Part 36 (1/2)

Avatasakastra (Tib: mDo-sde phal-po-che; Eng: Stra of the Great Bounteousness of the Buddhas). T 44, MTTWL 197, translated by T. Cleary, The Flower Ornament Scripture, 3 vols. Boulder: Shambhala, 1984 onwards.

Kraavyhastra (Tib: mDo-sde za-ma-tog; Eng: Stra of the Cornucopia of Avalokitevara's Attributes), ed. P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 17 (1961). T 116, MTTWL 90.

Lakvatrastra (Tib: mDo-sde lakar gshegs-pa; Eng: Stra of the Descent to Lak), ed. P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 3 (1963). T 107, translated by D. T. Suzuki, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1932, 1956, etc.

Prajnpramit (Tib: Sher phyin, Eng: Transcendental Perfection of Discriminative Awareness): a collective name for a whole genre of stras, including the three longest versions in 100,000 sections (T 8), 25,000 sections (T 9) and 8,000 sections (T 12). See MTTWL 208, 154 and 222 respectively. Extensively translated by E. Conze.

Ratnakta (Tib: dKon-mchog brtsegs-pa; Eng: Mound of Precious Gems). T 45- 93, MTTWL 122. Extensive selections are contained in G. C. C. Chang, A Treasury of Mahyna Stras: Selections from the Mahratnakta. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983.

Sandhinirmocanastra (Tib: dGongs-pa nges-par 'grel-pa theg-pa chen-po'i mdo; Eng: Stra of the Unravelling of Enlightened Intention). T 106, MTTWL 197. Partial translation in John Powers, Jnanagarbha's Commentary on the Samdhinirmocana Sutra.

Tathgatagarbhastra (Tib: De-bzhin gshegs-pa'i snying-po'i mdo; Eng: Stra of the Nucleus of the Tathgata). T 258, MTTWL 231.

Vajracchedik (Tib: rDo-rje gcod-pa; Eng: Diamond Cutter), ed. P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 17 (1961), T 16, translated and edited by E. Conze, Serie Orientale Roma 13 (1957). Retranslated in Red Pine, Diamond Sutra, New York: Counterpoint, 2001.

c) Tantras

Buddhasamyoga (Tib: Sangs-rgyas mnyam-sbyor-gi rgyud; Eng: Tantra of Union in Equilibrium with the Buddhas). T 366-7, Derge NGB Vols. 11-12.

Guhyagarbha Tantra (Tib: rGyud gsang-ba'i snying-po; Eng: Tantra of the Secret Nucleus). T 832, Derge NGB Vol. 9, ed. and translated in G. Dorje, GGFTC, 1987.

Guhyasamja Tantra (Tib: rGyud gsang-ba 'dus-pa; Eng: Tantra of the Secret a.s.sembly), ed. S. Bagchi, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 9 (1965), ed. B. Bhattacharya, Gaekwad's Oriental Series, 53 (1967). T 442-3, Derge NGB Vol. 12. Translated by F. Fremantle in A Critical Study of the Guhayasamja Tantra, Unpublished PhD thesis no. 774 271989, University of London.

Kun-byed rgyal-po'i rgyud (Eng: Tantra of the All-accomplis.h.i.+ng King). T 828, Derge NGB Vol. 5. Translated in E. K. Neumaier-Dargyay, Sovereign All-creating Mind, Albany: SUNY (1992).

mDo dgongs-pa 'dus-pa (Eng: Stra Which Gathers All Intentions). T 829, Derge NGB Vol. 7.

Nyi-zla kha-sbyor (Eng: Tantra of the Coalescence of Sun and Moon). Derge NGB Vol. 4.

rDo-rje sems-dpa' sgyu-'phrul me-long (Eng: Tantra of the Mirror of the Magical Net of Vajrasattva). Derge NGB Vol. 11.

Sarvadurgatipariodhanatantra (Tib: Ngan-song sbyong-rgyud; Eng: Tantra of the Purification of the Lower Realms). T 483, 485, ed. and translated T. Skorupski in The Sarvadurgatipariodhana Tantra: Elimination of All Evil Destinies, Motilal Banarsidas, 1983.

sKu-gdung 'bar-ba'i rgyud (Eng: Tantra of the Cremation of Corpses). Derge NGB Vol. 3.

