This is a list of many of the texts to which Tsong Khapa refers in his legs bshad snying po (translated by Robert Thurman in The Central Philosophy of Tibet). It is sorted by the English translation of the title as given by Thurman. This list is intended to enable a reader of the Central Philosophy to quicky determine the Sanskrit tiltle and author of any given text.
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Note: This is a partial listing. It does not include texts which are cited only once, or texts cited only a few times for which the author is clearly stated. Bolded words represent common title abbreviations.
Title (English) |
Title (Sanskrit) |
Author |
Abhidharma Synthesis |
Abhidharmasamuccaya |
Asanga |
Analysis of the Jewel Matrix , Supreme Tantra of the Universal Vehicle |
Ratnagotravibhaga-mahayana-uttaratantra-shastra |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Blaze of Argument (comm. to Heart of the Central Way) |
Madhyamikahridaya-vritti-tarkajvala |
Bhavaviveka |
Bodhisattva Stages |
Bodhisattvabhumi |
Asanga |
Buddhapalita Commentary |
Buddhapalita-mulamadhyamaka-vritti |
Buddhapalita |
Center and Extremes |
See Discrimination between Center and Extremes |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Center and Extremes Subcommentary |
Madhyantavibhaga-tika |
Sthiramati |
Central Way Illumination |
Madhyamakaloka |
Kamalashila |
Central Way Introduction |
Madhyamakavatara |
Candrakirti |
Central Way Ornament |
Madhyamakalamkara |
Shantarakshita |
Central Way Ornament Elucidation |
Madhyamakalamkara-pañjika |
Kamalashila |
Compendium |
See Universal Vehicle Compendium, OR Compendium of Determinations |
Asanga |
Compendium of Determinations |
Vinishcayasamgrahani |
Asanga |
Dense Array Scripture |
Ghanavyuha Sutra |
Sutra (3rd turn) |
Discrimination between Center and Extremes |
Madhyantavibhaga |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Discrimination between Phenomenon and Noumenon |
Dharmadharmatavibhanga |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Elucidation of the Intention Scripture |
Samdhinirmocana Sutra |
Sutra (3rd turn) |
Emptiness Seventy |
Shunyatasaptati |
Nagarjuna |
Experientialist Four Hundred |
Yogacara-catuh-shataka |
Aryadeva |
Experientialist Stages |
See The Stages of Yoga Practice |
Asanga |
Facts of the Stages (= The Stages of Yoga Practice) |
Bhumivastu (= Yogacarabhumi) |
Asanga |
Four Hundred |
See Experientialist Four Hundred |
Aryadeva |
Four Hundred Commentary |
Catuh-shataka-tika |
Candrakirti |
Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise |
See Wisdom |
Nagarjuna |
Garland Scripture |
Gandhavyuha Sutra |
Sutra (3rd turn) |
Heart of the Central Way |
Madhyamikahridaya |
Bhavaviveka |
Heart Sutra, The |
See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, The |
Vimalakirti-nirdesha-sutra |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Introduction Commentary |
Madhyamakavatara-bhashya |
Candrakirti |
Introduction to the Central Way |
See Central Way Introduction |
Candrakirti |
Jewel Garland |
Rajaparikatha-ratnavali |
Nagarjuna |
Jewel Matrix |
See Analysis of the Jewel Matrix |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
King of Samadhis Scripture |
Samadhirajasutra |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Lamp of Wisdom |
See Wisdom Lamp |
Bhavaviveka |
Lucid Exposition (comm. to MMK) |
Prasannapada |
Candrakirti |
Mission to Lanka Scripture |
Lankavatara Sutra |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
MMK (Mula-Madhyamaka-Karika) |
See Wisdom |
Nagarjuna |
Mother Scripture |
See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Ornament of Realizations |
Abhisamayalamkara |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Ornament of the Central Way |
See Central Way Ornament |
Shantarakshita |
Ornament of the Universal Vehicle Scriptures |
See Scripture Ornament |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Philosophical Sixty |
Yuktishashtika |
Nagarjuna |
Philosophical Sixty Commentary |
Yuktishashtika-vritti |
Candrakirti |
Precious Garland |
See Jewel Garland |
Nagarjuna |
Principles of Elucidation |
Vyakhyayukti |
Vasubandhu |
Rebuttal of Objections |
Vigrahavyavartani |
Nagarjuna |
Scripture Ornament |
Mahayanasutralamkara |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Scripture Synthesis |
Sutrasamuccaya |
Nagarjuna |
Stages of Yoga Practice, The |
Yogacarabhumi (=Bhumivastu) |
Asanga |
Supreme Tantra |
See Analysis of the Jewel Matrix |
Sutra (Maitreya) |
Synthesis |
See Synthesis of Validating Cognitions OR Abhidharma Synthesis |
Dignaga OR Asanga (respectively) |
Synthesis of Validating Cognitions |
Pramanasamuccaya |
Dignaga |
Tathagatagarbhasutra |
Tathagatagarbhasutra |
Sutra (3rd turn) |
Teaching of Akshayamati |
Akshayamatinirdesha Sutra |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Ten Stages Scripture (part of Garland Scripture) |
Dashabhumika Sutra |
Sutra (3rd turn) |
The Diamond Cutter |
See Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Thirty Commentary |
Trimshikavritti |
Sthiramati |
Thirty Verses |
Trimshikakarika |
Vasubandhu |
Transcendent Wisdom Scriptures |
Prajñaparamita Sutras |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Treasury of Abhidharma |
Abhidharmakosha |
Vasubandhu |
Treatise on Validating Cognition |
Pramanavarttika |
Dharmakirti |
Twenty Verses |
Vimshatika |
Vasubandhu |
Universal Vehicle Compendium |
Mahayanasamgraha |
Asanga |
Vimalakirti Sutra |
Vimalakirti-nirdesha-sutra |
Sutra (2nd turn) |
Wisdom Lamp (comm. to MMK) |
Prajñapradipa |
Bhavaviveka |
Wisdom Lamp Commentary |
Prajñapradipatika |
Avalokitavrata |
Wisdom, Fundamental Central Way Verses/Treatise |
Prajña-nama-mulamadhyamakakarika |
Nagarjuna |
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