The Treasury of Knowledge: Books Two, Three, and Four: Buddhism's Journey to Tibet
Jamgon Kongtrul’s ten-volume Treasury of Knowledge is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its source in study as well as in reflection and practice.\ Buddhism’s Journey to Tibet presents Kongtrul's masterful history of...
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Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were present in Tibet. This volume, his masterful history of Buddhism, describes the Buddha's life and teachings, including material scriptures, non-material realization and works inspired by his teaching. The book also describes how this tradition was preserved and transmitted, and how it journeyed to and was assimilated into Tibetan religious life. Cornelia Weishaar-Gunter Jamgon Kongtrul is considered to be one of the great leaders of the nonsectarian movement in Tibetan Buddhism, and his Treasury of Knowledge is considered to be one of the most important texts for reference and study in Tibetan Buddhism. Many Tibetan teachers have a compact edition of this monumental work in their travel bags in order to consult it again and again for detailed questions of all types, and not infrequently whole chapters serve as the basis for courses.
Foreword Yangsi Kalu Rinpoche Rinpoche, Yangsi KaluTranslator's Introduction 1An Overview of The Treasury of Knowledge 4Jamgon Kongtrul and the Purpose of The Treasury of Knowledge 9Kalu Rinpoche and the Purpose of the Translation of The Treasury of Knowledge 18Paying for the Translation of The Treasury of Knowledge 26The Treasury in Translation 33Translating and Reading Buddhism's Journey to Tibet 35Acknowledgments 38Book Two The Light of the World 411 Our Teacher's Path to Awakening 432 The Buddha's Enlightenment 613 The Buddha's Twelve Deeds 754 Enlightenment's Bodies and Pure Realms 93Book Three What the Buddha Taught 1131 What Are the Sacred Teachings? 1152 Cycles of Scriptural Transmission 1453 Compilations of the Buddha's Word 1674 The Origins of the Early Translations' Ancient Tradition 183Book Four Buddhism Resplendent in the World 1971 Buddhism in the Land of Exalted Beings 1992 How Buddhist Monastic Discipline and Scriptural Transmissions Came to Tibet 2353 The History of Lineages of Meditation Practice in Tibet, the Eight Major Chariots 3214 A History of Buddhist Culture 377Appendix 1 The Root Text of Books Two, Three, and Four 437Appendix 2 The Outline of Books Two, Three, and Four 479Translator's Postscript: Reflections on Each Chapter 491Myriad Worlds Revisted 491Book Two The Light of the World 4951 Our Teacher's Path to Awakening 4952 The Buddha's Enlightenment 5003 The Buddha's Twelve Deeds 5094 Enlightenment's Bodies and Pure Realms 513Book Three What the Buddha Taught 5191 What Are the Sacred Teachings? 5192 Cycles of Scriptural Transmission 5283 Compilations of the Buddha's Word 5364 The Origins of the Early Translations' Ancient Tradition 538Book Four Buddhism Resplendent in the World 5461 Buddhism in the Land of Exalted Beings 5462 How Buddhist Monastic Discipline and Scriptural Transmissions Came to Tibet 5513 The History of Lineages of Meditation Practice in Tibet, the Eight Major Chariots 5774 A History of Buddhist Culture 597Bibliography 605List of Names 609List of Names of Nonhuman Beings 633List of Place Names 639List of Texts Cited 645Subject Index 663
\ From the Publisher"A rich, readable synthesis of Buddhist history by the legendary master Jamgon Kongtrul who illuminates for 'those who have not studied much' the people, ideas, and storied texts through which Buddhism is transmitted across cultures and generations. Ngawang Zangpo has rendered an outstanding translation of this in-depth, well-rounded, and accessible introduction to 2,500 years and more of Buddhists' understandings of themselves."—Anne Carolyn Klein, author of Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse \ Lama Ngawang has once again brought to us in English key texts by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, the preeminent yogi, scholar, and co-founder of the ecumenical movement of nineteenth-century Tibet. Joyfully, this book expands our understanding of the dharma and its gifts, passed from one master to the next, each one like beads of gold in a mala."—Lama Palden, Sukhasiddhi Foundation\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Cornelia Weishaar-GunterJamgon Kongtrul is considered to be one of the great leaders of the nonsectarian movement in Tibetan Buddhism, and his Treasury of Knowledge is considered to be one of the most important texts for reference and study in Tibetan Buddhism. Many Tibetan teachers have a compact edition of this monumental work in their travel bags in order to consult it again and again for detailed questions of all types, and not infrequently whole chapters serve as the basis for courses.\ \
