SCRIPTURES
Ākāśagarbha Sutra. Ākāśagarbhasūtra. Nam mkha’i snying po’i mdo. Toh 260, mdo sde, za. P926, zhu.
Condensed Perfection of Wisdom in Stanzas. Prajñāpāramitāsaṃcayagāthā. Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa bsdud pa tshigs su bcad pa. Toh 13, shes phyin, ka. P735, tsi.
Flower Ornament Scripture. Avataṃsakasūtra. Sangs rgyas phal po che zhes bya ba shin tu rab tu rgyas pa. Toh 44, phal chen, ka–a. P761, yi–hi.
Heart of Amoghapāśa Sutra. (Referred to also as the Amoghapāśa Tantra.) Amoghapāśahṛdayasūtra. ’Phags pa don yod zhags pa’i snying po. Toh 682, rgyud, ba. P366, ma.
Magical Net Tantra. Māyājālatantra. Rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po sgyu ’phrul dra ba. Toh 466, rgyud ’bum, ja. P102, ja.
Perfectly Gathering the Qualities [of Avalokiteśvara] Sutra. Dharmasaṃgītisūtra. Chos yang dag par sdud pa’i mdo. Toh 238, mdo sde, zha. P904, vu.
Teachings of Vimalakīrti Sutra. Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra. Dri ma med par grags pas bstan pa. Toh 176, mdo sde, ma. P843, bu.
True Union Tantra. Sampuṭatantra. Yang dag par sbyor ba’i rgyud. Toh 381, rgyud, ga. P26, ga.
Vajra Peak Tantra. Vajraśekharatantra. Gsang ba rnal ’byor chen po’i rgyud rdo rje rtse mo. Toh 480, rgyud, nya. P113.
Vows of Good Conduct. Bhadracaryāpraṇidhāna. Bzang po spyod pa’i smon lam. Toh 1095, gzungs bsdus, vam. P716, ya. This is found also as part 4 of the Flower Ornament Scripture.
AUTHORED WORKS
Āryaśūra. Garland of Birth Stories. Jātakamālā. Skyes rabs kyi rgyud. Toh 4150, skyes rabs, hu. P5650, ki.
Asaṅga. Levels of the Bodhisattva. Bodhisattvabhūmi. Byang chub sems dpa’i sa. Toh 4037, sems tsam, vi. P5538, zhi. For an English translation of the chapter on ethics, see Mark Tatz (1986). The chapter on reality has been translated by Janice Willis in On Knowing Reality: The Tattvārtha Chapter of Asaṅga’s Bodhisattvabhūmi (New York: Columbia University Press, 1979).
Atiśa Dīpaṃkara. Garland of Unblemished Precious Gems. Vimalaratnalekha. Dri ma med pa rin po che’i spring yig. Toh 4188, spring yig, nge. P5688, nge.
———. Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment. Bodhipathapradīpa. Byang chub lam gyi sgron ma. Toh 3947, dbu ma, khi. P5343, ki. For an English translation, see Geshe Sonam Rinchen’s Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment. Ruth Sonam, trans. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1997.
Bapat, P. V., ed. 2500 Years of Buddhism. Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1959; reprint 1987.
Bhūripa. Extensive Daily Confessions of Cakrasaṃvara [Practice]. Dpal ’khor lo mde mchog gi rgyun bshags rgyas pa. Toh 1533, rgyud ’grel, za. P2244, pha.
Buddhaśrījñāna. Drop of Freedom. Muktitilaka. Grol ba’i thig le. Toh 1859, rgyud ’grel, di. P2722, ti.
Candrakīrti. Entering the Middle Way. Madhyamakāvatāra. Dbu ma la ’jug pa’i tshig le’ur byas pa. Toh 3861, dbu ma, ’a. P5262, ’a. An English translation of this work from the Tibetan can be found in C. W. Huntington, Jr. (1989).
