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Choying Tobden Dorje Gyurme Dorje

The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 13

Philosophical Systems and Lines of Transmission

Choying Tobden Dorje, Gyurme Dorje, Lama Tharchin

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English

Snow Lion Publications
21 November 2017

Non-Western philosophy; Buddhist sacred texts; Tibetan Buddhism

Series: The Complete Nyingma Tradition

Ch ying Tobden Dorje's magnum opus presented in English for the first time, in an authoritative translation prepared under the auspices of well-known and highly respected Tibetan teachers and translators.

The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, a multivolume masterwork by the eighteenth-century tantric master Ch ying Tobden Dorje, traces the path of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism from beginning to end. Book 13 concerns the philosophical systems of India and Tibet and their historical lines of transmission. It describes the views held by (1) the established non-Buddhist Indian schools, (2) the Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Cittamatra, and Madhyamaka systems, which exemplify the ""causal"" approach of the sutras, and (3) the inner and outer classes of the ""fruitional"" approach of the tantras, with the greatest attention paid to the three classes of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection. It concludes with a description of the lines of transmission of the philosophical systems within Tibet, and with an example of the rich Tibetan commentarial tradition, showing how the techniques of consequential reasoning are applied to the first chapter of Vasubandhu's Treasury of Phenomenology.

By: Choying Tobden Dorje
Contributions by: Lama Tharchin
Translated by: Gyurme Dorje
Imprint: Snow Lion Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 1.007kg
ISBN: 9781559394604
ISBN 10: 1559394609
Series: The Complete Nyingma Tradition
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 21 November 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CH YING TOBDEN DORJE (1787-1848) was a brilliant Buddhist master from the Amdo region of eastern Tibet, renowned for his realization of Great Perfection. A disciple of the first Dodrupchen Rinpoche, he founded the monastery of Dzokchen Namgyal Ling and was instrumental in establishing the community of lay tantric practitioners known as the Repkong Ngak-mang. GYURME DORJE holds a master's degree in Sanskrit and a PhD in Tibetan literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He has written, edited, translated, and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture, among themThe Nyingma School of Tibetan BuddhismandThe Tibetan Book of the Dead- First Complete Translation. He is based in Crieff, Scotland.

Reviews for The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 13: Philosophical Systems and Lines of Transmission

This monumental treatise, covering both common and esoteric Buddhist lore, was composed by Choying Tobden Dorje, a most illustrious scholar and accomplished sage. Fortunately, among his voluminous books, this, his masterwork, has survived and has been carefully translated true to the original. It will open the eyes of serious readers to the vast spectrum of Buddhist wisdom. Tulku Thondup