Texts cited by Tsong Khapa in The Central Philosophy of Tibet
This is a list of many of the texts to which Tsong Khapa refers in his legs bshad snying po (translated by Robert Thurman in The Central Philosophy of Tibet). It is sorted by the English translation of the title as given by Thurman. This list is intended to enable a reader of the Central Philosophy to quicky determine the Sanskrit tiltle and author of any given text.
To further locate a given text within the Buddhist philosophical context, locate the author on the map Indian Mahayana Buddhist Philosophers and Schools. This will provide approximate dates for the author (and hence his text) and will indicate the philosophical school with which the author is usually associated (according to Tsong Khapa and most later Tibetans). For a partial listing of other texts by a given author, locate the author on the page Indian Mahayana Buddhist Philosophers, Schools and Texts.
Note: This is a partial listing. It does not include texts which are cited only once, or texts cited only a few times for which the author is clearly stated. Bolded words represent common title abbreviations.
Title (English) |
Title (Sanskrit) |
Author |
Abhidharma Synthesis |
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Analysis of the Jewel Matrix , Supreme Tantra of the Universal Vehicle |
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Blaze of Argument (comm. to Heart of the Central Way) |
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Buddhapalita Commentary |
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Center and Extremes |
See Discrimination between Center and Extremes |
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Center and Extremes Subcommentary |
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Central Way Illumination |
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Central Way Ornament Elucidation |
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Compendium |
See Universal Vehicle Compendium, OR Compendium of Determinations |
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Compendium of Determinations |
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Dense Array Scripture |
Sutra (3rd turn) | |
Discrimination between Center and Extremes |
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Discrimination between Phenomenon and Noumenon |
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Sutra (3rd turn) | ||
Emptiness Seventy |
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Experientialist Four Hundred |
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Experientialist Stages |
See The Stages of Yoga Practice |
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Facts of the Stages (= The Stages of Yoga Practice) |
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Four Hundred |
See Experientialist Four Hundred |
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Four Hundred Commentary |
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Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise |
See Wisdom |
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Garland Scripture |
Sutra (3rd turn) | |
Heart of the Central Way |
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Heart Sutra, The |
Sutra (2nd turn) | |
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, The |
Sutra (2nd turn) | |
Introduction Commentary |
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Introduction to the Central Way |
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Sutra (2nd turn) | ||
See Wisdom Lamp |
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Lucid Exposition (comm. to MMK) |
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Sutra (2nd turn) | ||
MMK (Mula-Madhyamaka-Karika) |
See Wisdom |
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Mother Scripture |
Sutra (2nd turn) | |
Ornament of Realizations |
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Ornament of the Central Way |
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Ornament of the Universal Vehicle Scriptures |
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Philosophical Sixty |
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Philosophical Sixty Commentary |
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See Jewel Garland |
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Rebuttal of Objections |
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Scripture Ornament |
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Scripture Synthesis |
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Stages of Yoga Practice, The |
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Supreme Tantra |
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Synthesis |
See Synthesis of Validating Cognitions OR Abhidharma Synthesis |
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Synthesis of Validating Cognitions |
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Sutra (3rd turn) | ||
Sutra (2nd turn) | ||
Ten Stages Scripture (part of Garland Scripture) |
Sutra (3rd turn) | |
The Diamond Cutter |
Sutra (2nd turn) | |
Thirty Commentary |
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Thirty Verses |
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Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures |
Sutra (2nd turn) | |
Treatise on Validating Cognition |
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Twenty Verses |
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Universal Vehicle Compendium |
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Sutra (2nd turn) | ||
Wisdom Lamp (comm. to MMK) |
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Wisdom Lamp Commentary |
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Wisdom, Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise |