The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows

Acknowledgments Introduction General Remarks Textual Historical Background Part I. Early Period: Kadam Thinkers Rescue the Treatise 1. Rise of the Uttaratantra in Tibet: Early Kadam Scholars Revitalize the Newly Discovered Indian Exegesis Introduction Ngok and Chapa on the Pervasive Nature of the Buddha-Body Ngok and Chapa on Definitive or Provisional Nature in the Uttaratantra Ngok and Chapa on the Uttaratantra as a Last Wheel Treatise Buddha-Element as a Conceived Object Ngok and Chapa Differ on Emphasis Conclusion 2. Sowing Seeds for Future Debate: Dissenters and Adherents Introduction Sapen, the Dissenter Rikrel, the Third Karmapa, and Sangpu Lodro Defend the Uttaratantra Rinchen Yeshe's Proto Other-Emptiness Presentation of the Uttaratantra, and Buton's Reply Conclusion Part II. The Pinnacle Period: the Other-Emptiness Interpretation Spreads 3. Other-Emptiness Tradition: The Uttaratantra in Dolpopa's Works Introduction Predominance of the Last Wheel Scriptures Is the Uttaratantra a Cittamatra Text or a Madhyamaka Text? Classification of Cittamatra Classification of Madhyamaka Conclusion 4. The Uttaratantra in Fourteenth-Century Tibet Introduction Sazang Follows in His Master's Footsteps Two Fourteenth-Century Kadam Masters' Uttaratantra Commentaries Longchenpa's View on the Uttaratantra Conclusion Part III. The Argumentation Period: Self-Emptiness Proponents criticize Other-Emptiness Approach 5. Challenges to the Purely Definitive Nature of the Uttaratantra: Zhalu Thinkers Criticize Dolpopa Introduction Buton's Ornament Dratsepa's Commentary Conclusion 6. Challenges to the Supremacy of the Uttaratantra: Rendawa and Tsongkhapa on Tathagata-essence Literature Introduction Rendawa on the Uttaratantra and the Tathagata-Essence Literature Tsongkhapa on the Uttaratantra and the Tathagata-Essence Literature Conclusion 7. Gyeltsap's Commentary on the Uttaratantra: A Critique of Dolpopa's Interpretation of Tathagata-essence Literature Introduction Middle Wheel and Last Wheel Teachings Definitive Meaning and Provisional Meaning Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness Conclusion Conclusion General Remarks Completing the Cycle Notes Bibliography Tibetan Language Works Cited English Language Works Cited Index