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GATEWAY TO KNOWLEDGE: Volume 3
by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
The Gateway to Knowledge is a condensation of the Tripitaka and its accompanying commentaries. Consolidating the intent of Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of text books, it is the philosophical backbone of the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Volume III of this rich source book elucidates Mahayana and emptiness.
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GLIMPSES OF ABHIDHARMA
by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The Abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that investigates the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. In this book Chogyam Trungpa dicussses the development of ego as it is explained in the Abhidharma.
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THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book One: Myriad Worlds
by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, trans. by the Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group, under the direction of Ven. Bokar Rinpoche
Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidarma, Kalachakra and Dzog-chen
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-99), a pivotal figure in eastem Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Encyclopedia of Buddhism he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetart Buddhism. Myriad Worlds is the first part of that work.
As a prelude to Kongtrul's survey of the entire range of Buddhist teachings, Myriad Worlds describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition-those associated with the Hinayana, Mahayana, Kalacakra and Dzog-chen teachings. To suit the capacities of different grades of beings, Buddha taught four levels of cosmology: the numerically definite cosmology of the individual way; the cosmology of infinite buddhafields of the universal way; the special cosmological system of the Kalacakra Tantra; and the dazzling non-cosmology of the Dzog-chen system, which dispenses with the dualistic perspectives revealing the creative principle to be awareness alone.
Each of these cosmologies shows how the world arises from mind, whether through the accumulated results of past actions or from the constant striving of awareness to know itself.
This detailed and thorough account of worldviews that present conceptions of space and time which differ significantly from Western ideas is at once illuminating and challenging.
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IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCE: The Constitution of the Human Being According to Early Buddhism
by Sue Hamilton
In early Buddhist texts human beings are analyzed in terms of five "bundles", one physical - the body - and four mental - feelings, apperception, volition, and consciousness. These are traditiopnally understood to be the five constituent 'part' of which the human being is comprised.
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PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY IN THE ABHIDHARMA
by Guenther
The study of the Abhidharma is indispensable for understanding the history of Buddhist philosophy and practice. This book gives a synoptic view of the significance of the Abhidharma as presented by the Theravadins and brought to its climax by the Vaibhasikas and Yogacara-Vijnanavadins. It analyzes the concepts of Mind and its Sates with reference to healthy and unhealthy attitudes towards life and deals with the psychological factors and problems in Meditation which is geared to an individual's capacity and temperament.
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REBIRTH AND CAUSATION IN THE YOGACARA ABHIDHARMA
by Robert Kritzer
Rebirth and Causation in the Yogacara Abhidharma.
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SEVEN WORKS OF VASUBANDHU
by Stefan Anacker
Vasubandhu, one of the most famous Mahayana Buddhist philosophers, wrote works on a vast variety of subjects. This collection of translations includes the Vada-Vidhi, a work on logic; the Panca-skandhaka-prakarana, which deals with the 'aggregates' making up 'personality'; the Karmasiddhi-prakarana, which in explaining psychic continuity, also attacks many features of earlier Buddhist psychology; the famous Vimsatika and Trimsika, which take Buddhist psychology into hitherto unexplored areas; the Madhyanta-Vibhaga-bhasya, one of the most profound books for Mahayana realization; and the Tri-svabhava-nirdesa which shows a way for ridding consciousness of ensnaring mental constructions.
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STUDIES IN ABHIDHARMA LITERATURE AND THE ORIGINS OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS
by Frauwallner
This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidarma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time.
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TREATISE ON BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY OF ABHIDHAMMA
by DeSilva, C. L. A.
The Greater the knowledge one possesses of Abhidhamma, the more easily nd sooner will he be able to eradicate the erroneous views of a personal entity-ego-theory of soul or atman and cast away the sixteen typs of doubt with impede one's spirtiual progress, and contemplate on the three salient marks or characterstics from the knowlege which is qualification fro the path and gain emanicipation. The present book is divided into three parts in 13 chapters. In the beginning ther is a detailed introduction.
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ABHISAMAYALAMKARA WITH VRITTI BY ARYA VIMUKTISENA AND ALOKA BY HARIBHADRA Vol.2
by Arya Vimuktisena & Haribhadra, trans. Gareth Sparham
Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara is the most widely studied book in Tibet, where it was brought from India many centuries ago. It is used in all the monasteries to teach the path to Buddhahood, in accordance with the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It teaches this in outline form, so it requires a commentary to be understood. The oldest extant commentary is Arya Vimuktisena's Vrtti. Haribhadra, the most influential Indian commentator, drew upon this to write his Aloka. Virtually all of the many famous Tibetan teachers who wrote their own commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara relied on Haribhadra as their primary source.
This is the second of four
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