A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes

Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes

Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Note on Transcription
  6. List of Abbreviations
  7. Part I: Sakya Pandita’s Life and Work
  8. Introduction
  9. Part II: A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
  10. Prologue
  11. Vows of Individual Liberation
  12. Vows of the Bodhisattva
  13. Vows of the Vajra Vehicle
  14. Epilogue
  15. Part III: Six Letters by Sakya Pandita
  16. 1. Reply to the Questions of the Translator from Chak
  17. 2. Reply to the Questions of the Translator of Lowo
  18. 3. A Letter to the Noble-Minded
  19. 4. A Letter to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions
  20. 5. Reply to the Questions of Dokorwa the Kadampa
  21. 6. Reply to the Questions of Namkha Bum the Kadampa
  22. Appendix A: Gorampa's Outline of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
  23. Appendix B: Transliteration of the Tibetan Text of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes
  24. Glossary
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
  27. About the Cover