A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes, livre ebook

The first English translation of the influential and controversial Tibetan Buddhist classic.

The first English translation of the influential and controversial Tibetan Buddhist classic.

A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes presents the first English translation of the sDom gsum rab dbye, one of the most famous and controversial doctrinal treatises of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen (1182–1251), a founder of the Sakya school and one of Tibet's most learned sages, The Three Codes strongly influenced subsequent religious and intellectual traditions in Tibet-and sparked a number of long-lasting doctrinal and philosophical disputes, some of which persist today.

In The Three Codes, Sakya Pandita discusses the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Tantric vows of Buddhist conduct, which often diverge and contradict each other. He criticizes, on at least one point or another, later practitioners of almost every lineage, including the Kadampa, Kagyupa, and Nyingmapa, for contradicting the original teachings of their own traditions.

Foreword

Acknowledgments


Note on Transcription


List of Abbreviations


Part I: Sakya Pandita’s Life and Work


Introduction


Part II: A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes


Prologue


Vows of Individual Liberation


Vows of the Bodhisattva


Vows of the Vajra Vehicle


Epilogue


Part III: Six Letters by Sakya Pandita


1. Reply to the Questions of the Translator from Chak


2. Reply to the Questions of the Translator of Lowo


3. A Letter to the Noble-Minded


4. A Letter to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions


5. Reply to the Questions of Dokorwa the Kadampa


6. Reply to the Questions of Namkha Bum the Kadampa

Appendix A: Gorampa's Outline of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes


Appendix B: Transliteration of the Tibetan Text of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


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