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Abhidharma-kośa (Treasury of Knowledge) [Vasubandhu]

Abhidharma-kośa-bhāṣya (Treasury of Knowledge Auto-commentary) [Vasubandhu]

Abhidharma-samuccaya (Compendium of Knowledge) [Asaṇga]

Abhisamayālaṃkāra (Ornament for Clear Knowledge) [Maitreyanātha]. See also Prajñā-pāramitopadeśa-śāstra.

Abhisamayālaṃkāralokā (Long Explanation of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in Eight Thousand Lines) [Haribhadra]

action: and ethical training; and joyous perseverance; and the power of aspiration; and the roots of virtue; ten paths of

Adhyāśaya-saṃcodana-sūtra (Exhortation to Wholehearted Resolve)

Advice to the King Sūtra. See Rājāvavādaka-sūtra.

Akṣayamati-nirdeśa-sūtra (Teachings of Akṣayamati Sūtra)

analytical meditation

Ananta-mukha-nirhāra-dhāraṇī (Formula That Accomplishes Limitless Methods)

arhats

Array of Qualities in Mañjuśrī’s Buddhafield. See Mañjuśrī-buddha-kṣetra-guṇa-vyūha-sūtra.

Array of Stalks Sūtra. See Gaṇḍa-vyūha-sūtra.

Āryadeva. See Catuḥ-śataka.

Ārya-maitreya-vimokṣa (Life of Maitreya)

Āryānanta-mukha-sādhaka-nāma-dhāraṇī. See Ananta-mukha-nirhāra-dhāraṇī.

Āryaśūra. See also Jātaka-mālā; Pāramitā-samāsa; Varṇāha-varṇa-stotra.

Asaṅga. See also Abhidharma-samuccaya; Bala-gotra-parivarta; Bodhisattva-bhūmi; Mahāyāna-saṃgraha; Viniścaya-saṃgrahaṇī; Yoga-caryā-bhūmi.

aspirational spirit of enlightenment; damage to; precepts for; ritual for adopting

Aśvaghoṣa. See Śata-pañcāśatka-nāma-stotra.

Atisha. See also Bodhi-mārga-pradīpa-pañjikā-nāma; Bodhi-patha-pradīpa; Bodhisattvādikarmika-mārgāvatāra-deśanā; Cittotpāda-saṃvara-vidhi-krama; Guru-kriyā-krama; Hṛdaya-nikṣepa; Mahāyāna-patha-sādhana-varṇa-saṃgraha.

Bala-gotra-parivarta (Power-Lineage Chapter) [Asaṇga]

Basic Path to Awakening. See Byang chub gzhung lam.

Bhadra-kalpika-sūtra (Sūtra of the Auspicious Eon)

bhagavan buddhas

Bhāvanā-krama (Stages of Meditation) [Kamalaśīla] First Second Third

Bhāvaviveka. See also Madhyamaka-hṛdaya-kārikā.

Bodh Gayā

Bodhicitta-vivaraṇa (Essay on the Spirit of Enlightenment) [Nāgārjuna]

Bodhicittotpāda-samādāna-vidhi (Ritual for Generating the Spirit of Enlightenment) [Jetāri]

Bodhi-mārga-pradīpa-pañjikā (Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment”) [Atisha]

Bodhi-patha-pradīpa (Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment) [Atisha]

Bodhisattva Levels. See Bodhisattva-bhūmi.

Bodhisattva Vows of Liberation. See Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa.

Bodhisattva-bhūmi (Bodhisattva Levels) [Asaṇga]

Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra (Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds) [Śāntideva]

Bodhisattvādikarmika-mārgāvatāra-deśanā (Teaching About a New Bodhisattva’s Entry into the Path) [Atisha]

Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa (Bodhisattva Vows of Liberation)

Bo-do-wa. See Po-to-ba.

Brahmā

Brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Sūtra Requested by Brahmā)

’Brom-ston-pa-rgyal-ba’i-’byung-gnas (Drom-dön-ba)

bSam-yas (Sam-ye)

Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra (Flower Ornament Sūtra)

Buddheśvara

Bu-rang. See Pu-rangs.

Byang-ba (Chang-wa)

Byang chub gzhung lam (Basic Path to Awakening) [Tsong kha pa]

Candragomin. See also Deśanā-stava; Śiṣya-lekha.

