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UMA Institute Texts for Downloading
- The Commentary on Prime Cognition
- The Go-mang scholar Ten-dar-hla-ram-pa (bstan dar lha ram pa, born 1759), Presentation of Specifically and Generally Characterized Phenomena with oral commentary from the Lo-sel-ling scholar Den-ma-lo-chö and the Jang-tse scholar Jam-pal-shen-pen (aka. Lo-sang-wang-du): translated by Anne C. Klein in her Ph.D. thesis, “Mind and Liberation: The Sautrāntika tenet system in Tibet—perception, naming, positive and negative phenomena, impermanence and the two truths in the context of Buddhist religious insight as presented in Ge-luk literary and oral traditions,” 1981; FOR DOWNLOAD OR PURCHASE FROM UMI DISSERTATION PUBLISHING: UMI Dissertation Publishing. PDF DOWNLOAD OF THIS TRANSLATION HERE.
- Perfection of Wisdom
The Hidden Teaching of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras:
Jam-yang-shay-pa's Seventy Topics and
Kon-chog-jig-may-wang-po's Supplement, translation with Tibetan text by
Jeffrey Hopkins and Jongbok Yi. Edited by Elizabeth Napper. DOWNLOAD HERE
- Thorough Expression of the Natures of the One Hundred Seventy-Three
Aspects of the Three Exalted Knowers, A Lotus Vine of Eloquence (mkhyen gsum gyi rnam pa brgya dang don gsum
gyi rang bzhin yang dag par brjod pa legs bshad padma dkar po'i khri
shing). Included as "Supplement" in The Hidden Teaching of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras: