874 Groundless Paths 1277 As mentioned before, the presentation o f a conditioned naturally abiding disposition versus an unconditioned one is very unusual in both classical Madhyamaka and Shentong It is closer to the typical Gelugpa presentation o f nonconceptual w isd om being conditioned and m om entary (also held by Sàkya Chogden), while the nature o f phen om en a (emptiness) is unconditioned and permanent Also, as far as its final manifestation as the wisdom dharmakaya goes, the definition o f the unconditioned naturally abiding disposition is identical to the one o f the unfolding disposition below 1278 To say that buddha nature pervades everything, even material things, is quite unusual in the Indo-Tibetan tradition (though com m on in Chinese Buddhism) and naturally begs the ques tion w h y these material things cannot attain buddhahood too (for details on this, see Brunnhôlzl 2010, endnote 1289) N ote also that the above “dharmadhàtu o f the unity o f appearance and emptiness” is not the same as the standard Gelugpa interpretation o f buddha nature as mere emptiness, which, o f course, also pervades everything animate and inanimate 1279 D3793, fol 89b.3 1280 Pp -4 (slightly abbreviated and paraphrased) 1281 D3805, fol 152b.2-3 1282 PGSD mistakenly has Daéabhûmikasütra 1283 LSSP, fols 188b.6-189b.3; PSD, pp 383-84 In the following, the nine meditative absorp tions o f progressive abiding (the four dhyânas, the four formless absorptions, and the meditative absorption o f cessation) are numbered as - 9, while the state o f m ind o f the desire realm o f not being in meditative equipoise is indicated by In the context o f the culminating training o f the path o f familiarization as presented by the sütra in twenty-five thousand lines, all the steps within the lion’s sport and the crossing in one leap represent a single continuous sequence o f dif ferent meditative equipoises (only alternated with phases o f nonequipoise during the last part) Later commentators broke down this single sequence in different ways into different phases Note that the explicit division o f crossing in one leap into lesser, medium , and great is not mentioned in either the sütras or any Indian commentaries, but only in certain Tibetan commentaries For more m odels o f lion’s sport and crossing in one leap, see Brunnhôlzl 2011, Chart 23 1284 Pp 378-79 1285 MCG, fols 139b.5-140b.5; MPZL, pp 165-67 1286 MCG (fol 140a.4) says that one can enter the first state o f m in d o f the desire realm o f great crossing in one leap after having risen from either the preceding meditative absorption o f cessation or the slight exiting into the Peak o f Existence 1287 For a more detailed bibliography, see Brunnhôlzl 2011 Selected Bibliography 1287 Canonical Texts Abhayâkaragupta Astasâhasrikâprajhâpâramitâvrttimarmakaumudï (Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa brgyad stong pa’i ’grel pa gnad kyi zla ’od) P5202 D3805 Munimatâlamkàra (Thub p a’i dgongs rgyan) P5299 D3903 Àryavimuktisena Pahcaviméatisàhasrikâprajnâpâramitopadesaiâstrâbhisamayàlamkâravrtti (Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa stong phrag nyi shu brgya pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos m ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi grel pa; abbr Nyi khri snang ba) Sanskrit edition o f the first chapter by C Pensa Rome: Is.M.E.O., 1967 P5185 D3787 Asanga Abhidharmasamuccaya (C h os m ngon pa kun las btus pa) P5550 D4049 English trans lations (from the French by W Ràhula) by S Boin-Webb, Fremont: Asian H umanities Press, 2000; and M igm e Chodron, Pleasant Bay: G am po Abbey (Canada), 2001 Bodhisattvabhumi (Byang chub sems dpa’i sa) P5538 D4037 Mahâyânasamgraha ( T h e g c h e n b s d u s pa) P5549 D4049 Ratnagotravibhàgavyàkhyà or Mahâyânottaratantrasâstravyâkhyâ (Theg pa chen p o ’i rgyud bla m a’i bstan bcos rnam par bshad pa) Sanskrit