Section Two: Commentarial Literature

a) Anthologies

Tengyur (Tib: bsTan-'gyur; Eng: Collected Translations of the Cla.s.sical Treatises). Again there are several extant versions, including the authoritative Derge xylographic edition in 213 vols.

rNying-ma'i bka'-ma (Eng: Collected Teachings of the Nyingmapa). The most extensive anthology of Nyingma commentarial literature, edited by Khenpo Jamyang at Katok (1999) in 120 vols.

b) Commentaries of Indic Origin

Ajitamitragupta, 'Chi slu-ba'i gdams-pa (Eng: Teachings on the Ritual Deception of Death). T 2839.

Maitreya, Abhisamaylakra (Tib: mNgon-rtogs rgyan; Eng: Ornament of Emergent Realisation). T 3786, MTTWL 2-5. On this work see also Trangu Rinpoche, Ornament of Clear Realization, Auckland: Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications, 2004, and Lati Rinbochay et al., Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism, London: Wisdom, 1982.

Ngrjuna, Prajnnmamlamadhyamakakrik (Tib: dBu-ma rtsa-ba'i ts.h.i.+g-le'ur byas-pa shes-rab ces-bya-ba; Eng: Root Stanzas of the Madhyamaka ent.i.tled Discriminative Awareness), ed. P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 10 (1960). T 3824, translated in F. J. Streng, Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning, Nashville/New York: Abingdon, 1967, and by K. Kalupahana, Mlamadhyamakakriks , Albany: SUNY, 1986.

Sntaraksita, Tattvasamgraha (Tib: De-nyid bsdus-pa; Eng: Compendium of Topics). T 4266, ed. D. Shastri, Baudha Bharati Series 1-2 (1968), translated by G. Jha, Gaekwad's Oriental Series 80 (1937), 83 (1939).

- - Madhyamaklakra (Tib: dBu-ma rgyan; Eng: Ornament of the Middle Way). T 3884, ed. and translated in Masamichi Ichigo, Madhyamaklakra, Kyoto: Kyoto Sangyo University, 1985.

Tathgatarakita, Mtyudhpaka (Tib: 'Chi-ba bslu-ba; Eng: Ritual Deception of Death). T 1702.

Tilop, adharmopadesa (Tib: Nro chos-drug; Eng: The Six Doctrines of Nrop ). T 2330. See H. V. Guenther, The Life and Teaching of Nrop. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.

Vgvarakrti, Mtyuvancanopadea (Tib: 'Chi-ba bslu-ba; Eng: Esoteric Instructions on the Ritual Deception of Death). T 1748.

Vasubandhu, Abhidharmakoa (Tib: Chos-mgon pa'i mdzod; Eng: Treasury of the Abhidharma), ed. D. Shastri, Baudha Bharati Series 5-8 (1970-72). T 4089, French translation by L. de la Vallee-Poussin, L'Abhidharmakoa de Vasubandhu , 6 vols., Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1923 - 36. English translation by L. Pruden, Abhidharmakoabhsya, 4 vols. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1988.

c) Commentaries of Tibetan Origin

Dudjom Rinpoche, bsTan-pa'i rnam-gzhag (Eng: Fundamentals of the Nyingma School). Translated in NSTB.

Gampopa, Dvags-po thar-rgyan (Eng: The Jewel Ornament of Liberation). Translated by H. V. Geunther, Berkeley: Shambhala, 1971.

Gendun Gyeltsen, gTer-ston lung-bstan-dang khungs-btsun-pa bla-ma brgyud-pa'i rim-pa-rnams (Eng: Padmasambhava's Prophecy of the Treasure-finder and the Series of Authentic Lineage Teachers). Contained in DR, Vol. 1, pp. 21-6.

Gyarawa Namka Chokyi Gyeltsen, rGyud-pa'i lo-rgyus bsdus-pa nor-bu'i phreng-ba (Eng: Jewel Garland: An Abridged History of the Lineage). Contained in DR, Vol. 1, pp. 27-48.