Abbreviations

Translations used in this volume, unless noted otherwise, are as cited here. Some terminology has been modified for consistency with the present work.

AN

Aṅguttara Nikāya. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi in The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2012).

BCA

Bodhicaryāvatāra by Śāntideva. Translated by Stephen Batchelor in A Guide to Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archive, 2007).

Bv

Buddhavaṃsa. Translated by I. B. Horner in The Minor Anthologies of the Pāli Canon (Lancaster: Pali Text Society, 2007).

C

Chinese

CMA

Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1993).

DN

Dīgha Nikāya. Translated by Maurice Walshe in The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995).

J

Japanese

 LRCM

The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path (Lam rim chen mo) by Tsongkhapa, 3 vols. Translated by Joshua Cutler et al. (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2000–2004).

MMK

Mūlamadhyamakakārikā by Nāgārjuna

MN

Majjhima Nikāya. Translated by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi in The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995).

RA

Ratnāvalī by Nāgārjuna. Translated by John Dunne and Sara McClintock in The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997).

SN

Saṃyutta Nikāya. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi in The Connected Discourses of the Buddha (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000).

TP

Treatise on the Pāramīs, from the Commentary to the Cariyāpiṭaka. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi on www.accesstoinsight.org.

Ud

Udāna

Vism

Visuddhimagga of Buddhaghosa. Translated by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli in The Path of Purification (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1991).