Candrakīrti. See also Madhyamakāvatāra; Madhyamakāvatāra-bhāṣya.

Candra-pradīpa-sūtra (Moon Lamp Sūtra). See also Samādhi-rāja-sūtra.

Candrottama-dārikā-vyākaraṇa-sutra (Daughter Like the Finest Moon’s Discourse Sūtra)

Catuḥ-pratisaraṇa-sūtra. See Ārya-akṣayamati-nirdeśa.

Catuḥ-śataka (Four Hundred Stanzas) [Āryadeva]

certain goodness

Chang-wa. See Byang-ba.

Chapter of the Truth Speaker. See Satyaka-parivarta.

Chos bdun pa’i mdo (Seven Dharmas Sūtra)

Cittotpāda-saṃvara-vidhi-krama (Ritual Procedures for the Spirit of Enlightenment and the Bodhisattva Vows) [Atisha]

Cloud of Jewels Sūtra. See Ratna-megha-sūtra.

Clouds of Offerings Formula. See Dharma-megha-dhāraṇī.

collections of merit and sublime wisdom. See also merit; wisdom

Commentary on the “Compendium of Valid Cognition.” See Pramāṇa-vārttika-kārikā.

Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment.” See Bodhi-mārga-pradīpa-pañjikā.

Commentary on the Kāśyapa Chapter. See Kāśyapa-parivarta-ṭīkā.

Commentary on the “Middle Way.” See Madhyamakāvatāra.

compassion

Compendium of Determinations. See Viniścaya-saṃgrahaṇī.

Compendium of Knowledge. See Abhidharma-samuccaya.

Compendium of Sūtras. See Sūtra-samuccaya.

Compendium of the Perfections. See Pāramitā-samāsa.

Compendium of the Teachings Sūtra. See Dharma-saṃgīti-sūtra.

Compendium of the Trainings in Verse. See Śikṣā-samuccaya-kārikā.

Compendium of Trainings. See Śikṣā-samuccaya.

Concentration of the Tathāgata’s Sublime Wisdom Gesture. See Tathāgata-jñāna-mudrā-samādhi-sūtra.

Concisely Written Method of Achieving the Mahāyāna Path. See Mahāyāna-patha-sādhana-varṇa-saṃgraha.

Daśa-bhūmika-sūtra (Sūtra on the Ten Levels)

Daśa-dharmaka-sūtra (Ten Teaching Sūtra)

Daughter Like the Finest Moon’s Discourse Sūtra. See Candrottama-dārikā-vyākaraṇa-sutra.

Deśanā-stava (Praise of Confession) [Candragomin]

Devaputra

Dharmakīrti. See Pramāṇa-vārttika-kārikā.

Dharma-megha-dhāraṇī (Clouds of Offerings Formula)

Dharma-saṃgīti-sūtra (Compendium of the Teachings Sūtra)

Dö-lung. See sTod-lungs.

Drap-ba. See Grab-pa.

Dro-lung-ba. See Gro-lung-pa.

Drom-dön-ba. See ’Brom-ston-pa-rgyal-ba’i-’byung-gnas.

eight objects for developing conviction about the teachings

eight similes

eighteen human strategies

eleven activities for others’ welfare

eleven types of living beings

engaged spirit of enlightenment; damage to; precepts for

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds. See Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra.

equanimity. See impartiality.

exchanging self and other; two obstacles to

Exhortation to Wholehearted Resolve. See Adhyāśaya-saṃcodana-sūtra.

Explanation of the “Middle Way” Commentary. See Madhyamakāvatāra-bhāṣya.

Essay on the Spirit of Enlightenment. See Bodhicitta-vivaraṇa.

ethical discipline

five cow products

five paths: accumulation; preparation

five sense faculties

five topics of knowledge

Flower Ornament Sūtra. See Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra.

Foremost of Gayā Sūtra. See Gayā-śīrṣa-sūtra.

Formula That Accomplishes Limitless Methods. See Ananta-mukha-nirhāra-dhāraṇī.

four dark practices

four excellences of high status

Four Hundred Stanzas. See Catuḥ-śataka.

four light practices

Four Noble Truths

four powers of confession

four ways to gather disciples

Friendly Letter. See Suhṛl-lekha.

Gagana-gañja-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Questions of Sky Treasure Sūtra)

Ga-ma-pa. See Ka-ma-ba.

