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''Author'': '''Maitreya (Byams pa) or Maitreyanātha (Byams pa mgon po)'''<br>
''Sanskrit Title'': '''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra'''<br>
''Alternate Title'': '''Ratnagotravibhāga'''<br>
''Tibetan Title'': '''Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos'''<br>
''Translated to Tibetan by'': '''Sajjana and Blo ldan shes rab'''<br>
''Tibetan Catalogue'': '''Tôh. no. 4024. Dergé Tanjur, vol. PHI, folios 54v.1-73r.7'''
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The [[Gyü Lama]] (<span class="sans">རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་</span>), also called the [[Mahāyānottaratantra Śāstra]] (<span class="sans">ཐེག་ཆེན་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས་</span>), the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] (RGV), or simply the [[Uttaratantra]], is one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra tradition that expounds the tathāgatagarbha (buddha nature) theory, the idea that all sentient beings possess the nature of a buddha.<ref>Mathes, [[A Direct Path to the Buddha Within]], 2</ref> The Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] to be one of the Five Treatises that [[Maitreya]] taught to [[Asaṅga]] (4th century?). According to Klaus-Dieter Mathes, the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] was largely ignored until the eleventh century when Indian scholars and adepts attempted to bring the tantric teachings in line with mainstream Mahāyāna.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] and buddha nature theory provided the necessary doctrinal support for this kind of work, paving the road for its entry and subsequent importance within the Tibetan Buddhist dialogue.
The [[Gyü Lama]] (<span class="sans">རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་</span>), also called the [[Mahāyānottaratantra Śāstra]] (<span class="sans">ཐེག་ཆེན་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས་</span>), the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] (RGV), or simply the [[Uttaratantra]], is one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra tradition that expounds the tathāgatagarbha (buddha nature) theory, the idea that all sentient beings possess the nature of a buddha.<ref>Mathes, [[A Direct Path to the Buddha Within]], 2</ref> The Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] to be one of the Five Treatises that [[Maitreya]] taught to [[Asaṅga]] (4th century?). According to Klaus-Dieter Mathes, the [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] was largely ignored until the eleventh century when Indian scholars and adepts attempted to bring the tantric teachings in line with mainstream Mahāyāna.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The [[Ratnagotravibhāga]] and buddha nature theory provided the necessary doctrinal support for this kind of work, paving the road for its entry and subsequent importance within the Tibetan Buddhist dialogue.


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The Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས།

