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| Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism |
Its Fundamentals and History
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Extract :
LIST OF CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: THE TRANSLATIONS
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Shenpen Dawa Rinpoche
Preface to the Second Edition
Credits for Illustrations and Maps
Technical Note
Guide to Pronunciation
Abbreviations for Section One
BOOK ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Detailed Contents of Book One
Translator's Introduction
THE TEXT
Verses of Invocation
Introduction
PART ONE: DOCTRINES OF SAMSARA AND NIRVANA
1 The Essence and Definition of Dharma 51
2 Doctrines of Samsãra 54
3 Doctrines of Nirvana 70
4 Transmitted Precepts 73
5 Treatises 88
6 Quantitative Treatises 97
7 Treatises of Inner Science 108
PART TWO: THE NATURE OF THE TEACHER ENDOWED
WITH TRUE BUDDHA-BODIES
Introduction 113
1 Samantabhadra, the Buddha-body of Reality 115
2 Vajradhara, the Emanation of Samantabhadra 120
3 The Two Buddha-bodies of Form 123
4 The Five Buddha-bodies and Five Pristine Cognitions 139
5 Distinctive Attributes of the Buddha-bodies and Pristine Cognitions 144
PART THREE: CAUSAL VEHICLES OF DIALECTICS
Introduction 151
1 The Three Promulgations of the Doctrinal Wheel 153
2 The Lesser Vehicle 156
3 The Greater Vehicle 160
4 The Superiority of Great Madhyamaka to Mind Only 178
5 The Provisional and Definitive Meaning of the Transmitted Precepts 187
6 The Enlightened or Buddha Family 191
7 The Two Truths According to Great Madhyamaka 206
8 Key to the Appraisal of Causal Vehicle Texts 217
9 A Recapitulation of the Causal Vehicles 223
PART FOUR: RESULTANT VEHICLES OF SECRET MANTRA
Introduction 241
1 The Superiority of Secret Mantra 243
2 The Essence and Definition of Secret Mantra 257
3 The Three Continua of Ground, Path and Result 263
4 The Four Tantrapitaka 268
5 Mahayoga 275
6 Anuyoga 284
7 Key to the Appraisal of Secret Mantra Texts 290
8 The Superiority of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection 294
9 The Definition of Atiyoga 311
10 The Divisions of Atiyoga 319
11 A Recapitulation of the Resultant Vehicles 346
CONCLUSION
1 Concluding Remarks 375
2 Dedicatory Verses 376
3 Colophon 378
BOOK TWO: HISTORY OF THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Detailed Contents of Book Two 383
Translators' Introduction 393
THE TEXT
Verses of Invocation 403
PART ONE: THE ORIGIN OF THE PRECIOUS TEACHING OF THE CONQUEROR IN THIS WORLD
Introduction 409
1 The Coming of Buddha, Teacher of the Doctrine 411
2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Councils 428
3 The Patriarchs of the Teaching 432
4 The Preservation of the Teaching and Spread of the Greater Vehicle 440
PART TWO: THE RISE OF THE PRECIOUS TEACHING OF SECRET MANTRA
Introduction 445
1 The Turning of the Secret Mantra Wheel 447
2 The Collecting of Transmitted Precepts by Different Compilers 451
3 The Emergence of this Teaching in the Human World 452
4 The Lineage of Mahayoga, the Class of Tantras 458
5 The Lineage of Mahayoga, the Class of Means for Attainment 475
6 The Lineage of Anuyoga, the Perfection Stage 485
7 The Lineage of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection 490
8 Concluding Remarks 502
PART THREE: THE ORIGIN OF THE CONQUEROR'S TEACHING IN TIBET
Introduction 507
1 The Three Ancestral Religious Kings 510
2 The Decline and Expansion of the Doctrine during the Intermediate Period 523
3 The Revival and Later Expansion of the Teaching 524
PART FOUR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE INNER
CLASSES OF TANTRA IN TIBET
Introduction 531
1 Mahayoga and Anuyoga 533
2 The Mental and Spatial Classes of Atiyoga 538
