Karl Brunnhölzl, MD, was trained as a physician and also studied Tibetology. He received his systematic training in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators, founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Since 1989 he has been a translator and interpreter from Tibetan and English. He is presently involved with the Nitartha Institute as a teacher and translator.
摘要
The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.
Arya Maitreya's Ornament of Clear Realization, with its Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual experience and the journey to enlightenment.
目次
INTRODUCTION 19 TRANSLATIONS 35 The General Topics of The Treatise on the Pith Instructions on Prajnaparamita, The Ornament of Clear Realization 37 Presentation of the body of the text 58 Detailed explanation of the branches 71 Explanation of the knowledge of all aspects 72 Generation of bodhicitta (the nature of the path) 72 Receiving the instructions (what purifies the generation of bodhicitta) 79 The branches conducive to penetration (the fruition of the instructions) 114 The foundation of practice 124 The focal object of practice 134 The aim of practice 136 The practice of donning the armor of the mahayana 138 The practice of engagement 142 The practice of the equipments 156 The practice of final deliverance 185 Detailed explanation of the branches of the knowledge of the path (the means of attainment) 186 The branches of the path 186 The path of sravakas 199 The path of pratyekabuddhas 201 The path of seeing 204 The function of the path of familiarization 210 The path of familiarization as aspiration 211 Its benefit 213 The path of familiarization as dedication 213 The path of familiarization as rejoicing 214 The path of familiarization as accomplishment 215 The pure path of familiarization 216 Detailed explanation of the branches of the knowledge of entities (what is to be relinquished) 219 The nature of the knowledge of entities 219 The reasons for presenting closeness and distance 220 The divisions of the factors to be relinquished and their remedies 225 The nature of the training 228 The aspects of the training 231 Explaining the actual path of seeing 231 Detailed explanation of the complete training in all aspects – the cause that makes one gain mastery 235 Explaining the aspects to be trained in 235 The training's own nature 274 The qualities to be attained 276 The flaws to be rejected 278 The defining characteristics to be known 283 The factors conducive to liberation (what is to be relied on in the mind stream) 289 The time of the arising of the special training 291 The irreversible persons 294 What makes one attain buddhahood (the supported) 302 What purifies the twofold buddha realm (the support) 303 The cause for promoting the welfare of others in this buddha realm, the training in skill in means 303 Detailed explanation of the branches of the culminating training – the result over which mastery is to be gained 309 The culmination of the path of preparation 310 The culmination of heat 310 The culmination of peak 311 The culmination of poised readiness 312 The culmination of the supreme dharma 312 The culmination of the path of seeing 313 The culmination of the path of familiarization 337 The culmination of the uninterrupted path 346 Its factors to be relinquished 347 Detailed explanation of the branches of the serial training (the cause of stabilization) 355 The serial training that is the path 355 The serial training that makes the path special 355 The serial training that makes the path pure 357 Detailed explanation of the branches of the instantaneous training (the result of stabilization) 358 The instantaneous training in terms of nonmaturation 358 The instantaneous training in terms of maturation 359 The instantaneous training in terms of the lack of characteristics 359 The instantaneous training in terms of nonduality 359 Detailed explanation of the branches of the dharmakaya (the fruition of having engaged in the trainings) 360 The sväbhävikakaya 362 The wisdom kaya 363 The sambhogikakaya 363 The nairmänikakaya 364 The nature of enlightened activity (their activity) 367 A Word Commentary on The Treatise on the Pith Instructions on Prajnaparamita, The Ornament of Clear Realization 397 Presentation of the body of the text 400 Detailed explanation of its branches 406 The explanation of