The Texts

RKTSK 417
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan gyi lung sbyor
Mnyam med dwags po'i chos bzhir grags pa'i gzhung gi 'grel pa snying po gsal ba'i rgyan
Mdo rgyud rin po che'i mdzod
Theg chen bstan pa'i snying po'i gzhung
Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dpal ldan dus gsum mkhyen pa'i zhal lung dwags brgyud grub pa'i shing rta
Springs yig bdud rtsi'i thig le
Dbu ma'i byung tshul rnam par bshad pa'i gtam yid bzhin lhun po zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos
'phags ma shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i snying po'i dka' 'grel 'gran zla med pa'i rgyal po tshig le'ur byas pa
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel bshad de kho na nyid rab tu gsal ba'i me long
Theg pa chen po'i tshul la 'jug pa zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos
Rājopadeśadarśanamālā (RKTST 2725)
Chos dbyings rin po che'i mdzod kyi 'grel pa lung gi gter mdzod
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don
Tathāgatahṛdayālaṃkāra
Bka' yang dag pa'i tshad ma zhes bya ba mkha' 'gro ma'i man ngag
Chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa'i tshig le'ur byas pa'i 'grel pa ye shes snang ba rnam 'byed
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bsdus pa'i don
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi bsdus pa'i don
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa Ti ka nyi 'od gsal ba
Rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don rton pa bzhi ldan mkhas pa dga' byed
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa dgongs pa nges gsal
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos gsal byed
Rgyud bla ma'i gsal byed bsam mi khyab pa'i yi ge
Mdo sde rgyan dang rgyud bla ma spyod 'jug rnams kyi 'grel TIk+ka gi dbu zhabs kyi tshigs bcad
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel mchan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i don gyi snying po gsal byed kyi snang ba chen po
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i zin bris tI kA
Rgyud bla ma'i bsdus don rin chen sgron me
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos zhes bya ba'i mchan 'grel gyi mchan bu
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig 'grel thub bstan yar rgyas
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i dka' gnad kyi mtha' dpyad mun sel
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i TIk+ka de nyid snang ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel ba rigs khams bde gshegs snying po'i me long
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po'i mdo'i 'grel pa snying po rab gsal
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel pa byams mgon dgyes pa'i mchod sprin
Bde gshegs snying po'i skor zin bris
Lam rim chen mo
Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dgongs pa rab gsal
Legs bshad gser phreng
Rig pa rang shar chen po'i rgyud
Sgra thal 'gyur chen po'i rgyud
Bkra shis mdzes ldan chen po'i rgyud
Dasheng qixin lun
Kun tu bzang po thugs kyi me long gi rgyud
Rdo rje sems dpa' snying gi me long gi rgyud
Nyi ma dang zla ba kha sbyor ba chen po gsang ba'i rgyud
Gzhan stong chen mo
Kǔmgang sammae kyǒng
Bar do spyi'i don thams cad rnam pa gsal bar byed pa dran pa'i me long
Laṅkāvatārasūtra
Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa zhis bya ba'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel pa don gsal lung gi 'od zer
Yuanren lun
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs par bshad pa
Śrīmālādevīsūtra
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos kyi rnam 'grel rang byung dgongs gsal
Abhidharmamahāyānasūtra
Theg chen bstan pa'i snying po'i 'grel pa nyi ma'i 'od zer
RKTST 2725
Chos dbyings mdzod
Sems nyid rang grol
Tathāgatagarbhasūtra
Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta
Sarvabuddhaviśayāvatārajñānālokālaṃkārasūtra
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs bshad nyi ma'i 'od zer
Bde gshegs snying po'i stong thun chen mo seng+ge'i nga ro
Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i gdams pa
'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag
Ye shes kyi 'jog sa
'od gsal snying po'i don
Gzhan stong dbu ma chen po'i lta khrid rdo rje zla ba dri ma med pa'i 'od zer
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel ba gsal ba nyi ma'i snying po
Dbu ma gzhan stong smra ba'i srol legs par phye ba'i sgron me
Rgyud bla ma'i tshig don rnam par 'grel pa
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi rnam par bshad pa nges don rab gsal snang ba
Rgyud bla ma'i rnam bshad sngon med nyi ma sogs chos tshan bzhi
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa nges don gsal bar byed pa'i 'od zer
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel mi pham zhal lung
Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra
Shōbōgenzō
Ri chos nges don rgya mtsho zhes bya ba mthar thug thun mong ma yin pa'i man ngag
Vimalaprabhā
Yon tan rin po che'i mdzod dga' ba'i char
Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā
Phyir mi ldog pa seng ge'i nga ro
Lalitavistarasūtra
Lta ba mdor bsdus pa
Bde gshegs snying po la bstod pa dad gus kyi gter chen po
Mahābherīsūtra
Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa
Bde gshegs snying po'i bkra shis
Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra
Chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos rnam par bshad pa chos kyi dbyings rnam par nges pa
Phyag rgya chen po'i man ngag gi bshad sbyar rgyal ba'i gan mdzod
Aṅgulimālīyasūtra
Dhāraṇīśvararājasūtra
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i tshig don rnam par bshad pa rin chen sgron me
Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra
Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta
Chen po gzhan stong gi lta ba dang 'brel ba'i phyag rgya chen po'i smon lam gyi rnam bshad nges don dbyings kyi rol mo
Tathāgataguṇajñānācintyaviṣayāvatāranirdeśa
Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāsūtra
Nges don phyag rgya chen po'i smon lam
Theg pa chen po'i bstan bcos rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa
Madhyamakāvatāra
Atyayajñānasūtra
Ratnacūḍaparipṛcchāsūtra
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel
