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These eight topics are further divided into [[seventy points]]. | These eight topics are further divided into [[seventy points]]. | ||
==Commentaries== | |||
===Indian=== | |||
*[[Haribhadra]], ''[[Sphutartha]]'' (Skt. ''Sphuṭārthā''; Wyl. ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>grel pa don gsal'') | |||
===Tibetan=== | |||
*[[Tsongkhapa]], ''Golden Garland of Eloquence (legs bshad gser phreng)'' (translated by Gareth Sparham, Jain Publishing, 2008) | |||
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''Overview'' | |||
*[[Pöpa Tulku]], ''The Oral Transmission of the Invincible Maitreya'' and ''An Adornment to the Vision of the Invincible Maitreya'' | |||
*[[Amdo Geshe Jampal Rolwé Lodrö]], ''The Essence of an Ocean of Fine Explanation'' | |||
==Translations== | ==Translations== | ||
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*''Ornament of Clear Realization: A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of Maitreya'', [[Thrangu Rinpoche]], Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2004. | *''Ornament of Clear Realization: A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of Maitreya'', [[Thrangu Rinpoche]], Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2004. | ||
*''Abhisamayalankara'' (''mngon rtogs rgyan''), Maitreya – Asanga with commentary by Jamgön Mipham, Padmakara translation group, forthcoming | *''Abhisamayalankara'' (''mngon rtogs rgyan''), Maitreya – Asanga with commentary by Jamgön Mipham, Padmakara translation group, forthcoming | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 09:26, 12 November 2010
Abhisamayalankara (Skt. Abhisamayālaṃkāra; Tib. Ngöntok Gyen; Wyl. mngon rtogs rgyan), The Ornament of Clear Realization — one of the five treatises that were directly revealed to Asanga by the future Buddha Maitreya, it is a commentary on the hidden meaning of the Prajñaparamita Sutras, describing the entire journey of the bodhisattva, from the generation of bodhichitta to the attainment of full omniscience.
Outline
The text is divided into eight topics:
- knowledge of all aspects, omniscience
- path-knowledge
- base-knowledge, knowledge of the bases, knowledge of the foundation
- complete application of all aspects, application of the realization of all aspects
- culminating application, application when reaching the peak
- progressive application; gradual training; gradual application of the bodhisattva path
- instantaneous application; momentary training
- dharmakaya
These eight topics are further divided into seventy points.
Commentaries
Indian
- Haribhadra, Sphutartha (Skt. Sphuṭārthā; Wyl. 'grel pa don gsal)
Tibetan
- Tsongkhapa, Golden Garland of Eloquence (legs bshad gser phreng) (translated by Gareth Sparham, Jain Publishing, 2008)
- Patrul Rinpoche, Overview
- Pöpa Tulku, The Oral Transmission of the Invincible Maitreya and An Adornment to the Vision of the Invincible Maitreya
- Amdo Geshe Jampal Rolwé Lodrö, The Essence of an Ocean of Fine Explanation
Translations
- Abhisamayalankara, Edward Conze (Rome: Is.M.E.O., 1954).
- Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, Volume One, translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl, Snow Lion, forthcoming November 2010.
- Ornament of Clear Realization: A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of Maitreya, Thrangu Rinpoche, Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2004.
- Abhisamayalankara (mngon rtogs rgyan), Maitreya – Asanga with commentary by Jamgön Mipham, Padmakara translation group, forthcoming