8. Maitreya's Ornament for the Great Vehicle Sutras

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Technical Notes XIII
5. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
6. 1. The Voice 3
7. 2. The Text 6
8. 3. The Worldview 26
9. 4. The Context 39
10. PART TWO: ANNOTATED TRANSLATION
11. Remarks 59
12. TREATISE DIFFERENTIATING INTERPRETABLE AND DEFINITIVE MEANINGS: THE ESSENCE OF ELOQUENCE
13. Prologue 65
14. THE SŪTRA UNRAVELING THE THOUGHT ON DIFFERENTIATING THE INTERPRETABLE AND THE DEFINITIVE
15. 1. Questioning Apparent Contradiction 73
16. 2. Buddha's Answer 82
17. 3. The Three Natures 104
18. 4. The Overall Meaning 114
19. EXPLICATIONS OF THE SŪTRA UNRAVELING THE THOUGHT ON DIFFERENTIATING THE INTERPRETABLE AND THE DEFINITIVE
20. 5. The Importance of the Sūtra Unraveling the Thought 135
21. 6. Asanga's Grounds of Bodhisattvas 140
22. 7. Asanga's Compendium of Ascertainments 149
23. 8. Maitreya's Ornament for the Great Vehicle Sūtras 172
24. 9. Maitreya's Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes and Other Scholars 182
25. 10. Superimposition 194
26. 11. Handling Objections 220
27. 12. Differentiating Scriptures 234
28. PART THREE: SYNOPSIS
29. Remarks 249
30. Prologue 251
31. MIND-ONLY SCHOOL: THE SÜTRA UNRAVELING THE THOUGHT ON DIFFERENTIATING THE INTERPRETABLE AND THE DEFINITIVE
32. Overview of Chapters 1 Through 4 257
33. 1. Questioning Apparent Contradiction 258
34. 2. Buddha's Answer 261
35. 3. The Three Natures 271
36. 4. The Overall Meaning 274
37. MIND-ONLY SCHOOL: EXPLICATIONS OF THE SŪTRA UNRAVELING THE THOUGHT ON DIFFERENTIATING THE INTERPRETABLE AND THE DEFINITIVE
38. Overview of Chapters 5 Through 12 283
39. 5. The Importance of the Sūtra Unraveling the Thought 284
40. Overview of Chapters 6 Through 9 285
41. 6. Asanga's Grounds ofBodhisattvas 287
42. 7. Asanga's Compendium of Ascertainments 291
43. 8. Maitreya's Ornament for the Great Vehicle Sutras 302
44. 9. Maitreya's Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes and Other Scholars 305
45. 9. Maitreya's Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes and Other Scholars 319
46. 11. Handling Objections 333
47. 12. Differentiating Scriptures 342
48. PART FOUR: CRITICAL EDITION IN TIBETAN SCRIPT Dzong-ka-ba Lo-sang-drak-ba's Treatise Differentiating Interpretable and Definitive Meanings: The Essence of Eloquence Prologue and Section on the Mind-Only School
49. Preface to Critical Edition 355
50. Table of Contents for Critical Edition: Tibetan Style 359
51. The Tibetan Text 363
52. Appendix 1. Commentaries on the Sutra Unraveling the Thought 453
53. Appendix 2. Chinese Translations of the Sūtra Unraveling the Thought 457
54. Backnotes 459
55. Bibliography 475
56. Detailed Contents 503
57. Index 515