Ratnadārikāsūtra
Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i rnam bshad lung don gsal byed legs bshad nyi ma'i snang ba
Dam pa'i chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i 'grel chen snang mdzad ye shes sgron me
Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra
Ghanavyūhasūtra
Fo xing lun
De bzhin gshegs pa snying po'i don rgya bod kyi mkhas pa'i bzhed srol ma 'dres par gsal bar byed pa'i zla gzhon
Kun mkhyen jo nang pa chen po'i dgongs pa gzhan stong dbu ma'i tshul legs pa bshad mthar 'dzin gdung 'phrog
Kun mkhyen jo nang pa'i bzhes dgongs dbu tshad kyi gzhung spyi dang gung bsgrigs te spyod pa'i spyi don rab gsal snang ba
Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i don bsdus pa
Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa'i kar TIka chen mo
Chos dang chos ma yin par rnam par 'byed pa'i gtam chen po zab mor nang don 'khrul par ngo sprod par byed pa grub mtha'i spyi ching
De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po gtan la dbab pa'i bstan bcos mchan can
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rnam gzhag snying por dril ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i ṭīkka
Bde gshegs snying po gsal ba'i rgyan
Stong thun gnad kyi zin thun
Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippaṇī
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa mdo dang sbyar ba nges pa'i don gyi snang ba
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi bshad pa nges don nor bu'i mdzod
Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra
Mahāyānottaratantraśāstropadeśa
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig dang don gyi cha rgya cher bsnyad pa phra ba'i don gsal ba
Sdom gsum rab dbye
Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā
Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
Dam chos yid bzhin gyi nor bu thar pa rin po che'i rgyan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi nges don gsal bar byed pa'i rin po che'i gron me
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma rgyan gyi me tog
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos zhes bya ba'i mchan 'grel
Sde snod bcud bsdus man ngag gi snying po
Chos nyid kyi lam khrid
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i rnam bshad don dam rnam nges bsdus pa'i snying po'i snying po
Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra
Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan
Gzhan stong snying po
Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa
Dharmadhātustava
Dbu ma chos dbyings bstod pa'i rnam par bshad pa
Theg pa chen po'i bstan bcos rgyud bla ma'i sa bcad
=Soûtra du dévoilement du sens profond
Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i snying po'i mdo rnam par bshad pa sngon med legs bshad
Kālacakratantra
Sekoddeśa
Rgyud bla ma'i don bsdus bde gshegs snying po'i don gsal
Rgyud bla ma'i sgom rim mi pham dgongs don
Kun mkhyen chen pos mdzad pa'i grub mtha'i rnam bzhag don gsal gyi 'grel ba phyogs lhung mun sel
Kun tu bzang po'i smon lam stobs po che
Denkōroku
Rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso'i 'grel pa shing rta chen po
Yid bzhin mdzod kyi 'grel pa pad+ma dkar po
Grub mtha' mdzod
Gzhan stong khas len seng ge'i nga ro
Fanwang jing
Sher snying gi tshig 'grel
Lung rigs gnyis kyis phyag rgya chen po'i bzhed tshul la 'khrul pa sel ba'i bstan bcos zung 'jug gru chen
Phyag rgya chen po'i shan 'byed ces bya ba'i bstan bcos
Dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i rnam bshad rin po che'i gter mdzod bdun pa
Phyag rgya chen po lnga ldan rtogs pa'i mgur
Tattvadaśaka
'phags pa dgongs pa zab mo nges par 'grel pa'i mdo rgya cher 'grel pa
Rgyud bla ma'i dka' 'grel gnad kyi zla 'od
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa rton pa bzhi ldan mkhas pa dga' byed
Rgyud bla ma'i spyi don
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i zin bris byams mgon gyi dgongs pa phyin ci ma log pa
Rgyud bla ma'i sa bcad mtshungs med legs bshad
Byams pa dang 'brel chos kyi byung tshul
Rang stong dang gzhan stong gi khyad par cung zad brjod pa tshul gnyis rnam gsal lung rigs sgron me
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel bka' 'khor lo tha ma'i gsal byed
Rgyud bla ma'i 'grel ba rin po che'i snang ba
Rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi rnam bshad bde gshegs snying po'i mdzes rgyan
Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi mchan 'grel legs bshad thogs med zhal lung
Bstan bcos mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan 'grel pa dang bcas pa'i rnam bshad rnam pa gnyis kyi dka' ba'i gnad gsal bar byed pa legs bshad skal bzang klu dbang gi rol mtsho zhes bya ba las rigs kyi spyi don
Rgyud bla rong ston 'grel pa'i kha skong
Chos dbyings rnam par nges pa'i gter sgo brgya 'byed
Drang nges legs bshad snying po
Chos dbyings du ma ro gcig bde gshegs snying po'i yon tan can gyi mdo sde
Abhisamayālaṃkāra
Madhyāntavibhāga
Dharmadharmatāvibhāga
Deb ther sngon po
Gzhan stong lta khrid
Bka' bsdu bzhi pa'i don bstan rtsis chen po
Dpon byang ba'i phyag tu phul ba'i chos kyi shan 'byed
Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa'i rnam bshad zin bris dbu phyogs legs pa
Phyi nang grub mtha'i rnam bzhag gi bsdus don blo gsal yid kyi rgyan bzang
Dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i chos bskor gyi byung khungs nyer mkho
Dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i nges don gsal bar byed pa rin po che'i sgron ma
Phyag rgya chen po gsal bar byed pa'i bstan bcos tshangs pa'i 'khor los gzhan blo'i dregs pa nyams byed
Sdom pa gsum rnam par nges pa'i 'grel pa legs bshad ngo mtshar dpag bsam gyi snye ma
Nges don dbu ma chen po'i tshul rnam par nges pa'i gtam bde gshegs snying po'i rgyan
Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā
Zab mo nang don
Shes bya kun la khyab pa'i mdzod
Nges don gyi lta sgom nyams su len tshul ji lta bar ston pa rdo rje'i mdo 'dzin
Chos kyi 'khor lo legs par gtan la phab pa theg pa chen po'i tshul 'ong ges zhus pa
Zab lam khrid kyi man ngag 'phrad tshad rang grol
Sangs rgyas kyi snying po'i rnam bshad mdo rgyud snying po
Zab mo gzhan stong dbu ma'i brgyud 'debs
Mahāmeghasūtra

