Index

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Technical terms are listed in the index under their English translation. For the Sanskrit and Tibetan of these terms, see the Glossary. Tibetan personal names are listed in phonetic form. For the transliterated form, see the Bibliography.

Abhidharmasamuccaya, see Compendium of Knowledge

Abhisamayālamkāra, see Ornament for Clear Realization

Ability to perform function, see also Real and unreal conventionalities

Acintyastava, see Praise of the Inconceivable

Actual ultimate

Affirming negative, definition and example of

Afflictive Obstructions, Prāsaṅgika assertion concerning, Svātantrika antidote for, see also Obstructions to liberation

Aggregates

Akṣayamatinirddeśasūtra, see Teaching of Akṣayamati

Akutobhayā

Analysis, see Reason

Analysis of the First Chapter of (Maitreya’s) “Ornament for Clear Realization”

Analytical cessations

Annotations

Appearance, existence in manner of, see also Direct cognizer, sense; Inherent existence in Svātantrika; Objective mode of subsistence; and Sense perception

Appearance, false, in Prāsaṅgika

Artificial conceptions of self of persons, see Self of persons, artificial

Āryadeva, citation of texts by

Asaṅga, citation of texts by

Atīśa, citation of texts by

Automomous syllogism, significance of its use, unsuitable for Prāsaṅgikas, see also Commonly appearing subject, Three modes, and Correct signs

Avalokitavrata, citation of texts by

Basis of designation, found in Svātantrika,; see also Appearance, existence in manner of; Inherent existence in Svātantrika; and Objective mode of subsistence

Bhāvanākrama, see Stages of Meditation

Bhāvaviveka, citation of texts by, criticism of Buddhapālita, example of reasoning, founder of Svātantrika school, refutation of Yogācāra

Blaze of Reasoning

Bodhicaryāvatāra, see Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds

Bodhisattva grounds

Brief Scriptures on Discipline

Buddha bodies, three

Buddha’s skillful means of teaching

Buddhapālita, citation of texts by

Candrakīrti, citation of texts by, criticism of Bhāvaviveka, defense of Buddhapālita, founder of Prāsaṅgika school, sevenfold reasoning

Cārvāka

Catuḥśataka, see Four Hundred

Catuḥśatakaṭīkā, see Commentary to (Āryadeva’s) “Four Hundred”

Cause and effect of actions

mChan ’grel, see Annotations

Chariot, example of

Clear Words

Commentary on (Dignāga’s) “Compendium of Valid Cognition”

Commentary to (Āryadeva’s) “Four Hundred”

Commentary to (Jñānagarbha’s) “Two Truths’

Commentary to (Nāgārjuna’s) “Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning”

Commonly appearing subject, not accepted by Prāsaṅgika, see also Autonomous syllogism; and Consequences

Compendium of Knowledge

Compendium of Sutra

Compositional factors

Concordant ultimates

Consciousnesses

Consequences, use of in Prāsaṅgika

Consummate nature

Contradictories

Conventional Truth, see Truth, Conventional

Correct effect signs

Correct nature signs

Correct signs of non-observation, divisions and examples of

Correct signs, sixfold division, synonyms

Council of Lhasa

Daśabhūmikasūtra, see Sutra on the Ten Grounds

Dependent Arising, compatability with emptiness, synonyms, types of

Dependent nature

Descent into Laṅkā Sutra

Desire Realm

Dharmakīrti, citation of texts by

Diamond Cutter Sutra

Differentiation of the Two Truths

Difference Between the Views

Dignāga

Direct perceiver, definition

Direct perceiver, sense

Drop of Ambrosia

Dualistic appearance, three types

bDud rtsi’ thigs pa, see Drop of Ambrosia

Emic and Etic viewpoints

Emptiness, direct cognition of, of duality of subject and object, of inherent existence, see also Dependent arising; and Selflessness

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds

Essence of the Good Explanations

Essence of the Middle Way

Extremes, as abandoned in Hīnayāna schools, as abandnoned in Mādhyamika, as abandoned in Prāsaṅgika, as abandoned in Svātantrika, as abandoned in Yogācāra, falling to, hierarchy of abandonment of, holding to one, synonyms

Feeling aggregate

Form Aggregate

Form Realm

Formless Realm

Four Hundred

Fundamental Treatise on the Middle Way Called “Wisdom”, see Treatise on the Middle Way

Friendly Letter

Gam-bo-ba (sGam-po-pa)

