Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament Of Clear Realization, And Its Commentaries In The Tibetan Nyingma Tradition (tsadra)
by Karl Brunnholzl /
2012 / English / PDF
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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of
the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life
only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these
texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita
sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and
bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the
explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be
understood on the progressive levels of realization of
bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of
a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living
experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of
the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life
only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these
texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita
sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and
bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the
explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be
understood on the progressive levels of realization of
bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of
a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living
experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.Groundless Paths
Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the
Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher
Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the
perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study
consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two
commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by
three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as
well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma
masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a
long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita
sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana
Buddhism.
contains the first in-depth study of the
Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher
Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the
perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study
consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two
commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by
three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as
well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma
masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a
long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita
sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana
Buddhism.
Arya Maitreya's
Arya Maitreya'sOrnament of Clear Realization,
Ornament of Clear Realization, with its
Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of
the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty
nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote
to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual
experience and the journey to enlightenment.
with its
Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of
the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty
nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote
to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual
experience and the journey to enlightenment.