The Gyü Lama

The Gyü Lama (རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་), also called the Mahāyānottaratantra Śāstra (ཐེག་ཆེན་རྒྱུད་བླ་མའི་བསྟན་བཅོས་), the Ratnagotravibhāga (RGV), or simply the Uttaratantra, is one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra tradition that expounds the tathāgatagarbha (buddha nature) theory, the idea that all sentient beings possess the nature of a buddha.[1] The Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds the Ratnagotravibhāga to be one of the Five Treatises that Maitreya taught to Asaṅga (4th century?). According to Klaus-Dieter Mathes, the Ratnagotravibhāga was largely ignored until the eleventh century when Indian scholars and adepts attempted to bring the tantric teachings in line with mainstream Mahāyāna.[2] The Ratnagotravibhāga and buddha nature theory provided the necessary doctrinal support for this kind of work, paving the road for its entry and subsequent importance within the Tibetan Buddhist dialogue.

As a whole, the Ratnagotravibhāga consists of three parts: (1) basic verses, (2) commentarial verses and (3) prose commentary, the third being the vyākhyā, the commentary attributed to Asaṅga.[3] Issues with regards to authorship arise when comparing the Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan texts, as the only extant Sanskrit version[4] attributes no author, and the only Chinese version, translated by Ratnamati sometime after 508[5], attribues the entire text to Sāramati.[6] (You can see various interpretations of the RGV authorship here.)

The only extant Tibetan version of the Ratnagotravibhāga was translated by rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab (1059–1109) and Sajjana (late 11th cent.),[7] though according to gZhon-nu-dpal there were a total of six translations made, the first by Atiśa (982–1054) and Nag-tsho Tshul-khrims-rgyal-ba (1011–1064).[8] rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab wrote the first commentary on the RGV[9] officially bringing it into Tibetan discourse at the end of the 11th century, from which point, the various Tibetan interpretations of the buddha nature theory take off. Mathes points to the main issue in the various interpretations as being whether the teaching that all beings are buddhas is provisional or definitive in meaning.[10] Over the next nine centuries, 45 commentaries were written on the Ratnagotravibhāga alone[11], and the text was referenced in "different ways to doctrinally support disputed traditions, such as the zhentong (gzhan stong) ("empty of other") of the Jonangpas (Jo nang pa) or sūtra-based mahāmudrā."[12] The text also serves as an important basis for both the Dzogchen tradition of Longchenpa and the Mahamudra tradition of the Kagyüpas.[13]


Tibetan Catalogue Information[14]
Version Catalogue # Category Vol. Folio #'s Alt
Peking 5525 sems tsam phi 54b7-74b6 (vol.108, p.24-32)
Dergé (Tôh.) 4024 sems tsam phi 54b1-73a7
Narthang 4314 sems tsam phi 48b3-69a3.
Kinsha [15] 3524 sems tsam phi 64b1 (p.33-3-1)
Cone 3991 sems tsam phi 51b1-69b1.