Chegom Sherap Dorjé (ca. twelfth century), compiler. Miscellaneous Sayings of the Kadam Masters. Bka’ gdams gsung bgros thor bu. English translation in Thupten Jinpa, trans., The Book of Kadam (2008).
Chim Namkha Drak (1210–85). Biography of Master Atiśa. Jo bo rje’i rnam thar rgyas pa yongs grags. In The Book of Kadam (Bka’ gdams glegs bam), vol. 1, pp. 44–228. Typeset edition, Kansu: Nationalities Press, 1993.
Dalai Lama, His Holiness the. The Compassionate Life. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
———. Lighting the Way. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2004.
———. Open Heart. New York: Little, Brown, 2002.
———. Transforming the Mind. Translated by Thupten Jinpa. London: Thorsons, 2000.
Dharmakīrti. Thorough Exposition of Valid Cognition. Pramāṇavārttika. Tshad ma rnam ’grel gyi tshigs le’ur byas pa. Toh 4210, tshad ma, ce. P5709, ce.
Dromtönpa (1005–65). Source of Teachings. Chos kyi ’byung gnas. In The Book of Kadam, vol. 1, pp. 229–90. Typeset edition, Kansu: Nationalities Press, 1993.
Dunne, John, and Sarah McClintock, trans. The Precious Garland. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Eimer, Helmut. “The Development of the Biographical Tradition Concerning Atiśa (Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna).” The Journal of the Tibet Society, London 2 (1982): 41–51.
Gö Lotsawa Shönu Pal (1392–1481). The Blue Annals. Deb ther sngon po. Typeset edition in two volumes, Sichuan: Minorities Press, 1984. English translation by George N. Roerich as The Blue Annals. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; reprint 1988.
Hopkins, Jeffrey, trans. Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation: Nāgārjuna’s Precious Garland. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1998.
Hortön Namkha Pal (1373–1447). Mind Training: Rays of Sun. Blo sbyong nyi ma’i ’od zer. Xylograph edition reprinted by Tibetan Cultural Printing Press, Dharamsala, 1986. English translation by Brian Beresford of this text is available under the title Mind Training Like the Rays of Sun. Ed. by Jeremy Russell. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1992.
Huntington, C. W., Jr., and Geshe Namgyal Wangchen. The Emptiness of Emptiness. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1989.
Jamgön Kongtrül (1831–90), ed. Treasury of Instructions. Gdams ngag mdzod. Xylograph edition. Delhi: Lungtok and Gyaltsen; reprint 1971.
Jinpa, Thupten, trans. The Book of Kadam: The Core Texts. The Library of Tibetan Classics 2. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008.
———. Mind Training: The Great Collection. Compiled by Shönu Gyalchok and Könchok Gyaltsen. The Library of Tibetan Classics 1. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2006.
Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé (1284–1339). One Hundred Birth Stories. Skyes rabs brgya pa. Typeset edition in Gangs can rigs brgya’i sgo ’byed lde mig, vol. 22. Beijing: Nationalities Press, 1995.
Lindtner, Christian. Nāgārjuniana: Studies in the Writings and Philosophy of Nāgārjuna. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982; reprint 1990.
Losang Tamdrin (1867–1937). Annotations on the Wheel of Sharp Weapons Mind Training. Blo sbyong mtshon cha ’khor lo’i mchan. The Collected Works of Rje btsun Blo bzang rta mgrin, vol. ka. Delhi: Guru Deva Lama, 1975.
Maitreya. Ornament of Mahayana Sutras. Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra. Theg pa chen po mdo sde’i rgyan. Toh 4020, sems tsam, phi. P5521, phi.
Nāgārjuna. Commentary on the Awakening Mind. Bodhicittavivaraṇa. Byang chub sems kyi ’grel pa. Toh 1800, rgyud ’grel, ngi. P2665, gi. An English translation is in Lindtner (1982).
———. Friendly Letter. Suhṛllekha. Bshes pa’i spring yig. Toh 4182, spring yig, nge. P5682, nge. English translation in Tharchin and Engle (1979).