ed by E H Johnston Patna: Bihar Research Society, 1950 P5526 Yogâcarâbhümi (Rnal ’byor spyod p a’i sa) P5536 D4035 Vmiicayasamgrahanï (Rnam p argtan la dbab pa bsdu ba) P5539 D4038 Atiéa Prajnàpàramitàpindârthapradipa (Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa’i don bsdus sgron ma) P 5201.D 3804 Bhadanta Vimuktisena Pahcaviméatisâhasrikâprajhâpâramitopadesaiâstrâbhisamayâlamkâra- vârttika (Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa stong phrag nyi shu brgya pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos m ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi rnam ’grel) P5186 D3788 Buddhaérijnàna (eighth-ninth centuries) Samcayagàthâpahjikâ (Bsdus pa tshig su bead pa’i dka’ grel) P5196 D3798 Buddhaérïjnàna (twelfth-thirteenth centuries) Abhisamayâlamkârabhagavatïprajnâpâramitopadeéaéâstrâvrttiprajhâpradïpâvalïnâma (Bcom ldan ’das ma shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos m n g o n par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi ’grel pa shes rab sgron m e phreng ba zhes bya ba) P5196 D3798 Damstràsena Satasâhasrikâprajnâpâramitâbrhattïkâ (Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa ’bum pa’i rgya cher ’grel pa) P5205 D3807 876 Groundless Paths Dharmaklrtišrl Prajňápáramitopadešašástrábhisamayálamkáravrttidurbodhálokánámatiká (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos m ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi ’grel pa rtogs par dka’ ba’i snang ba zhes bya ba ba’i grel bshad) P5192 D3794 Dharmamitra Abhisamayálamkárakárikáprajňápáramitopadešašástratikáprasphutapadánáma (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i m an ngag gi bstan bcos m n g o n par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi tshig le’ur by as pa’i ’grel bshad tshig rab tu gsal ba zhes bya ba) P5194 D3796 Dharmašrl Prajňá pár amitákoé at ála (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i m dzod kyi lde mig) P5204 D3806 Šatasáhasrikávivarana (Stongphrag brgya pa’i m am par bshad pa) P5203 D3802 Dignága Prajňápáramitárthasamgrahakáriká or Prajňápáramitápindártha (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin ma bsdus pa’i tshig le’ur byas pa; abbr Sher phyin bsdus don/brgyad stong don bsdu) Sanskrit edition by E Frauwallner, WZKS (1959): 140-44 P5207 D3809 Haribhadra Abhisamayálamkáranámaprajňápáramitopadešašástravivrti (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos m ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan ces bya ba’i ’grel pa; abbr ’Grel pa don gsal) Sanskrit edition by R Tripáthl Sarnath, India: Tibetan Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies, 1977 P5191 D3793 Astasáhasrikáprajňápáramitávyákhyánábhisamayálamkáráloká (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa brgyad ston g pa’i bshad pa m n g o n par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi snang ba) Sanskrit editions by U Wogihara, Tokyo 1932-35 and P L Vaidya, Darbhanga: Mithila Institute, 1960 P5189 D3791 Paňcavimšatisáhasrikáprajňápáramitá (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa nyi khri Inga stong pa; abbr M le brgyad ma) P5188 D3790 Bhagavatiratnagunasamcayagáthápaňjikásubodhinináma (Bcom ldan ’das yon tan rin po che sdus pa’i tshig su pa’i dka’ grel) P5190 D3792 Kumárašrlbhadra Prajňápáramitápindártha (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i don bsdus pa) P5195 D3797 Maitreya Abhisamayálamkára (M n gon rtogs rgyan) Sanskrit e d ition s by T Stcherbatsky and E Obermiller, Bibliotheca Buddhica 23, Leningrad 1929; G Tucci, Baroda 1932; U Wogihara, Tokyo 1932-35; K Kajiyoshi in Hannya-kyd no kenkyu, 1944, pp 75-320 P5148 D3786 Madhyántavibhága (D bus dang mtha’ m am par ’byed pa) P5522 D4021 Maháyánasútrálamkára (Theg pa chen p o ’i m sde rgyan) P5221 D4020 Ratnagotravibhágamaháyánottaratantrašástra (Theg pa chen p o ’i rgyud bla ma) Sanskrit edition by E H Johnston