The emphasis of this site is to provide information on the resources available in the study of the Ratnagotravibhāga and all of its interpretations within the Tibetan Buddhist milieu. The information presented here is far from complete and will continue to develop as new scholarship arises. We welcome any feedback, and if you see any omissions or errors, please let us know via email.

Source Texts

Sanskrit Texts

Tibetan Texts

Chinese Texts

  • Ratnamati 勒那摩提 (508 A.D.), 究竟一乘寶性論 (Chinese translation of Rgvbh), in T 1611. Attributed author is Sāramati.

Sutra Sources

Commentaries

Indian Commentaries

Tibetan Commentaries

Select Tibetan Texts[17]

English Translations

When the Clouds Part

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"Buddha nature" (tathāgatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathāgatagarbha teachings and the different ways of explaining the meaning of this term. It includes new translations of the Maitreya treatise Mahāyānottaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most important, the translator’s introduction investigates in detail the meditative tradition of using the Mahāyānottaratantra as a basis for Mahāmudrā instructions and the Shentong approach. This is supplemented by translations of a number of short Tibetan meditation manuals from the Kadampa, Kagyü, and Jonang schools that use the Mahāyānottaratantra as a work to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature. (Source: Shambhala Publications)
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Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2014.

French Translations

German Translations

The Five Dharmas of Maitreya

The Ornament of Clear Realization
Skt. Abhisamayālaṃkāra
Tib. མངོན་རྟོགས་པའི་རྒྱན་
Wyl. mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan
The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras
Skt. Māhayānasūtrālaṃkāra
Tib. ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ་སྡེ་རྒྱན་
Wyl. theg pa chen po'i mdo sde rgyan
Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes
Skt. Madhyāntavibhāga
Tib. དབུས་དང་མཐའ་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ་
Wyl. dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa
Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata
Skt. Dharma-dharmatā-vibhāga
Tib. ཆོས་དང་ཆོས་ཉིད་
Wyl. chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa
The Sublime Continuum
Skt. Uttaratantra Śāstra
Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་
Wyl. rgyud bla ma

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BDRC Content

BDRC.png BDRC Derge Version
Bibliographical Title
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos
Other Title
mahayanottaratantrasastra
Page Numbers
109-148 in Volume 123 of Work W23703
Location
ff. 54v-73r
Authorship
byams pa (author); sajjana (translator); blo ldan shes rab
Tohoku Catalog Num.
4024
Citation
tshul khrims rin chen. "theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos." In bstan 'gyur (sde dge). TBRC W23703. 123: 109 - 148. delhi: delhi karmapae choedhey, gyalwae sungrab partun khang, 1982-1985. http://tbrc.org/link?RID=O1GS6011%7CO1GS601137645$W23703
BDRC.png BDRC Narthang Version
Bibliographical Title
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/
Title Page Title
mahayana uttara tantara sastra
Page Numbers
100-141 in Volume 132 of Work W22704
Location
vol.132,ff.48v-69r (pp.96-137)
Colophon
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/ mgon po byams pas mdzad pa rdzogs so/ /dpal grong khyer dpe med kyi mkhas pa chen po/ bram ze rin chen rdo rje'i dpon po paN+Di ta mkhas pa chen po sa dza na dang / lo tsA ba shAkya'i dge slong blo ldan shes rab kyis/ grong khyer dpe med de nyid du bsgyur pa'o//
gSer bris Catalog Num.
3528
Otani, Beijing Catalog Num.
5525
Citation
"theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/." In bstan 'gyur (snar thang). TBRC W22704. 132: 100 - 141. [narthang]: [s.n.], [1800?]. http://tbrc.org/link?RID=O2DB75712%7CO2DB757122DB79425$W22704
BDRC.png BDRC Chone Version
Bibliographical Title
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/
Other Title
mahayanottaratantrasastra
Page Numbers
109-143 in Volume 123 of Work W1GS66030
Location
ff. 51r-68r
Authorship
byams pa (author); sajjana (translator); blo ldan shes rab
Tohoku Catalog Num.
4024
Citation
grags pa bshad sgrub . "theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/." In bstan 'gyur (co ne). TBRC W1GS66030. 123: 109 - 143. [co ne dgon chen]: [co ne], [1926]. http://tbrc.org/link?RID=O2DB20796%7CO2DB207962DB24440$W1GS66030
BDRC.png BDRC Pe Durma Version
Bibliographical Title
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/
Other Title
mahayanottaratantrasastra
Page Numbers
958-1009 in Volume 70 of Work W1PD95844
Location
pp. 935-986
Authorship
byams pa (author); sajjana (translator); blo ldan shes rab
Tohoku Catalog Num.
4024
BDRC.png BDRC Ser Drima Version
Bibliographical Title
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos
Title Page Title
mahayana uttara tantara sastra
Page Numbers
129-180 in Volume 132
Location
vol.132,ff.64r-89v(pp.127-178)
Colophon
theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos/ mgon po byams pas mdzad pa rdzogs so/ /dpal grong khyer dpe med kyi mkhas pa chen po/ bram ze rin chen rdo rje'i dpon po paN+Di ta mkhas pa chen po sa dza na dang / lo tsA ba shAkya'i dge slong blo ldan shes rab kyis/ grong khyer dpe med de nyid du bsgyur pa'o
gSer bris Catalog Num.
3528
Otani, Beijing Catalog Num.
5525
Citation
"theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos." In bstan 'gyur/?gser bris ma/?. TBRC W23702. 132: 129 - 180. tibet: [snar thang], [17-?]. http://tbrc.org/link?RID=O00CR0008%7CO00CR000800CR034422$W23702


