When the Clouds Part

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*** {{i|The Geden Kagyü Tradition of Mahāmudrā|278}}
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**[[/Overview of the Indian and Tibetan Texts Presented in This Book/]] 283
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***The ''Uttaratantra'' and Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā 283
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***The Indian Texts on the ''Uttaratantra'' 288
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***The Tibetan Commentaries 301
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***Instruction Manuals 314
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**[[/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra/]] 331
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***Chapter 1: The Three Jewels and the Tathāgata Heart 337
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***Chapter 2: Awakening 415
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***Chapter 3: The Buddha Qualities 429
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***Chapter 4: Buddha Activity 437
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***Chapter 5: The Benefit 455
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**[[/Pith Instructions on "The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna" by Sajjana/]] 461
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**[[/A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the "''Uttaratantra''"/]] 473
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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)

Citation 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.