Table Of ContentThe Treasury of Knowledge
JAMGON KONGTRUL
INDO-TIBETAN CLASSICAL LEARNING
& BUDDHIST PHENOMENOLOGY
Gyurme Dorje
KALU KINFOCHÉ TRANSLATION GROUP
The Treasury of Knowledge
Book Six, Parts One and Two:
Indo-Tibetan Classical Learning and
Buddhist Phenomenology
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through the generous support of the Tsadra Foundation.
The Treasury of Knowledge
Book Six, Parts One and Two
Indo-Tibetan Classical Learning and
Buddhist Phenomenology
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
KALU RINPOCHi, TRANSLATION GROUP
under the direction of Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche
This volume translated, introduced,
and annotated by Gyurme Dorje
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Koh-sprul Blo-gros-mtha-yas, 1813-1899.
[Sts bya mtha yas pa’i rgya mtsho. English. Selections]
The treasury of knowledge. Book six, parts one and two, Indo-Tibetan classical
learning and Buddhist phenomenology / Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Tayd;
Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group under the direction of Khenpo Lodro
Donyo Rinpoch6; this volume translated, introduced,
and annotated by Gyurme Dorje.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-55939-389-8 (alk. paper)
I. Buddhism—Study and teaching. 1. Buddhist philosophy. 3. Koh-sprul
Blo-gros-mtha-yas, 1813-1899. Ses byakun khyab. I. Gyurme Dorje.
II. Kalu Rinpoch6 Translation Group. III. Title. IV. Title: Indo-Tibetan
classical learning and Buddhist phenomenology.
BQ158.K6613 2.012.
Z94.3'42.c>4i—dc2-3
2.011042842.
C ontents
Foreword by Zenkar Rinpoche, Thubten Nyima xi
Introduction 1
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six
Graduated Exposition of Classical Studies 71
Part One : Indo-Tibetan Classical Learning 73
The Root Verses 75
The Auto-commentary 97
1 The Purpose and Scope of Learning 99
2 Articulation and Semantics 105
3 Sanskrit Grammar 125
4 Logic 139
5 Fine Arts 177
6 Medicine 317
7 Astrology and Divination 343
8 Poetics 359
9 Prosody 367
10 Synonymies 379
11 Dramaturgy 387
12 Mundane Spiritual Paths 395
13 The Exalted Vehicle 419
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Part Two: Buddhist Phenomenology 441
The Root Verses 443
The Auto-commentary 459
1 Non-Buddhist and Buddhist Philosophical Systems 461
2 Doxography of the Buddhist Traditions 465
3 Phenomenological Structures 469
4 The Tradition of Higher Abhidharma 473
5 The Tradition of the Lower Abhidharma 541
6 Phenomenological Basis according to the
Final Promulgation 549
7 The Five Foundational Factors 555
8 The Three Natures 563
9 Dependent Origination 575
Appendix: Outline of the Text 613
Thematic Concordance of Terminology 637
Notes to Part One 743
Notes to Part Two 849
Abbreviations 875
Bibliography of Works Cited by the Author 877
Reference Bibliography 905
Index 945
Illustrations and C redits
All drawings are by Chris Banigan except where otherwise noted.
1. Phonetic tabulation of the Sanskrit consonants and vowels 109
2. Consonants and vowels of the Tibetan language 113
3. Superscript and subscript letters of the Tibetan language 114
4. Iconometry of the buddha body of emanation according
to the Tantra of the Wheel of Time. After Yeshe Sherab,
Iconometric Drawings, p. 31. 189
5. Iconometry of the head of the buddha body of emanation
according to the Tantra of the Wheel of Time. After Yeshe Sherab,
Iconometric Drawingsy p. 33. 190
6. Iconometry of the buddha body of emanation according
to the Tantra of the Emergence of Cakrasamvara. After Yeshe Sherab,
Iconometric Drawings y p. 56. 191
7. The buddha body of emanation according to Desi Sangye
Gyatso and the Tantra of the Emergence of Cakrasamvara.
After Yeshe Sherab, Iconometric Drawings y p. 57. 192
8. Iconometry of the standing bodhisattva Mahâkàrunika.
After Yeshe Sherab, Iconometric Drawings y p. 71. 200
9. Iconometry of the seated bodhisattva Amitâyus. Drawing by
Robert Beer. Copyright Robert Beer. Used with permission. 201
10. Iconometry of the wrathful Cakrasamvara. After Yeshe Sherab,
Iconometric Drawings y p. 65. 202
11. Cakrasamvara. After Yeshe Sherab, Iconometric Drawings y p. 66. 203
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12. Iconometry of the female deity Tara. After Yonten Tsering,
The Supreme Arts, p. 59. 204
13. Iconometry of Vajrabhairava. After Yeshe Sherab,
Iconometric Drawings, p. 94. 205
14. Iconometry of Vajrapàni. After Yonten Tsering,
The Supreme Arts, p. 84. 206
15. Iconometry of Parïjaranàtha Mahàkàla. After Yonten Tsering,
The Supreme Arts, p. 93. 208
16. Iconometry of Ganapati. 209
17. Iconometry of Mahàkàla in the form Dorje Berchen. 210
18a. Iconometry of pious attendants/ hermit buddhas. After
Tenpa Rabten, Tibetan Painting (Beijing, 1996). 211
18b. Iconometry of humans, male and female. After Konchog
Lhadrepa, The Path to Liberation: The Tsering Art School
Manual (Kathmandu, 2004), p. 79. 211
19a. Male and female facial representations. 214
19b. Peaceful and wrathful eyes. Drawing by Robert Beer.
Copyright Robert Beer. Used with permission. 214
20. The buddha body of emanation, wearing the three
monastic robes. 218
21. The buddha body of perfect resource, replete with the
eight gemstone ornaments. 219
22. Silken garments worn by the buddha body of perfect resource. 220
23. Ornaments and garb of the wrathful deities: the eight
accoutrements of the charnel ground. 221
24. Yangdak Heruka, displaying most of the eight glorious
accoutrements, according to the Nyingma tradition. 223
25. Twenty-two assorted hand-held emblems. Drawing by
Robert Beer. Copyright Robert Beer. Used with permission. 225
26. Teaching-throne with seven distinctive features and
ornamental backrest. 227
