The Sun of Wisdom The Sun of Wisdom Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO Translated and edited by Ari Goldfield * SHAM"HALA B,,,,," & Lond,n 0l Shambhala Publications Inc Horticultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 www.shambhala.com © 2003 by Khenpo Tsiiltrim Gyamtso All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher First Edition Printed in the United States of America @ This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 Standard Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Khempo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Rinpoche, 1934The Sun of Wisdom: teachings on the noble Nagarjuna's fundamental wisdom of the middle way/Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso - 1st ed p cm Includes index ISBN 1-57062-999-4 (pbk.) Nagarjuna, 2nd cent Madhyamakakarika-Commentaries Madhyamika (Buddhism) I Nagarjuna, 2nd cent Madhyamakakarika BQ2797 K54 2002 294.3'85-dc21 2002152104 Contents Translator's Preface Introduction Opening Homage VI! IX 1 An Examination of Causal Conditions An Examination of Coming and Going 11 · An Examination of the Sources of Consciousness 19 4· An Examination of the Aggregates 27 · An Examination of the Elements 37 An Examination of Desire and the Desirous One 43 7· An Examination of the Composite 49 An Examination of Actors and Actions 55 · An Examination of What Comes First 59 10 An Examination of Fire and Firewood 65 11 An Examination of Samsara 71 12 An Examination of Suffering 77 13· An Examination of the Precise Nature of Reality 83 14· An Examination of Contact 87 15· An Examination of Things and the Absence of Things 93 16 An Examination of Bondage and Liberation 99 .. .The Sun of Wisdom The Sun of Wisdom Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO Translated... Examination of Causal Conditions An Examination of Coming and Going 11 · An Examination of the Sources of Consciousness 19 4· An Examination of the Aggregates 27 · An Examination of the Elements... Examination of Samsara 71 12 An Examination of Suffering 77 13· An Examination of the Precise Nature of Reality 83 14· An Examination of Contact 87 15· An Examination of Things and the Absence of Things