Treasury of Knowledge, Book 1: Myriad Worlds

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Treasury of Knowledge, Book 1: Myriad Worlds
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye

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Author: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
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ISBN: 9781559391887

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Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidarma, Kalachakra and Dzog-chen
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye ( 1813-99), a pivotal figure in eastem Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Encyclopedia of Buddhism he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetart Buddhism. Myriad Worlds is the first part of that work.
As a prelude to Kongtrul's survey of the entire range of Buddhist teachings, Myriad Worlds describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition-those associated with the Hinayana, Mahayana, Kalacakra and Dzog-chen teachings. To suit the capacities of different grades of beings, Buddha taught four levels of cosmology: the numerically definite cosmology of the individual way; the cosmology of infinite buddhafields of the universal way; the special cosmological system of the Kalacakra Tantra; and the dazzling non-cosmology of the Dzog-chen system, which dispenses with the dualistic perspectives revealing the creative principle to be awareness alone.
Each of these cosmologies shows how the world arises from mind, whether through the accumulated results of past actions or from the constant striving of awareness to know itself.
This detailed and thorough account of worldviews that present conceptions of space and time which differ significantly from Western ideas is at once illuminating and challenging.

Treasury of Knowledge: Myriad Worlds, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Snow Lion Publications, Hardcover, 301 Pages, $29.95

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899), a pivotal figure in eastern Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism.

Contents: Treasury of Knowledge, Book 1: Myriad Worlds

Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 6

Preface 9

Translators' Introduction 15

Root Verses from The Encompassment of All Knowledge 57

Prologue
75

Introduction 79

Overview of The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge 91

Myriad Worlds

I. The Cosmology of the Universal Way 95

II. Our Universe according to the Individual and Universal Ways 107

III.
Space and Time in the Tantra of the Wheel of Time
147

IV.
The Causes of Cyclic Life
171

V.
The Primordial Purity of the Universe
203

Appendixx: Outline of the Text 229

Glossary of Technical Terms 235

Glossary of Names 245

Abbreviations 253

Notes 255

Bibliography of Works Cited 281

Reference Bibliography 287

Index 291