Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata

Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata (Skt. Dharma-dharmatā-vibhaṅga; Tib. ཆོས་ཆོས་ཉིད་རྣམ་འབྱེད་, Chö Dang Chönyi Nampar Chepa, Wyl. chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed; Trad. Chin. 辨法法性論) — one of the five treatises of Maitreya. It is included among the so-called "Thirteen great texts", which form the core of the curriculum in most shedras and on which Khenpo Shenga provided commentaries.

Tibetan Text

• ཆོས་དང་ཆོས་ཉིད་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ་, chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa, dharma dharmata vibhanga

Translations

• Ju Mipham, Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being: Commentary by Mipham, Snow Lion, 2004

Further Reading

• Raymond E. Robertson, A Study of the Dharmadharmatavibhanga, Monograph Series in Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, 2008