3 The Esoteric Instructional Class of Atiyoga, the Innermost Spirituality 554
4 Longcen Rapjampa 575
PART FIVE: THE DISTANT LINEAGE OF TRANSMITTED
PRECEPTS
Introduction 599
1 The Lineage of Nyak 601
2 The Lineage of Nup 607
3 The Lineage of the Zur Family 617
4 Biographies of the Rong Tradition 650
5 Dotokpa's Lineage of the Zur Tradition 685
6 Biographies of the Kham Tradition 688
7 Miscellaneous Lineages of the Zur and Kham Traditions 700
8 Rongzom Chöki Zangpo 703
9 The Traditions of Vajrakila 710
10 The Lineages of the Empowerment of the 'Sütra which Gathers All Intentions' 717
11 Later Lineages of the Transmitted Precepts 733
PART SIX: THE CLOSE LINEAGES OF THE TREASURES
1 The Nature, Purpose and Kinds of Treasure 743
2 Biographies of the Treasure-finders 750
3 Sangye Lama 751
4 Trapa Ngonshe 753
5 Nyang-rel Nyima Ozer 755
6 Guru Chöki Wangcuk 760
7 Como Menmo 771
8 Orygen Lingpa 775
9 Ngodrup Gyeltsen or Rikdzin Gödemcen 780
10 Sangye Lingpa 784
11 DorjeLingpa 789
12 Ratna Lingpa 793
13 Pema Lingpa 796
14 Karma Lingpa 800
15 Thangtong Gyelpo 802
16 Ngari Pancen Pema Wangyel 805
17 Rikdzin Jatson Nyingpo 809
18 Rikdzin Düdül Dorje 813
19 Lhatsün Namka Jikme 818
20 The Fifth Dalai Lama 821
21 Rikdzin Terdak Lingpa, the Great Treasure-finder of Mindroling 825
22 Jikme Lingpa 835
23 Chogyur Decen Lingpa 841
24 Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 849
25 Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye 859
26 Mipham Jamyang Namgyel Gyamtso 869
Conclusion 881
PART SEVEN: A RECTIFICATION OF MISCONCEPTIONS
CONCERNING THE NYINGMA SCHOOL
1 General Reply to Criticisms of the Nyingmapa Tantras 887
2 On the View of the Great Perfection 896
3 Response to Critics of the 'Sütra which Gathers All Intentions' 911
4 Response to Critics of the 'Root Tantra of the Secret Nucleus' 914
5 The Continuity of the Nyingmapa Tradition and its Impact on the Other Schools 918
6 On the Validity of the Treasures 927
7 The Shortcomings of Refutation and Proof 929
8 On The Prophecies Found in the Treasures 934
9 The Relationship between the Nyingmapa and Ponpo Traditions 936
10 On the "Bad Luck of the Nyingmapa" 938
PART EIGHT: THE CHRONOLOGY OF' THE DOCTRINE
1 Duration of the Doctrine 943
2 A Chronology of the Buddha's Life 946
3 From the Buddha's Final Nirvana until the Beginning of the First
Tibetan Sexagenary Cycle 948
4 From the Beginning of the First Sexagenary Cycle to the Present 951
5 Some Prophecies 960
CLOSING STATEMENTS
1 Primary Sources 965
2 Concluding Benedictions 967
3 Colophon 972
SECTION TWO: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Contents
Introduction
Guide to Pronunciation
Abbreviations for Section Two
NOTES
1 Fundamentals 3
2 Histoiy 27
GLOSSARY OF ENUMERATIONS
Introduction 103
Glossary of Enumerations 105
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Introduction 191
Part One: Works Cited by the Author
Works Cited by the Author 199
Part Two: Works Referred to by the Translators
1 Indic Texts 293
2 Tibetan Texts 297
3 Secondary Literature 301
4 Addenda to the Bibliography 316
ARTIFACTS AND MATERIAL TREASURES
Introduction 320
Artifacts and Material Treasures 321
INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS
Introduction 331
Index of Technical Terms 333
INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES
Introduction 391
Index of Personal Names 393
INDEX OF LOCATIONS
Introduction 453
Index of Locations 455
MAPS
Introduction 489
1 Buddhist India and Adjacent Regions 490
2 North-Central India 492
3 Tibet 494
4 Western Tibet and Nepal 496
5 North-Central Tibet 498
6 South-Central Tibet and Bhutan 500
7 North-West Kham 502
8 South-West Kham 506
9 Amdo 508
10 North-East Kham 510
11 South-East Kham 512 |
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