A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions Among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems : The Sdom Gsum Rab Dbye and Six Letters

by Sa-Skya Pandi-Ta Kun-Dga-Rgyal-Mtshan; Rhoton, Jared Douglas; Scott, Victoria R. M.; Gyaltshen, Sakya Pandita Kunga; Rhoton, Jared Douglas; Scott, Victoria R. M.

• ISBN13: 9780791452851
• ISBN10: 0791452859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes presents the first English translation of the sDom gsum rab dbye, one of the most famous and controversial doctrinal treatises of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen (1182-1251), a founder of the Sakya school and one of Tibet's most learned sages, The Three Codes strongly influenced subsequent religious and intellectual traditions in Tibet - and sparked a number of long-lasting doctrinal and philosophical disputes, some of which persist today.
In The Three Codes, Sakya Pandita discusses the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Tantric vows of Buddhist conduct, which often diverge and contradict each other. He criticizes, on at least one point or another, later practitioners of almost every lineage, including the Kadampa, Kagyupa, and Nyingmapa, for contradicting the original teachings of their own traditions.

Author Biography

Jared Douglas Rhoton received a Ph.D. in Indic Studies from Columbia University and was the translator of Deshung Rinpoche's The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception: An Oral Commentary on "The Three Visions" (Nang Sum) of Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Note on Transcription	p. xii
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Sakya Pandita's Life and Work
Introduction	p. 3
A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
Prologue	p. 39
Vows of Individual Liberation	p. 41
Vows of the Bodhisattva	p. 81
Vows of the Vajra Vehicle	p. 95
Epilogue	p. 199
Six Letters by Sakya Pandita
Reply to the Questions of the Translator from Chak	p. 205
Reply to the Questions of the Translator of Lowo	p. 225
A Letter to the Noble-Minded	p. 229
A Letter to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions	p. 241
Reply to the Questions of Dokorwa the Kadampa	p. 259
Reply to the Questions of Namkha Bum the Kadampa	p. 267
Gorampa's Outline of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes	p. 273
Transliteration of the Tibetan Text of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes	p. 277
Glossary	p. 331
Bibliography	p. 337
Index	p. 349
About the Cover	p. 370
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