Patna, India: The Bihar Research Society, 1950 P5525 D4024 Prajňákaramati Abhisamayálamkáravrttipindártha (M ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi ’grel pa’i bsdus don) P5193 D3795 Ratnikarašánti Astasáhasrikáprajňápáramitápaňjikásárottamánáma (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa brgyad stong pa’i dka’ grel snying p o ’i m chog ces bya ba) Sanskrit edition by P S Jaini Patna, India: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute, 1979 P5200 D3803 Abhisamayálamkárakárikávrittisuddhimatináma (M ngon par rtogs p a’i rgyan gyi ’grel pa’i tshig le’ur byas pa’i ’grel pa dag ldan zhes bya ba) P5199 D3801 Ratnaklrti Abhisamayálamkáravrittikirtikalánáma (M ngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi ’grel pa grags pa’i cha zhes bya ba) P5197 D3799 Selected Bibliography 877 Prajnâpâramitâmâtrikâsatasâhasrikâbrhacchâsanapancaviméatisâhasrikâmadhyasâsanàstâdasasâhasrikâlaghusâsanâstasamânârthasâsana (Yum shes rab kyi pha roi tu Smrtijnànakirti phyin pa brgyas par bstan ’b u m dang ’bring du bstan pa nyi khri Inga stong dang bsdus te b stan pa khri brgyad stong pa rnams m thun p a r d o n brgyad kyi bstan pa) P5187 D3789 Sthiramati Madhyântavibhâgatïkâ (Dbus d an g m tha’ rnam par ’byed p a’i ’grel bshad) P 55 34 D4032 Sütrâlamkâravrttibhàsya (Mdo sde rgyan gyi ’grel bshad) P5531 D4034 Vasubandhu Abhidharmakoia (Chos m n g o n pa m dzod) P5590 D4089 Abhidharmakosabhàsya (Chos m n g o n pa m d zod kyi bshad pa) P5591 D4090 F rench translation by La Vallée Poussin, Paris 1923-31 English translations (from the French) by Leo M Pruden, Berkeley: Asian H um anities Press, 1991 and G elong Lodrô Sangpo, Pleasant Bay: G am po Abbey (Canada), 2000-2006 Dharmadharmatâvibhâgabhàsya (Chos dang chos nyid rnam par ’byed pa’i ’grel p a) P5529 D4028 Madhyântavibhâgabhàsya (Dbus m th a’ rnam ’byed kyi ’grel pa) P5528 D4027 Mahâyânasütrâlamkârabhàsya (Theg pa chen p o ’i m sde rgyan gyi ’grel pa) P 55 27 D4026 Satasâhasrikâpancavimsatisâhasrikàstâdaéasâhasrikâprajnâpâramitâbrhattïkâ (Sher p h y in ’bum pa dang nyi khri Inga sto n g pa dang khri brgyad ston g pa’i rgya cher ’grel pa; abbr Y u m gsum gnod ’joms) P5206 D3808 Vyâkhyâyukti (Rnam bshad rigs pa) P5562 D4061 Tibetan Treatises Bdud ’joms ’jigs bral ye shes rdo rje 1991 The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism v o ls Trans Gyurme Dorje and M Kapstein Boston: W isd om Publications Dpal sprul ’jigs m ed chos kyi dbang po 1997 Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos mngon par rtogs p a i rgyan ces bya bai spyi don dang ’bru grel Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang 2003a Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs med chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsu ng’bum vols Chengdu, China: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang 2003b Sher phyin mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi bsdus don sa bead In Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs med chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsung ’bum, vol 2: 207-19 2003c Rgyal sras byang chub sems dpa’i sa dang lam gyi m a m grangs mdor bsdus In D pal sprul o rgyan ’jigs m ed chos kyi dbang po’i gsung ’bum, vol 4: 173-86 2003d Lam Inga rim gyis bgrod tshul dang sa bcu’iyon tan thob tshul bye brag tu bshad pa In Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs med chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsung ’bum, vol 4: 187-232 2003e Sher phyin skabs dge ’dun nyi shu’i zur bkol In Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs med chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsung ’bum, vol 5: 19-21 2003f Sher phyin rgyan gyi spyi don bsgom rim nyung ngu gzhung lugs legs bshad In D pal sprul o rgyan ’jigs m ed chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsung ’bum, vol 5: 50-92 2003g Shes rab kyi pha roi tu phyin pa’i man ngag