A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions Among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems : The Sdom Gsum ... Six Letters PDF
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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes SUNY series in Buddhist Studies Matthew Kapstein, editor A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems The sDom gsum rab dbye and Six Letters SAKYA PANDITA KUNGA GYALTSHEN TRANSLATED BY JARED DOUGLAS RHOTON EDITED BY VICTORIA R. M. SCOIT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2002 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY r2207 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sa-skya Pandi-ta Kun-dga'-rgyal-mtshan, II82-1251. [sDom gsum rab dbye. English] A clear differentiation of the three codes : essential distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric systems : the sDom gsum rab dbye and six letters I Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen ; translated by Jared Douglas Rhoton ; edited by Victoria R.MScott. p. cm.-(SUNY series in Buddhist Studies.) Includes index. tsBN o-7914-5285-9 (alk. paper)-ISBN o-7914-5286-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. TrisaqlVara (Buddhism)-Early works to 18oo. 2. Vows (Buddhism)-Early works to 18oo. 3· Buddhism-Discipline-Early works to 18oo. I. Rhoton, Jared, 1941-1993· II. Scott, Victoria R. M. Ill. Tide. IV. Series. BQ6135.S225 2002 294·3 '42-dc21 2001049879 IO 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I maiijughofarrz namasyiimi yatprasiidiin matifJ fubhe I kalyaiiiimitrarrz vande'harrz yatprasiidiic ca vardhate II I pay homage to Mafijugho~a, through whose grace [my] mind [turns] to what is wholesome. I honor, too, the spiritual friend through whose grace it grows. Santideva, Bodhicaryiivatiira X: 58 On seeing your flawless intelligence engage the boundless ranges of knowledge like the thousand-rayed sun in the sky, my mind, filled with awe, sought a simile in the wisdom of Mafijugho~a himself, but then I perceived the two to be truly one and failed to find aught to compare with you. verses 3-4 of Tsongkhapa's untitled twelve-verse eulogy of Sapan P 6oro, vol. 153, p. 35-2 (ga8a); Toh 5275 (8) Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments Xl Note on Transcription Xll List ofA bbreviations xiii Part L· Sakya Pandita's Life and WOrk Introduction 3 Part IL· A Clear Differentiation oft he Three Codes Prologue 39 Vows of Individual Liberation 41 Vows of the Bodhisattva 8I Vows of the Vajra Vehicle 95 Epilogue 199 Part IlL· Six Letters by Sakya Pandita r. Reply to the Questions of the Translator from Chak 205 2. Reply to the Questions of the Translator of Lowo 225 3· A Letter to the Noble-Minded 229 4· A Letter to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions 241 5· Reply to the Questions of Dokorwa the Kadampa 259 6. Reply to the Questions of Namkha Bum the Kadampa 267 Vll viii Contents Appendix A· G11rampa's Outline of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes 273 Appendix B: Transliteration oft he 1ibetan Text of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes Glossary Bibliography 337 Index 349 About the Cover
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