Gaṇḍa-vyūha-sūtra (Array of Stalks Sūtra)

Ganges

Garland of Birth Stories. See Jātaka-mālā.

Gayā-śīrṣa-sūtra (Foremost of Gayā Sūtra)

generosity; inappropriate; hindrances to; motivations for; ten recipients of; thirteen ways to be eliminated; two ways to give away your body

Glang-ri-thang-pa (Lang-ri-tang-ba)

Glorious First and Foremost Tantra. See Śrī-paramādya-kalpa-rāja.

Grab-pa (Drap-ba)

Gṛha-pati-ugra-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Questions of Householder Ugra Sūtra)

Gro-lung-pa (Dro-lung-ba)

gSer-gling-pa (Ser-ling-ba)

gShen-ston (Shen-dön)

Guṇāparyanta-stotra (Praise of Infinite Qualities) [Triratnadāsa]

Guru-kriyā-krama (Stages of the Activities of the Guru) [Atisha]

Gyal-wa-yen-jung. See rGyal-ba-ye-’byung.

Haribhadra. See also Abhisamayālaṃkārālokā.

Ha-shang. See Hva-shang.

Heart of the Middle Way. See Madhyamaka-hṛdaya.

Heart Summary. See Hṛdaya-nikṣepa.

high status

Hīnayāna

Hṛdaya-nikṣepa (Heart Summary) [Atisha]

Hundred Verses on Wisdom. See Prajñā-śataka.

Hva-shang (Ha-shang)

impartiality.

Indra

Indrabhuti

Jambudvīpa

Jātaka-mālā (Garland of Birth Stories) [Āryaśūra]

Jen-nga-wa. See sPyan-snga-ba.

Jetāri. See also Bodhicittotpāda-samādāna-vidhi.

Jo-bo-ba (Jo-wo-pa)

Jo-wo-pa. See Jo-bo-ba.

joyous perseverance

Ka-ma-ba (Ga-ma-pa)

Kamalaśīla. See also Bhāvanā-krama.

Kam-lung-ba. See Kham-lung-ba.

karma. See action.

Karmāvaraṇa-viśuddhi-sūtra (Purification of the Obscurations of Karma Sūtra)

Karuṇā-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (Lotus of Compassion Sūtra)

Kāśi

Kāśyapa

Kāśyapa Chapter Sūtra. See Kāśyapa-parivarta-sūtra.

Kāśyapa-parivarta-sūtra (Kāśyapa Chapter Sūtra)

Kāśyapa-parivarta-ṭīkā (Commentary on the Kāśyapa Chapter) [Sthiramati]

Kātyāyana

Kham-lung-ba (Kam-lung-ba)

King of Concentrations Sūtra. See Samādhi-rāja-sūtra.

Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment. See Bodhi-patha-pradīpa.

Lam-rim (Stages of the Path)

Lang-ri-tang-ba. See Glang-ri-thang-pa.

Letter to a Student. See Śiṣya-lekha.

Levels of Yogic Deeds. See Yoga-caryā-bhūmi.

liberation; two causes for not attaining

Life of Maitreya. See Ārya-maitreya-vimokṣa.

Long Explanation of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in Eight Thousand Lines. See Abhisamayālaṃkāralokā.

Lotus of Compassion Sūtra. See Karuṇā-puṇḍarīka-sūtra.

love

Madhyamaka-hṛdaya (Heart of the Middle Way) [Bhāvaviveka]

Madhyamakāvatāra (Commentary on the “Middle Way”) [Candrakīrti]

Madhyamakāvatāra-bhāṣya (Explanation of the “Middle Way” Commentary) [Candrakīrti]

mahāsattva bodhisattvas

Maha-vairocanābhisaṃbodhi-dharma-paryāya (Vairocana’s Great Enlightenment Discourse)

Mahāyāna

Mahāyāna Compendium. See Mahāyāna-saṃgraha.

Mahāyāna-patha-sādhana-varṇa-saṃgraha (Concisely Written Method of Achieving the Mahāyāna Path) [Atisha]

Mahāyāna-saṃgraha (Mahāyāna Compen-dium) [Asaṇga]

Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra (Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras) [Maitreyanātha]

Mahāyānottara-tantra-śāstra/ Ratna-gotra-vibhāga/ Uttara-tantra (Sublime Continuum) [Maitreyanātha]

Maitreya [Ajita]

Maitreyanātha. See Abhisamayālaṃkāra; Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra-kārikā; Mahāyānottara-tantra-śāstra.

maṇḍala

Mang-yul

Mañjuśrī

Mañjuśrī-buddha-kṣetra-guṇa-vyūha-sūtra (Array of Qualities in Mañjuśrī’s Buddhafield)

Mañjuśrī-vikrīḍita-sūtra (Play of Mañjuśrī Sūtra)

mantra vehicle See also tantra vehicle.

