Golden Garland of Eloquence - Vol. 2 Vol. 2 : Legs Bshad Gser Phreng

by TSON-KHA-PA

• ISBN13: 9780895818669
• ISBN10: 0895818663
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Jain Pub Co

Summary

Golden Garland of Eloquence (Legs bshad gser phreng) is the famous Perfection of Wisdom (prajnaparamita) commentary written by the influential Tibetan writer Tsong kha pa (1356-1419). It is Tsong kha pa's first major work, written before his better known works on Madhyamaka. It is greatly respected and much studied by all schools of Buddhism in Tibet.The Golden Garland supplements the two main Indian Perfection of Wisdom commentaries, Arya Vimuktisena's Vrtti and Haribhadra's Aloka, on which it is based. It explains the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras and earlier commentaries in detail, glossing difficult words and going into detailed explanations of difficult points. It introduces the reader to some twenty works by the most important Indian Perfection of Wisdom writers, and to the earlier Tibetan traditions of Ngok and Dolpopa, and the traditions of Buton and Nyaon. This translation makes available, for the first time in English, an example of the rich Tibetan Perfection of Wisdom commentarial tradition and will be of interest to both scholars and informed general readers alike. This is the second of four volumes.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the English Translation
Note to the Translation
Translation: Detailed Explanation of the Ornament and Brief Called Golden Garland of Eloquence
Second Abhisamaya: Knowledge of Paths
Causes of the Knowledge of Paths	p. 3
Knowledge of the Listener's Path	p. 27
Knowledge of the Pratyekabuddha's Path	p. 43
The Bodhisattva's Path of Seeing	p. 65
The Bodhisattva's Path of Meditation with Outflows	p. 85
The Bodhisattva's Path of Meditation without Outflows	p. 107
Third Abhisamaya: All-knowledge
All-knowledge, the Difference between Bodhisattvas and Listeners	p. 127
All-knowledge, the Listener's Practice and Path of Seeing	p. 151
Notes	p. 175
Additional Names of Books: English to Original Title	p. 191
Additional Names of Books: English to Tibetan Abbreviated Title	p. 193
Additional Names of Persons: Original Name to Tibetan	p. 195
Additional English to Tibetan Glossary	p. 197
Additional Bibliography	p. 203
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