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	Abhidharmasamuccaya	Asanga
Analysis of the Jewel Matrix , Supreme Tantra of the Universal Vehicle	Ratnagotravibhaga-mahayana-uttaratantra-shastra	Sutra (Maitreya)
Blaze of Argument (comm. to Heart of the Central Way)	Madhyamikahridaya-vritti-tarkajvala	Bhavaviveka
Bodhisattva Stages	Bodhisattvabhumi	Asanga
Buddhapalita Commentary	Buddhapalita-mulamadhyamaka-vritti	Buddhapalita
Center and Extremes	See Discrimination between Center and Extremes	Sutra (Maitreya)
Center and Extremes Subcommentary	Madhyantavibhaga-tika	Sthiramati
Central Way Illumination	Madhyamakaloka	Kamalashila
Central Way Introduction	Madhyamakavatara	Candrakirti
Central Way Ornament	Madhyamakalamkara	Shantarakshita
Central Way Ornament Elucidation	Madhyamakalamkara-pañjika	Kamalashila
Compendium	See Universal Vehicle Compendium, OR Compendium of Determinations	Asanga
Compendium of Determinations	Vinishcayasamgrahani	Asanga
Dense Array Scripture	Ghanavyuha Sutra	Sutra (3rd turn)
Discrimination between Center and Extremes	Madhyantavibhaga	Sutra (Maitreya)
Discrimination between Phenomenon and Noumenon	Dharmadharmatavibhanga	Sutra (Maitreya)
Elucidation of the Intention Scripture	Samdhinirmocana Sutra	Sutra (3rd turn)
Emptiness Seventy	Shunyatasaptati	Nagarjuna
Experientialist Four Hundred	Yogacara-catuh-shataka	Aryadeva
Experientialist Stages	See The Stages of Yoga Practice	Asanga
Facts of the Stages (= The Stages of Yoga Practice)	Bhumivastu (= Yogacarabhumi)	Asanga
Four Hundred	See Experientialist Four Hundred	Aryadeva
Four Hundred Commentary	Catuh-shataka-tika	Candrakirti
Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise	See Wisdom	Nagarjuna
Garland Scripture	Gandhavyuha Sutra	Sutra (3rd turn)
Heart of the Central Way	Madhyamikahridaya	Bhavaviveka
Heart Sutra, The	See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures	Sutra (2nd turn)
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, The	Vimalakirti-nirdesha-sutra	Sutra (2nd turn)
Introduction Commentary	Madhyamakavatara-bhashya	Candrakirti
Introduction to the Central Way	SeeCentral Way Introduction	Candrakirti
Jewel Garland	Rajaparikatha-ratnavali	Nagarjuna
Jewel Matrix	See Analysis of the Jewel Matrix	Sutra (Maitreya)
King of Samadhis Scripture	Samadhirajasutra	Sutra (2nd turn)
Lamp of Wisdom	See Wisdom Lamp	Bhavaviveka
Lucid Exposition (comm. to MMK)	Prasannapada	Candrakirti
Mission to Lanka Scripture	Lankavatara Sutra	Sutra (2nd turn)
MMK (Mula-Madhyamaka-Karika)	See Wisdom	Nagarjuna
Mother Scripture	See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures	Sutra (2nd turn)
Ornament of Realizations	Abhisamayalamkara	Sutra (Maitreya)
Ornament of the Central Way	See Central Way Ornament	Shantarakshita
Ornament of the Universal Vehicle Scriptures	See Scripture Ornament	Sutra (Maitreya)
Philosophical Sixty	Yuktishashtika	Nagarjuna
Philosophical Sixty Commentary	Yuktishashtika-vritti	Candrakirti
Precious Garland	See Jewel Garland	Nagarjuna
Principles of Elucidation	Vyakhyayukti	Vasubandhu
Rebuttal of Objections	Vigrahavyavartani	Nagarjuna
Scripture Ornament	Mahayanasutralamkara	Sutra (Maitreya)
Scripture Synthesis	Sutrasamuccaya	Nagarjuna
Stages of Yoga Practice, The (= Facts of the Stages)	Yogacarabhumi (=Bhumivastu)	Asanga
Supreme Tantra	See Analysis of the Jewel Matrix	Sutra (Maitreya)
Synthesis	See Synthesis of Validating Cognitions OR Abhidharma Synthesis	Dignaga OR Asanga (respectively)
Synthesis of Validating Cognitions	Pramanasamuccaya	Dignaga
Tathagatagarbhasutra	Tathagatagarbhasutra	Sutra (3rd turn)
Teaching of Akshayamati	Akshayamatinirdesha Sutra	Sutra (2nd turn)
Ten Stages Scripture (part of Garland Scripture)	Dashabhumika Sutra	Sutra (3rd turn)
The Diamond Cutter	See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures	Sutra (2nd turn)
Thirty Commentary	Trimshikavritti	Sthiramati
Thirty Verses	Trimshikakarika	Vasubandhu
Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures (100,000 verses, 25,000 verses, 18,000 verses, 8,000 verses, etc., and Diamond Cutter and Heart Sutra)	Prajñaparamita Sutras	Sutra (2nd turn)
Treasury of Abhidharma	Abhidharmakosha	Vasubandhu
Treatise on Validating Cognition	Pramanavarttika	Dharmakirti
Twenty Verses	Vimshatika	Vasubandhu
Universal Vehicle Compendium	Mahayanasamgraha	Asanga
Vimalakirti Sutra	Vimalakirti-nirdesha-sutra	Sutra (2nd turn)
Wisdom Lamp (comm. to MMK)	Prajñapradipa	Bhavaviveka
Wisdom Lamp Commentary	Prajñapradipatika	Avalokitavrata
Wisdom, Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise	Prajña-nama-mulamadhyamakakarika	Nagarjuna

Source

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