Mātṛceṭa. See Śata-pañcāśatka-stotra; Varṇāha-varṇe-bhagavato-buddhasya-stotre-śakya-stava.

meditative stabilization

merit. See also collections of merit and sublime wisdom.

method and wisdom. See also wisdom.

Mindfulness of the Excellent Teaching. See Sad-dharmānusmṛty-upasthāna.

Moon Lamp Sūtra. See Candra-pradīpa-sūtra.

Mount Meru

nāga

Nāga-rāja-bherī-gāthā (Verses from the Nāga King’s Drum)

Nāgārjuna. See also Bodhicitta-vivaraṇa; Prajñā-pāramitā-stotra; Prajñā-śataka; Ratnāvalī; Suhṛl-lekha; Sūtra-samuccaya.

Nag-tsho (Nag-tso)

Nag-tso. See Nag-tsho.

Nal-jor-ba-chen-bo. See rNal-’byor-pa-chen-po.

Nārāyaṇa-paripṛcchā-dhāraṇī (Questions of Nārāyaṇa Formula)

Neu-sur-ba. See sNe’u-zur-pa.

nine worldly concerns

nirvāṇa; non-abiding

omniscience

one hundred and ten sufferings observed with compassion

Ornament for Clear Knowledge. See Abhisamayālaṃkāra.

Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras. See Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra.

Pāramitā-samāsa (Compendium of the Perfections) [Āryaśūra]

patience

perfection of wisdom

perfection vehicle

Phu-chung-ba (Pu-chung-wa)

Play of Mañjuśrī Sūtra. See Mañjuśrī-vikrīḍita-sūtra.

pleasant speech

pliancy

Po-to-ba (Bo-do-wa)

Power-Lineage Chapter. See Bala-gotra-parivarta.

Praise in Honor of One Worthy of Honor. See Varṇāha-varṇa-stotra.

Praise in One Hundred and Fifty Verses. See Śata-pañcāśatka-stotra.

Praise of Confession. See Deśanā-stava.

Praise of Infinite Qualities. See Guṇāparyanta-stotra.

Praise of the Perfection of Wisdom. See Prajñā-pāramitā-stotra.

Prajñā-pāramitā-stotra (Praise of the Perfection of Wisdom) [Nāgārjuna]

Prajñā-pāramitopadeśa-śāstra (Treatise of Instruction in the Perfection of Wisdom). See also Abhisamayālaṃkāra.

Prajñā-śataka (Hundred Verses on Wisdom), [Nāgārjuna]

Pramāṇa-vārttika-kārikā (Commentary on the “Compendium of Valid Cognition) [Dharmakīrti]

Praśanta-viniścaya-prātihārya-sūtra (Sūtra on the Magic of Final Peace)

pratyekabuddha

Prayer of Samantabhadra. See Samantabhadra-caryā-praṇidhāna.

Precious Garland. See Ratnāvalī.

pride, three types

Pu-chung-wa. See Phu-chung-ba.

Pu-rangs (Bu-rang)

Purification of the Obscurations of Karma Sūtra. See Karmāvaraṇa-viśuddhi-sūtra.

Questions of Crest Jewel Sūtra. See Ratna-cūḍa-sūtra.

Questions of Householder Ugra Sūtra. See Gṛha-pati-ugra-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Questions of Nārāyaṇa Formula. See Nārāyaṇa-paripṛcchā-dhāraṇī.

Questions of Sāgaramati Sūtra. See Sāgaramati-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Questions of Sky Treasure Sūtra. See Gagana-gañja-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Questions of Subāhu Sūtra. See Subāhu-paripṛcchā.

Questions of the Householder Vīradatta. See Vīradatta-gṛha-pati-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Questions of Upāli Sūtra. See Upāli-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Rag-ma

Rājāvavādaka-sūtra (Advice to the King Sūtra)

rākṣasa

Ratna-cūḍa-sūtra (Questions of Crest Jewel Sūtra)

Ratna-gotra-vibhāga. See Mahāyānottara-tantra-śāstra.

