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This text consists of a 1996 interview that Dr. Peter Michel conducted with the Dalai Lama in German and was translated into English later. It should be read with the understanding that this may be incorrect translation and should not be viewed as the Dalai Lama's actual thoughts no the subject. +
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A translation of Maitreya's core text teaching buddha-nature, the Uttaratantrashastra, along with nine other Indian and Tibetan commentaries on the text. +
Mikyö Dorje explains the transmission of Middle Way teachings and covers the topic of provisional and definitive teachings, buddha-nature and ultimate truth. He also comments on Candrakīrti's interpretation of buddha-nature teachings as provisional in his auto-commentary. +
This sūtra is quoted by Asaṅga twenty-eight times in his ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstravyākhyā'', making it the most frequently referenced work in the entire commentary. Though it is primarily considered a source for the fifth ''vajrapada'', enlightenment, it is notable for its discussion of several key concepts related to tathāgatagarbha theory. These include teachings on a single vehicle and it's description of the four perfections (''pāramitā'') of the dharmakāya, i.e. that it is permanent, blissful, pure, and a self. As well as the notion that buddha-nature is empty of adventitious stains but not empty of its limitless inseparable qualities, which would become the cornerstone of the Shentong position. +