Secondary Sources and Further Studies

Notes

  1. Mathes, A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, 2
  2. Ibid.
  3. Kano, RNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga: The First Tibetan Commentary on a Crucial Source for the Buddha‐nature Doctrine, 17
  4. critically edited by Johnston in Prasad, H. S., ed. The Uttaratantra of Maitreya. Containing E.H. Johnson's Sanskrit text and E. Obermiller's English translation. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica, 79. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1991.
  5. Kano, RNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga, 17
  6. For a detailed discussion regarding the authorship of the verses and prose, see Kano, RNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga; Takasaki, A study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra), being a treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha theory of Mahayana Buddhism
  7. Kano, RNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga, 89
  8. Ibid. 90
    (a) Atiśa (982–1054) and Nag-tsho Tshul-khrims-rgyal-ba (1011–1064)
    (b) rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab (1059–1109) and Sajjana (late 11th cent.)
    (c) sPa-tshab Nyi-ma-grags (b.1055)
    (d) Mar-pa Do-pa Chos-kyi-dbang-phyug (1042–1136)
    (e) Jo-nang Lo-tsā-ba Blo-gros-dpal (1299–1353 or 1300–1355)
    (f) Yar-klungs Lo-tsā-ba Grags-pa-rgyal-mtshan (1242–1346)
  9. Translated in Kazuo's Ph.D. dissertation, "rNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga: The First Tibetan Commentary on a Crucial Source for the Buddha‐nature Doctrine
  10. Mathes, A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, 3
  11. Burchardi, A Provisional List of Tibetan Commentaries on the Ratnagotravibhāga; Kano, RNgog Blo‐ldan‐shes‐rabʹs Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga (See Appendix G)
  12. Mathes, A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, 3
  13. Ibid., 1
  14. Catalogue information from Phil Stanley and http://web.otani.ac.jp/cri/twrp/tibdate/Peking_online_search.html
  15. Golden Manuscript - Tengyur
  16. Besides this text, the only other two known Indian “commentaries” on the Uttaratantra are Vairocanarakṣita’s (eleventh century) very brief ahāyānottaratantraṭippaṇī (eight folios) and Sajjana’s (eleventh/twelfth century) Mahāyānottaratantraśāstropadeśa (a summary in thirty-seven verses). Brunnholzl, K. Luminous Heart pg 403 note 24
  17. For an extensive list of Tibetan Commentaries, see A List of the Commentaries on the Ratnagotravibhāga
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