Ratna-guṇa-saṃcaya-gāthā (Verse Summary of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines)

Ratna-kūṭa Collection

Ratna-megha-sūtra (Cloud of Jewels Sūtra)

Ratnāvalī (Precious Garland) [Nāgārjuna]

rGyal-ba-ye-’byung (Gyal-wa-yen-jung)

Ritual for Generating the Spirit of Enlightenment. See Bodhicittotpāda-samādāna-vidhi.

Ritual Procedures for the Spirit of Enlightenment and the Bodhisattva Vows. See Cittotpāda-saṃvara-vidhi-krama.

rNal-’byor-pa-chen-po (Nal-jor-ba-chen-bo)

Rudra

Sad-dharmānusmṛty-upasthāna (Mindfulness of the Excellent Teaching)

Sāgaramati

Sāgaramati-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Questions of Sāgaramati Sūtra)

Samādhi-rāja-sūtra (King of Concentrations Sūtra)

Samantabhadra-caryā-praṇidhāna (Prayer of Samantabhadra)

Saṃdhi-nirmocana-sūtra (Sūtra Unravelling the Intended Meaning)

Sam-ye. See bSam-yas.

Śāntarakṣita

Śāntideva. See also Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra; Śikṣā-samuccaya; Śikṣā-samuccaya-kārikā.

Śāriputra

Sarva-vaidalya-saṃgraha-sūtra (Sūtra Gathering All the Threads)

Śata-pañcāśatka-stotra (Praise in One Hundred and Fifty Verses) [Mātṛceṭa/Aśvaghoṣa]

Satyaka-parivarta (Chapter of the Truth Speaker)

Satyākāravādin view

Seal of Engaging in Developing the Power of Faith Sūtra. See Śraddhā-balādhānāvatāra-mudrā-sūtra.

Se-mo-dru-ba (Se-mo-dru-wa)

Se-mo-dru-wa. See Se-mo-dru-ba.

serenity

Ser-ling-ba. See gSer-gling-pa.

seven aspects of living by begging

seven branches of worship

seven cause-and-effect personal instructions

Seven Dharmas Sūtra. See Chos bdun pa’i mdo.

seven ways of upholding the teaching

Sha-bo-ba. See Shva-bo-pa.

Shang-na-chung. See Zhang-sna-chung.

Sha-ra-ba (Sha-ra-wa)

Sha-ra-wa. See Sha-ra-ba.

Shay-rap-dor-jay. See Shes-rab-rdo-rje.

Shen-dön. See gShen-ston.

Shes-rab-rdo-rje (Shay-rap-dor-jay)

Shva-bo-pa (Sha-bo-ba)

Śikṣā-samuccaya (Compendium of Trainings) [Śāntideva]

Śikṣā-samuccaya-kārikā (Compendium of the Trainings in Verse) [Śāntideva]

Siṃha-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Sūtra Requested by a Lion)

Śiṣya-lekha (Letter to a Student) [Candragomin]

six perfections

six supremacies

sNe’u-zur-pa (Neu-sur-ba)

spirit of enlightenment: benefits of; four causes to develop; four conditions to develop; four strengths to develop; precepts of ritual for adopting; twenty-two kinds of; two benefits of the first stable generation of two components of; two types of. See also aspirational spirit of enlightenment; engaged spirit of enlightenment.

sPyan-snga-ba (Jen-nga-wa)

Śraddhā-balādhānāvatāra-mudrā-sūtra (Seal of Engaging in Developing the Power of Faith Sūtra)

śrāvaka

Śrī-paramādya-kalpa-rāja (Glorious First and Foremost Tantra)

Stages of Meditation. See Bhāvanā-krama.

Stages of the Activities of the Guru. See Guru-kriyā-krama.

Stages of the Path. See Lam-rim.

Sthiramati. See Kāśyapa-parivarta-ṭīkā.

sTod-lungs (Dö-lung)

stūpa

Subāhu-paripṛcchā (Questions of Subāhu Sūtra)

Sublime Continuum. See Mahāyānottara-tantra-śāstra.

suffering: and compassion; and cultivation of impartiality; and cultivation of love; and developing the spirit of enlightenment; and joyous perseverance; and patience; and self-cherishing; and wisdom; eight bases for accepting; five good qualities of

sugata

Suhṛl-lekha (Friendly Letter) [Nāgārjuna]

“Summary of the Bodhisattva Fundametals,”

sūtra (as a path)

Sūtra Gathering All the Threads. See Sarva-vaidalya-saṃgraha-sūtra.

