Uttaratantra Shastra
Uttaratantra Shastra (Skt.), Gyü Lama (Tib.), The Sublime Continuum. One of the five treatises of Maitreya, a commentary on the teachings of the third turning of the wheel of Dharma explaining buddha nature.
Outline
The text has seven vajra points. These points come within the five chapters:
- The Tathagatagarbha
- Awakening/Enlightenment (bodhi)
- Enlightened Qualities
- The Activity of the Tathagatas
- Benefits of the Text
Commentaries
In Tibetan
- Rongtön Sheja Kunrig, theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs par bshad pa (currently being translated by John Whitney Pettit for the Library of Tibetan Classics series)
- Mipham Rinpoche, rgyud bla ma'i mchan 'grel mi pham zhal lung (currently being translated by John Canti of the Padmakara Translation Group for the Tsadra Foundation)
Translations
In English
- Buddha-Nature, Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra by Arya Maitreya with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2007
- Buddha Nature (with Jamgön Kongtrul's commentary) translated by Rosemarie Fuchs, Snow Lion, New York 2000
- The Changeless Nature, translated by Ken and Katia Holmes, Karma Kagyu Trust, Newcastle 1985