearns, Cyrus. 2010. The Buddha From Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master

all coalesce in this work, which is a testament to the hundreds of years of appropriation and synthesis of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist thought that preceded

interpretation of Yogacara and Madhyamaka, the book also shows that his thought provides an invaluable base to challenge and expand our understanding of

South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Mathes has published widely on Mahāmudrā, Tibetan Madhyamaka, Yogācāra

the Sanskrit and Tibetan, and a second by Takasaki (1958), who worked from the Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese. Ruegg published numerous studies of tathāgathagarbha-theory

Articles/Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism Article IV Buddha Nature and Animality Buddha Nature and Animality Book IV

speaker, author, and translator, Thupten Jinpa. Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk and a Geshe Lharampa with B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies

"salvation by faith in Amitabha's mercy" and rebirth in his Pure Land. While in Tibet, coming in contact with its ancient Bon religion, and under the climatic

Clouds Part, 901. Nāgārjuna ca. 2nd century Excerpted from Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, 901-902. Nāgārjuna’s Kāyatrayastotranāmasyavivaraṇa and Prat

Kornfield in the Vipassana community, Robert Aitken (1917–2010) and Joan Halifax in the American Zen community, and Pema Chödron in the Tibetan community

theory. In Tibetan Buddhism the late-Indian treatise Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, or "Gyu Lama" as it is known in the Tibetan, serves as

the Clouds Part, 914-916. Marpa Dopa and Parahitabhadra (as represented in CMW) CMW considers I.154ab and I.155 as representing the theses and the reasons

proclamation of the shentong were described in chapter 1, and the nature of his ideas will become clear in chapter 3 and in part 2. Here some of the influences behind

aid proved to be the Tibetan translation of a 12th centu­ry Indian commentary to Candrakirti's text composed by a certain Jayānanda and entitled Madhyamakāvatāratīka

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Mathes, Klaus-Dieter

Delusion: Maitreya's Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena and Its Indian and Tibetan Commentaries. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boston:

tradition of studying and reflecting on the dharma works of Maitreya" (byams chos thos bsam gyi lugs) and, as shown above and in appendices 1 and 2, it was

I:27 and I:28 into one verse. See Takasaki, page 197 note #2, for his speculation on this verse in the various languages.) Verse page English Tibetan Sanskrit

buddha-nature theory. In Tibetan Buddhism and in current academic study of buddha-nature, as well as in contemporary Buddhism in the west, the late-Indian treatise

think of ourselves as bereft of good qualities in order to become better people. In Indian and Tibetan traditions, philosophers have also debated whether

being born in a new existence, (b) the minds and mental factors that occur in each moment after having born in that existence up through dying, and (c) the