Sūtra of Showing the Tathāgata’s Inconceivable Secret. See Tathāgatācintya-guhya-nirdeśa-sūtra.

Sūtra of the Auspicious Eon. See Bhadra-kalpika-sūtra.

Sūtra of the Golden Light. See Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-sūtra.

Sūtra on the Coming Forth of the Tathāgatas. See Tathāgatotpatti-saṃbhava.

Sūtra on the Magic of Final Peace. See Praśanta-viniścaya-prātihārya-sūtra.

Sūtra on the Ten Levels. See Daśa-bhūmika-sūtra.

Sūtra Requested by a Lion. See Siṃha-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Sūtra Requested by Brahmā. See Brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra.

Sūtra-samuccaya (Compendium of Sūtras) [Nāgārjuna]

Sūtra Unravelling the Intended Meaning. See Saṃdhi-nirmocana-sūtra.

Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-sūtra (Sūtra of the Golden Light)

tantra (as a path or vehicle) See also mantra vehicle.

Tantra Bestowing the Initiation of Vajrapāṇi. See Vajrapāṇy-abhiṣeka-mahā-tantra.

tathāgata

Tathāgatācintya-guhya-nirdeśa-sūtra (Sūtra of Showing the Tathāgata’s Inconceivable Secret)

Tathāgata-jñāna-mudrā-samādhi-sūtra (Concentration of the Tathāgata’s Sublime Wisdom Gesture)

Tathāgatotpatti-saṃbhava (Sūtra on the Coming Forth of the Tathāgatas)

Teaching About a New Bodhisattva’s Entry into the Path. See Bodhisattvādikarmika-mārgāvatāra-deśanā.

Teaching of Vimalakīrti. See Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra.

Teachings of Akṣayamati Sūtra. See Akṣayamati-nirdeśa-sūtra.

ten nonvirtues

ten perfections

ten powers

Ten Teaching Sūtra. See Daśa-dharmaka-sūtra.

thirty-seven branches of enlightenment

three billion world systems

three great powers of buddhas and bodhisattvas

Three Heaps Sūtra. See Tri-skandhaka-sūtra.

three jewels

three principal aspects of the path

three trainings

Treasury of Knowledge. See Abhidharma-kośa.

Treasury of Knowledge Auto-commentary. See Abhidharma-kośa-bhāṣya.

Treatise of Instruction in the Perfection of Wisdom. See Prajñā-pāramitopadeśaśāstra.

Triratnadāsa. See Guṇāparyanta-stotra.

Tri-skandhaka-sūtra (Three Heaps Sūtra)

two aims (of self and others)

two kinds of teaching

two truths

Upāli

Upāli-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Questions of Upāli Sūtra)

utpala flower

Uttara-tantra. See Mahāyānottara-tantra-śāstra.

Vairocana’s Great Enlightenment Discourse. See Maha-vairocanābhisaṃbodhi-dharma-paryāya.

Vajrapāṇi

Vajrapāṇy-abhiṣeka-mahā-tantra (Tantra Bestowing the Initiation of Vajrapāṇi)

Vajrayāna

valid cognition

Varṇāha-varṇa-stotra (Praise in Honor of One Worthy of Honor) [Āryaśūra]

Vasubandhu. See Abhidharma-kośa; Abhidharma-kośa-bhāṣya.

Verse Summary of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines. See Ratna-guṇa-saṃcaya-gāthā.

Verses from the Nāga King’s Drum. See Nāga-rāja-bherī-gāthā.

Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra (Teaching of Vimalakīrti)

Viniścaya-saṃgrahaṇī (Compendium of Determinations) [Asaṇga]

Vīradatta-gṛha-pati-paripṛcchā-sūtra (Questions of the Householder Vīradatta)

vows; bodhisattva; individual liberation

wisdom. See also collections of merit and sublime wisdom; method and wisdom.

yakṣas

Yoga-caryā-bhūmi (Levels of Yogic Deeds) [Asaṇga]

Zhang-sna-chung (Shang-na-chung)