———. Precious Garland. Ratnāvalī. Rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin po che’i phreng ba. Toh 4158, skyes rabs, ge. P5658, nge. English translations in Hopkins (1998) and in Dunne and McClintock (1997).
Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo (1978–1941). Root Text of the Seven-Point Mind Training. Blo sbyong don bdun ma’i rtsa tshig. The Collected Works, vol. ka. English translation by Michael Richards in Pabongka Rinpoche, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, pp. 726–30. Rev. ed. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2006.
Sangyé Gompa (1179–1250). Public Explication of Mind Training. Blo sbyong tshogs bshad ma. Entry 34 of Mind Training: The Great Collection, pp. 313–417.
Śāntideva. Compendium of Trainings. Śikṣāsamuccaya. Bslab pa kun las btus pa. Toh 3939 and 3940, dbu ma, khi. P5336, ki. English translation from Sanskrit by Cecil Bendall and W. H. D. Rouse under the title Śikṣā Samuccaya: A Compendium of Buddhist Doctrine. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; reprint 1971.
———. A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Bodhicaryāvatāra. Byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa la ’jug pa. Toh 3871, dbu ma, la. P5272, la. Several English translations of this work exist, including Stephen Batchelor’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1979), the Padmakara Translation Group’s The Way of the Bodhisattva (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997), Alan and Vesna Wallace’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1997), and Kate Crosby and Andrew Skilton’s Bodhicaryāvatāra (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995).
Saraha. Songs of the Treasury of Dohas. Dohākoṣagīti. Do ha mdzod kyi klu. Toh 2224, rgyud ’grel, vi. P3068, mi. English translation in Herbert Guenther, The Royal Song of Saraha. Seattle: University of Washington, 1969.
Shönu Gyalchok (fourteenth century). Mind Training: Compendium of Well-Uttered Insights. Blo sbyong legs bshad kun btus. Xylograph, Dergé edition. Delhi: Ngawang Topgyal; reprint 1996.
Sopa, Geshe Lhundub, with Michael Sweet and Leonard Zwilling. Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
Tatz, Mark. Asanga’s Chapter on Ethics with the Commentary of Tsong-kha-pa. Berkeley: University of California, 1986.
Tharchin, Geshe Lobsang, and Artemus Engle. Nāgārjuna’s Letter to a Friend with a Commentary by Venerable Rendawa Zhon-nu Lo-dro. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1979.
Thokmé Sangpo (1295–1369). Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training. The full text in volume 3 of Jamgön Kongtrül’s Treasury of Instructions. Delhi: Lungtok and Gyaltsen; reprint 1971.
Trichen Tenpa Rapgyé (1759–1815). Ambrosia Giving Birth to Shoots of Altruistic Deeds: Notes on the Wheel of Sharp Weapons. Blo sbyong mtshon cha ’khor lo’i zin bris gzhan phan myu gu bskyed pa’i bdud rtsi. The Collected Works of Thri chen Bstan pa rab rgyas, vol. 3. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.
Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. Byang chub lam rim chen mo. The Collected Works of Tsongkhapa, vol. pha. Xylograph edition reprinted by Guru Deva Lama in Delhi, 1978. Typeset edition, Kansu: Minorities Press, 1985. English translation of this work is available as The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, vols. 1–3. The Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee; Guy Newland, ed.; Joshua W. C. Cutler, editor-in-chief. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2000, 2002, and 2004.
Vasubandhu. Twenty Verses. Viṃśatikā. Nyi shu pa’ tshig le’ur byas pa. Toh 4056, sems tsam, shi. P5557, si. English translation in Stefan Anacker, Seven Works of Vasubandhu, The Buddhist Psychological Doctor. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984.
Yeshé Döndrup (1792–1855). Treasury of Gems: Selected Anthology of the Well-Uttered Insights of the Teachings of the Precious Kadam Tradition. Legs par bshad pa bka’ gdams rin po che’i gsung gi gces btus legs bshad nor bu’i bang mdzod. Typeset edition, Kansu: Nationalities Press, 1995.