Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary - Hardcover

Arya Maitreya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559391286 ISBN 13: 9781559391283

Publisher: Snow Lion, 2000

Synopsis

All sentient beings without exception have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit in deeming oneself better than others nor any reason for self-contempt, thinking of oneself as inferior and unable to reach enlightenment. This seeing is obscured by veils which are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind as such. The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra, one of the Five Treatises said to have been dictated to Asanga by the Bodhisattva Maitreya, presents the Buddha's definitive teachings on how we should understand this ground of enlightenment and clarifies the nature and qualities of buddhahood.

Jamgön Kongtrül Lodro Thaye (1813–1899), the profoundly learned and realized master who compiled what are known as the "Five Great Treasures," wrote the outstanding commentary to the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra translated here. Called The Unassailable Lion's Roar, it presents Maitreya's text as a background for the Mahamudra teachings in a way that is especially clear and easy to understand.

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche provided the annotations and the explanations on which the present translation is based. A renowned scholar and highly accomplished yogi, he is a living example of the ongoing tradition of oral transmission. He first visited the West in 1977 at the request of H.H. the Sixteenth Karmapa.

Rosemarie Fuchs has been a student of Khen Rinpoche since 1978, and this translation was done upon his advice.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The doctrine of Buddha Nature is foundational to Buddhist philosophy. Every sentient being shares this nature, and because it is our essence and this essence is undefiled, we can remove the stains which prevent us from realizing our full potential. Buddha Nature clearly explains this doctrine.

About the Author:

Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra With Commentary is the fruit of twenty years of study by Rosemarie Fuchs, a member of the Marpa Translation Committee. A devoted student of the very Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche since 1978, Fuchs translated the text upon Khen Rinpoche’s advice. She also translated The Third Karmapa's Mahamudra Prayer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Snow Lion
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1559391286
• ISBN 13: 9781559391283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Kongtrul Jamgon, Gyamtso Khenpo Tsultrim