Golden Rosary of Good Explanations

Great Commentary to (Candrakīrti’s) Supplement

Great Exposition of Special Insight

Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path

Great Exposition of Tenets

Grub mtha’ chen mo, see Great Exposition of Tenets

Gyel-tsap

lHag mthong chen mo, see Great Exposition of Special Insight

Heart Sutra

Hidden phenomena, see Phenomena, hidden and manifest

Horns of a Rabbit

Illumination of the Middle Way

Imaginary nature

Imputed existence, see also Appearance, false in Prāsaṅgika and Mere I

Inference, see also Reason

Inferential valid cognizer, basis of, definition

Inherent existence, four absurd consequences of, in Prāsaṅgika, in Svātantrika, synonyms, see also Appearance, false in Prāsaṅgika; and Objective mode of subsistence in Svātantrika

Innate conception of self of persons, see Self of persons, innate conception

Instructions on Name and Gender

Introduction to the Two Truths

Jam-yang-shay-ba

Jang-gya, biography, summary of Svātantrika chapter

Jñānagarbha, citation of texts by, doctrinal affiliation

Jo-nang-ba

’Jug dik chen mo, see Great Commentary on (Candrakīrti’s) “Supplement”

Kamalaśīla, citation of texts by

Kāśyapa Chapter Sutra

Kāśyapaparivarta, see Kāśyapa Chapter Sutra

Kay-drup

Kindred Sayings

King of Meditative Stabilizations Sutra

Lack of being one or many, see Reasoning of lack of being one or many

Laṅkāvatārasūtra, see Descent into Lanka Sutra

Lam rim chen mo, see Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path

Lamp for (Nāgārjuna’s) “Wisdom”

Legs bshad gser phreng, see Golden Rosary of Good Explanations

Legs bshad snying po, see Essence of Good Explanations

Lo-den-shay-rap

Lo-sang-gön-jok

Logic, see Correct signs; Reason; Subject, basal and mere; and Three Modes

Lokātītastave, see Praise of the ramundane

Madhyamakahṛdaya, see Essence of the Middle Way

Madhyamakālaṃkāra, see Ornament for the Middle Way

Mādhyamakāloka, see Illumination of the Middle Way

Madhyamakāvatāra, see Supplement to (Nāgārjuna’s Treatise on) the Middle Way’’

Mādhyamika, definition, divisions of, identification of schools retrospectively, refutation of charge of having no view, refutation of charge of nihilism

Mādhyamikas of the Model Texts

Magician’s Illusion, example of

Mahāvyutpatti

Mahāyāna, distinguishing feature, according to Prāsaṅgika, according to Svātantrika

Mahāyānasūtralamkāra, see Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sutras

Maitrīpada

Manifest phenomena, see Phenomena, hidden and manifest

Mar-ba

Meaning generality

Meeting of the Father and Son Sutra

Mental factors

Mere I

Mind-basis-of-all

Mind-only

Minds, see Consciousnesses

Nāgārjuna, citation of texts by

Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, see Instructions on Name and Gender

Negative and positive phenomena, see also Affirming negative and Non-affirming negative

Nga-wang-bel-den

Nihilism, refutation of Mādhyamika as

Non-affirming negative; definition and example of, two types

Notes to (Śāntarakṣita’s) “Ornament for the Middle Way’

Object of negation, in Prāsaṅgika, in Svātantrika

Objective mode of subsistence in Svātantrika

Observed-object-condition

Obstructions to liberation, see also Afflictive obstructions

Obstructions to omniscience, antidote for

Ornament for Clear Realization

Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sutras

Ornament for the Middle Way

Padmasambhava

Pañcaviṃśatisahāsrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra, see Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Stanzas

Pan-chen So-nam-drak-ba

Partisan Mādhyamikas

Partless Particles

Path, structure of

Path of seeing

Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Stanzas

Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Stanzas

Perfection of Wisdom Sutras

Perfections, six

Permanent phenomena

Phar phyin mtha’ dpyod skabs dang po, see Analysis of the First Chapter of (Maitreya’s) “Ornament for Clear Realization”

Phenomena, divisions of, hidden and manifest, pure and impure class of, qualities of conditioned phenomena, three attributes of

Pitāputrasamāgamasūtra, see Meeting of the Father and Son Sutra

Praise of Dependent Arising

Praise of the Inconceivable

Praise of the Supramundane

Prajñānāmamūlamadhyamakakārikā, see Treatise on the Middle Way

Prajñāpradīpa, see Lamp for (Nāgārjuna’s) “Wisdom”

Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra, see Heart Sutra

Prajñāpāramitāsūtra, see Perfection of Wisdom Sutras

Pramāṇavarttika, see Commentary on (Dignāga’s) “Compendium on Valid Cognition”

