with Commentary by Gyeltsap This book has been approved for inclusion in the series Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism The editorial board for this series includes: Roger Jackson Carleton College Anne Klein Rice University Karen Lang University of Virginia John Strong Bates College Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way with Commentary by Gyel-tsap Aryadeva and Gyel-tsap translated by Ruth Sonam with additional commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen Snow Lion Publications P.O Box 6483 Ithaca, NY 14851 USA (607) 273-8519 www snowlionpub.com Copyright © 2008 Ruth Sonam All rights reserved No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the publisher Printed in the USA on acid-free recycled paper ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-302-7 ISBN-10: 1-55939-302-5 The Library of Congress catalogued the previous edition of this book as follows: Rgyal-tshab Dar-ma-rin-chen, 1364-1432 [Bzi brgya pa'i mam bsad legs bsad sfiin po English] The yogic deeds of Bodhisattvas : Gyeltsap on Aryadeva' s Four Hundred / commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen; translated and edited by Ruth Sonam - lst ed p cm - (Textual studies and translations in Inda-Tibetan Buddhism) Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 1-55939-019-0 (pbk.) - ISBN 1-55939-014-X (cloth) Aryadeva, 3rd cent CatuI:IBataka I Sonam, Rinchen, 1937- II Sonam, Ruth, 1943- III Aryadeva, 3rd Catu!:tsataka IV Title V Series BQ2765.R4813 1993 294.3'85-dc20 93-23972 CIP Contents Introduction Madhyamika and Its Implications Aryadeva's Life 10 Aryadeva's Works 15 The Four Hundred Stanzas 17 Ba-tsap's Life 21 Candrakirti's Commentary 22 Tibetan Commentaries on The Four Hundred 23 Gyel-tsap's Life and Works 27 Gyel-tsap's Commentary 29 Summary of Gyel-tsap's Commentary on The Four Hundred 30 The Translation 48 Acknowledgments 51 Technical Note 53 GYEL-TSAP'S COMMENTARY ON THE FOUR HUNDRED STANZAS Prologue 57 Preface 59 Abandoning Belief in Permanence 65 II Abandoning Belief in Pleasure 83 III Abandoning Belief in Cleanness 101 IV Abandoning Pride 117 V Bodhisattva Deeds 133 ... includes: Roger Jackson Carleton College Anne Klein Rice University Karen Lang University of Virginia John Strong Bates College Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way with Commentary by Gyel-tsap... Commentaries on The Four Hundred 23 Gyel-tsap's Life and Works 27 Gyel-tsap's Commentary 29 Summary of Gyel-tsap's Commentary on The Four Hundred 30 The Translation ... translated by Ruth Sonam with additional commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen Snow Lion Publications P.O Box 6483 Ithaca, NY 14851 USA (607) 273-8519 www snowlionpub.com Copyright © 2008 Ruth Sonam All rights