Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition

MIPAM ON BUDDHA-NATURE......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
PRESENCE AND ABSENCE......Page 13
HISTORICAL SURVEY......Page 18
MONASTIC EDUCATION AND THE NONSECTARIAN MOVEMENT......Page 21
LIFE AND WORKS OF MIPAM......Page 24
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS......Page 29
THE END OF THE BEGINNING......Page 33
INTRODUCTION......Page 36
MIPAM’S SYNTHESIS......Page 39
TWO TRUTHS......Page 41
BUDDHA-NATURE AS THE UNITY OF APPEARANCE AND EMPTINESS......Page 48
BUDDHA-NATURE AS THE DEFINITIVE MEANING......Page 55
CONCLUSION......Page 61
INTRODUCTION......Page 62
SVATANTRIKA-PRASANGIKA......Page 63
DIALECTICAL ASCENT......Page 74
FOUNDATIONS OF YOGACARA......Page 80
PRASANGIKA VERSUS YOGACARA......Page 86
CONCLUSION......Page 88
INTRODUCTION......Page 90
OTHER-EMPTINESS IN THE JONANG......Page 92
OTHER-EMPTINESS AND THE NYINGMA: LOCHEN DHARMAŚRĪ......Page 101
ANOTHER EMPTINESS? EMPTINESS OF SELF/OTHER......Page 106
PHENOMENA AND SUCHNESS......Page 108
DE/LIMITING EMPTINESS......Page 116
EMPTINESS AS THE UNITY OF APPEARANCE AND EMPTINESS......Page 120
CONCLUSION......Page 126
INTRODUCTION......Page 128
DISTINGUISHING THE VIEWS ON BUDDHA-NATURE......Page 129
BUDDHA-NATURE AS HERITAGE, BUDDHA-NATURE AS THE GROUND......Page 134
APPEARANCE AND REALITY......Page 142
CONCLUSION......Page 149
INTRODUCTION......Page 152
ESTABLISHING BUDDHA-NATURE: THE IMMANENT BUDDHA......Page 153
ESTABLISHING APPEARANCES AS DIVINE......Page 159
BUDDHA-NATURE AND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SŪTRA AND MANTRA......Page 166
CONCLUSION......Page 174
CONCLUSION......Page 176
TRANSLATIONS OF PRIMARY TEXTS......Page 180
APPENDIX ONE: Lion’s Roar: Exposition of Buddha-Nature......Page 182
STATING OTHER TRADITIONS......Page 184
The Meaning of the First Verse “Because the body of the perfect Buddhais radiant”......Page 188
The Meaning of the Second Verse “Because thusness is indivisible”......Page 194
The Meaning of the Third Verse “Because of possessing heritage”......Page 197
REFUTING THE VIEW THAT [THE BASIC ELEMENT] IS TRULY ESTABLISHED AND NOT EMPTY......Page 202
REFUTING THE VIEW THAT [THE BASIC ELEMENT] IS A VOID EMPTINESS......Page 203
REFUTING THE APPREHENSION OF [THE BASIC ELEMENT] AS IMPERMANENT AND CONDITIONED......Page 205
APPENDIX TWO: Notes on the Essential Points of [Mipam’s] Exposition [of Buddha-Nature]......Page 216
NOTES......Page 226
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 300
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