1. The book is translated under the guidance of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and according to the explanations of Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen and Acharya Tashi Wangchuk. With editing by Andy Karr.
2. The Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603) was born in the Trewo region of eastern Tibet and is one of the most important figures of Tibetan Buddhism's Kagyü lineage. Most renowned for his powerful writings on the meditation system known as Mahāmudrā, he also played a vital role in ensuring the continuity of the Kagyü lineage's longstanding tradition of academic studies.
3. Tyler Dewar is a student of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle, Washington. A founding member of the Nitartha Translation Network, he serves both as an oral and literary translator and as a teacher for Nalandabodhi, an international organization of Buddhist centers, and Nitartha Institute, an educational organization devoted to preserving and making accessible to the West the vibrant tradition of Buddhist intellectual studies.
摘要
Marked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysis, and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa’s Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’s comprehensive commentary on the Indian master Chandrakīrti’s seminal text, the Madhyamakāvatāra, or Entrance to the Middle Way. This commentary, Feast for the Fortunate, is the Ninth Karmapa’s abridgement of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje’s masterpiece, the Chariot of the Takpo Kagyü Siddhas. In it, readers will find previously unavailable material on the Karmapas’ Middle Way view and a rare window into a philosophically charged era of Middle Way exposition in Tibetan Buddhism. It includes Chandrakīrti’s root text to the Entrance to the Middle Way and its commentary by the Ninth Karmapa; an introduction detailing the history of the Middle Way, key Middle Way philosophical principles, and the main points of each chapter of the text; an annotated translation of a famous excerpt of Chandrakīrti’s Lucid Words; and other useful appendices and reference materials.
目次
An Aspiration by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa vii A Statement by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa ix A Verse on the Essence of the Middle Way by Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche xi Foreword by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche xiii Translator's Acknowledgments xvii Technical Notes xxi
INTRODUCTION 1 The Middle Way in India 2 The Middle Way in Tibet 8 Considerations on the Debates in This Book 14 An Overview of Entrance to the Middle Way and Feast for the Fortunate 16
FEAST FOR THE FORTUNATE: A COMMENTARY ON THE ENTRANCE TO THE MIDDLE WAY THAT EASILY PULLS ALONG THE CHARIOT OF THE TARPO KAGYÜ SIDDHAS 75 Preamble 77 Lineages 83 The Title and Translator's Homage 89 The Three Causes of Bodhisattvas 93 Ground One ~ Supreme Joy 99 Ground Two ~ The Stainless 121 Ground Three ~ The Luminous 129 Ground Four ~ The Radiant 139 Ground Five ~ Difficult to Overcome 141 Ground Six ~ The Manifest 143 Introduction to the Teachings on Emptiness 143 The Consequentialist-Autonomist Distinction 159 The Refutation of Arising from Self 185 Main Refutation of Arising from Other 191 The Two Truths 203 Continuation of the General Refutation of Arising from Other 217 The Refutation of the Proponents of Consciousness 241 The Refutation of Arising from Both 307 The Refutation of Causeless Arising 309 Conclusion to the Refutation of the Self of Phenomena 314 Personal Selflessness 335 The Sixteen Emptinesses 429 Ground Seven ~ Gone Far Beyond 491 Ground Eight ~ The Immovable 495 Ground Nine ~ Excellent Intelligence 501 Ground Ten ~ Cloud of Dharma 503 Qualities of the Bodhisattva Grounds 505 The Resultant Ground of Buddhahood 511 Conclusion 553
Appendix I: Excerpt from Lucid Words 579 Appendix Il: Atisha's Key Instructions of the Middle Way 595 Appendix Ill: The Five Great Reasonings of the Middle Way 599 Appendix IV: How to Do Analytical Meditation on the Entrance to the Middle Way: A Brief Guide 601 Appendix V: The Root Text of the Entrance to the Middle Way 607 Appendix VI: The Karmapa's Outline for Feast for the Fortunate 663 Bibliography 721 Notes 727 Index 771