gi bstan bcos mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi spyi don In Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs m ed chos kyi dbang p o ’i gsung ’bum, vol 878 Groundless Paths 2003h Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pai man ngag gi bstan bcos mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi ’bru ’grel In Dpal sprul o rgyan ’jigs med chos kyi dbangpo’i gsung ’bum, vol 5, 244-418 Gzhan phan chos kyi snangba 1978 Pharphyin ’grel mchan gzhan phan snangba In G’zun [sic!] chen bcugsumgyi mchan grel vol 1: 77-393 Dehradun, India: Khochhen Tulku 1987 Sher phyin mchan g ’ rel yan lag In Mkhan po gzhan phan chos kyi snang ba’i gzhung chen bcugsum, vol 3: 1-75 N ew Delhi: K on ch og Lhadrepa ’Ju mi pham rgya mtsho 1984a Mngon rtogs rgyan gyi mchan ’grel pun da ri ka’i shel In Collected Writings of ’Jam-mgon ’Ju Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, vol 4: 1-347 Paro, Bhutan: Lama Ngodrup and Sherab Drimay 1984b Yon tan rin chen sdud pa’i ’grel pa rgyal ba’i yum gyi dgongs don la phyin ci ma log pa’i legs bshad In Collected Writings o f ’Jam-mgon ’Ju Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho , vol :1 -3 Paro, Bhutan: Lama Ngodrup and Sherab Drimay Klong chen rab ’byams pa dri m ed od zer 1973 Sems dang ye shes kyi dri lan In Miscellaneous writings (Gsung thor bu) of Kun-mkhyen Klon-chen-pa Dri-med-’od-zer, vol 2: 377-92 Delhi: Sanje Dorje Kong sprul bio gros m th a ’ yas 1982 The Treasury of Knowledge (Theg p a ’i sgo kun las btus pa gsung rab rin po che’i mdzod bslab pa gsum legs par ston p a ’i bstan bcos shes bya kun khyab; includes its autocommentary, Shes bya kun la khyab p a ’i gzhung lugs nyung ngu’i tshiggis rnam par ’grol ba legs bshad yongs ’du shes bya mtha yas pa’i rgya mtsho; abbr Shes bya kun khyab mdzod) vols Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang Kun bzang theg m chog ye shes rdo rje 2005 Mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi bshad sbyar dkon mchog ’byunggnas vols Gangtok, India: Deorali Chorten Gonpa M sngags bstan pa’i nyi ma 1986 Sher phyin mngon par rtogs p a ’i rgyan gyi tshig don mam par bshad pa ma pham zhal lung Sarnath, India: N yingm a Students Welfare Com mittee, Central Institute o f Higher Tibetan Studies 2004 Sher phyin gyi zin bris In M sngags bstan pa’i nyi ma’i gsung ’bum, vol 2: 299-334 Chengdu, China: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang Mi bskyod rdo rje (Karmapa VIII) 2003 The Noble One’s Resting at Ease {Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin p a ’i lung chos mtha daggi bdud rtsi’i snying por gyur pa gang la Idan pa’i gzhi rje btsun mchog tu dgyes par ngal gso’iyongs ’dus brtolgyi Ijon pa rgyas pa) vols Seattle: Nitartha international Publications Also blockprint (same title), vols Rumtek: Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, n.d Also Phar phyin Dpal mnyam med gro mgon bka brgyud pa’i gsung rab phyogs bsgrigs legs bshad kun ’dus dri med lung rigs gan mdzod las pod bco Inga pa Zi ling: Mtsho sngon mi rigs par khang, 2001 Nya dbon kun dga’ dpal 1978 Bstan bcos mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan grel ba dang bcas pa’i rgyas ’grel bshad sbyar yid kyi mun sel N ew Delhi: Ngawang Zopa Pad ma ’gyur med rgya mtsho 2005 Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyan gyi spyi don bdud rtsi’i nying khu dang ’bru grel yum don gsal ba’i sgron me Dehradun, India: Smin g lin g r ts o m b s g rig slh a n tsh o g ss k a b s gsum pas ’don spel zhus Padmavajra, rdzogs chen m khan po n.d Sher phyin mngon rtogs rgyan gyi spyi don byams mgon dgongs pa’i gsal byed bla ma brgyud pa’i zhal lung n.p Rngog lo tsä ba bio ldan shes rab 1993 Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i man ngaggi bstan bcos kyi don bdus pa (lo tsa ba’i bsdus don/tik chung) Dharamsala: LTWA ... 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