A Buddha Within - The Tathagatagarbhasutra

Table of Contents
7~ Preface
8~ Acknowledgements
10~ Technical Note: My Use of the Asterik
11~ Part I: A Study and Annotated Translation of the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra
	12~ A. General Study and Text-historical Considerations
		16~ 1 Textual History and Structure of the TGS
			16~ 1.1 Different Recensions of the TGS
			24~ 1.2 The Representatives of TGS2
			27~ 1.3 Similarities between the Chinese Translations
			27~ 1.4 Structure, Contents and Textual History of the TGS
			34~ 1.5 The Structure, Nature and Contents of the Nine Similes
		39~ 2 The Meaning and Occurrenes of the Term tathāgatagarbha
			39~ 2.1 The Term tathāgatagarbha
			46~ 2.2 The Textual Occurrences of the Terms tathāgatagarbha and garbha
		50~ 3 The Buddha-Nature Doctrine in the TGS
			50~ 3.1 The Buddha-Nature
			62~ 3.2 Becoming a Buddha
			65~ 3.3 How to Become a Buddha
		67~ 4 The TGS as a Part of Indian Buddhism: ...
			68~ 4.1 The Titles of the TGS
			69~ 4.2 The Recorded Chinese Translations of the TGS
			75~ 4.3  Possible Motives of the Author of the TGS
			77~ 4.4 The TGS in the History of Indian Buddhism
			84~ The TGS in the Ratnagotravibhāga-(vyākhyā) and Other Indian Texts
			90~ 4.6 The Twentieth-Century Reception of the TGS
	93~ B. An Annotated Translation of the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra into English
163~ Part II: Critical and Diplomatic Editions of the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra
	164~ C. The Textual Materials
		164~ 1 Information on the Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylogrphic Editions Utilized
			A - Tabo MS Fragments
			B - Berlin MS Kanjur
			Bth - Newark MS Kanjur
			Bu - Citation in Bu ston Rin chen grub’s De bzhin gshegs pa’i ...
			D - Derge Kanjur (Nyingma Edition)
			J - ’Jang sa tham or Lithang Kanjur
			L - Shel dkar MS Kanjur (London)
			N - Narthang Kanjur
			P1, P2, P3 - Phug brag MS Kanjur
			Q - Peking Kanjur (Otani Reprint)
			S - Stog Palace MS Kanjur
			T - Tokyo MS Kanjur
		172~ 2 The Systematic Relations among the Representatives of Tib
			173~ 2.1 The Three Phug brag Versions
			177~ 2.2 The Kanjurs of the Tshal pa Lineage
			186~ 2.3 The Them spangs ma Kanjurs
			191~ 2.4 The Position of Bu
			192~ 2.5 The Positon of A
			193~ 2.6 The Relation of the Main Transmissional Groups to Each Other
			203~ 2.7 Possible Stemmas of Tib
		207~ 3 Characteristics of the Textual Witnesses of Tib
			207~ 3.1 Archaic Features
			208~ 3.2 Irregular Verbal Forms
			210~ 3.3 Colophons and Translators
		213~ 4 A Brief Evaluation of the Chinese Materials
		214~ 5 Remarks on the Various Editions
			214~ 5.1 Principles Governing the Critical Editions of Tib
			215~ 5.2 Remarks on All Editins and Their Critical Apparatuses
			216~ 5.3 The Editions of the Tibetan Translations
			218~ 5.4 The Chinese Editions
	221~ D. The Editions
		The Critical and Diplomatic Editions
	395~ E. Appendices
		396~ Appendix A; Comaparative Chart of the Bodhisattva Names in 0E
		398~ Appendix B: Comparative Chart of Pāda Sequences
		400~ Appendix C: Comparative Table of Sections and Chapters of the Chinese and Tibetan Editions
405~ Bibliography
	405~ Primary Sources, with Abbreviations
	412~ Select Secondary Sources
427~ Index