Compendium on Reality
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Compendium on Reality (Skt. Tattvasaṃgraha; Wyl. de kho na nyid bsdus pa'i tsig le'ur byas pa) by Shantarakshita
Outline
It has 30 chapters:
- rang bzhin brtag pa
- dbang phyug brtag pa
- gnyis ka brtag pa
- 'gro ba rang bzhin du smra ba brtag
- sbya'i tsangs pa brtag pa
- skyes bu brtag pa
- rigs pa can dang bye brag pas kun tu brtags pa'i skyes bu brtag pa
- dpyod pa pas brtags pa'i bdag brtag pa
- ser skya pas kun du brtags pa'i bdag brtag pa
- nam mkha'i gos can gyis kun tu brtags pa'i bdag brtag pa
- au pa ni sha kas brtags pa'i bdag brtag pa
- gnas ma'i bus brtags pa'i bdag brtag pa
- brtan pa'i dngos po brtag pa
- las dang 'bras bu'i 'brel pa brtag pa
- rdzas kyi tsig gi don brtag pa
- yon tan gyi tsig gi don brtag pa
- las kyi tsig gi don brtag pa
- spyi dang bye brag gi tsig gi don brtag pa
- ‘du ba'i tsig gi don brtag pa
- sgra'i don brtag pa
- mngon sum gyi mtsan nyid brtag pa
- rjes su dpag pa brtag pa
- tsad ma gzhan brtag pa
- 'gyur bar smra ba brtag pa
- dus gsum brtag pa
- 'jig rten rgyang pan pa'i brtag pa
- phyi rol gyi don brtag pa
- thos pa brtag pa
- rang las tsad ma brtag pa
- gzhan gyi dbang po las 'das pa'i don mthong ba can gyi skyes bu brtag pa
Commentaries
Further Reading
- Sara McClintock, Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason in the Tattvasaṃgraha and Tattvasaṃgraha-pañjikā, PhD disseration, Harvard University, 2002