The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One
Myriad Worlds
Published on 5. June 2003
304 pages
978-1-55939-882-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge, Jamgön Kongtrül presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism. This first book of The Treasury which serves as a prelude to Kongtrul's survey describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition—those associated with the Hinayana, Mahayana, Kalachakra, and Dzogchen teachings. 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.
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Jamgön Kongtrül (1813?1899) was a versatile and prolific scholar. He has been characterized as a "Tibetan Leonardo" because of his significant contributions to religion, education, medicine, and politics.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Preface
- Translators' Introduction
- Root Verses from The Encompassment of All Knowledge
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Overview of The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge
- Myriad Worlds
- I. The Cosmology of the Universal Way
- II. Our Universe according to the Individual and Universal Ways
- III. Space and Time in the Tantra of the Wheel of Time
- IV. The Causes of Cyclic Life
- V. The Primordial Purity of the Universe
- Appendix: Outline of the Text
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Glossary of Names
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Reference Bibliography
- Index
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