Prasannapadā, see Clear Words

Precious Garland

Proponents of True Existence

Purposeful Statements

Ratnavālī, see Precious Garland

Real and unreal conventionalities

Reason, use of in path

Reasoning of lack of being one or many, as a consequence, as a syllogism

Reasonings, examples of, see Bhāvaviveka, example of reasoning; Reasoning of lack of being one or many

Reasons, facsimile, three types and examples, of

Referent object

Refutation of Objections

Rin-chen-sang-bo

Sa-gya Pandita

Sahajavajra

Samādhirājasūtra, see King of Meditative Stabilizations Sutra

Saṃdhinirmocana, see Sutra Unravelling the Thought

Sāṃkhya

Saṃyutta Nikāya, see Kindred Sayings

Śāntarakṣita, citation of texts, founder of Yogācāra-Svātantrika Mādhyamika, integration of Yogācāra, question of authorship of Satyadvayavibhaṅgaṭīkā, see also Reasoning of lack of being one or many

Śāntideva, citation of texts by

Śatasahāsrikāpra jñāpāramitāsūtra, see Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Stanzas

Satyadvayāvatāra, see Introduction to the Two Truths

Satyadvayavibhaṅga, see Differentiation of the Two Truths

Sautrāntika

Sautrāntika-Svātantrika, etymology

Scriptural interpretation

Self, interpretation of term

Self-knowing consciousness

Self of persons, conception of, artificial, innate, subtle, in Svatantrika, subtle, in Prāsaṅgika, see also Selflessness of persons

Self of Persons, conventionally existent, chart, see also Mere I

Self of phenomena, see Objective mode of subsistence

Selflessness, as distinguished in Prāsaṅgika and Svātantrika

Selflessness of persons, as antidote to afflictive obstructions in Svātantrika, as ultimate truth

Selflessness of phenomena, antidote to the obstructions to omniscience in Svātantrika, as more subtle than that of persons in Svātantrika, contention of not being taught in Hīnayāna

Sense perception, causes of error in, non-mistaken, progression of view of in schools, see also Direct perceivers, sense

Sense powers

Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness

Similar and dissimilar class

Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning

Stages of Meditation

Subject, basal and mere

Substantial existence, types

Suffering, three types

Suhṛllekha, see Friendly Letter

Śūnyatāsaptati, see Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness

Supplement to (Nāgārjuna’s “Treatise on) the Middle Way”

Sutra on the Ten Grounds

Sutra Unravelling the Thought

Sūtrasamuccaya, see Compendium of Sutra

Svātantrika, definition, why they are Mādhyamikas

lTa ba khyad par, see Difference Between the Views

Tarkajvālā, see Blaze of Reasoning

Tathāgatakośasūtra, see Treasury of Tatthāgatas Sutra

Tattvadaśaka, see Ten Stanzas on Suchness

Teaching of Akṣayamati

Ten Stanzas on Suchness

Three modes

Three natures, see also Imaginary nature, Dependent nature; and Consummate nature

Treatise on the Middle Way, Indian commentaries

Treasury of Tathāgatas Sutra

True cessations

True existence, conception of, antidote for, synonyms, refutation of, see Reasoning of lack of being one or many

Truths, conventional, real and unreal, see also Real and unreal conventionalities

Truths, four

Truths, ultimate, definition, divisions and types

Truths, two, basis of division, relationship between

Tsong-kha-pa, citation of texts by

Two truths, see Truths, two

dbU ma rgyan zin bris, see Notes on (Śāntarakṣita’s) “Ornament for the Middle Way”

Udānavarga, see Verses of Uplift

Ultimate, interpretation of term

Ultimate analysis, see Reason, use of in path

Ultimate consciousnesses, see also Actual ultimate; Concordant ultimate; and Wisdom of subsequent attainment

Ultimate existence, types, absurd implications of, refutation of

Ultimate truth, see Truth, ultimate

Udānavarga, see Purposeful Statements

Vaibhāṣika

Vaiśeṣika

Vajracchedika, see Diamond Cutter Sutra

Valid Cognizers, significance in autonomous syllogism, types, see also Direct perceivers; and Inferential valid cognizers

Vasubandhu

Vātsīputrīya

Vedānta

Verses of Uplife

Vigrahavyavārtinīkārikā, see Refutation of Objections

Vinayakṣudravastu, see Brief Scriptures on Discipline

Wisdom of subsequent attainment

Ye-shav-day

Yogācāra

Yogācāra-Svātantrika, etymology

Yuktiṣaṣṭikākārikā, see Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning

Yuktiṣaṣṭikāvṛtti, see Commentary to (Nagarjuna’s) “Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning”

 

 

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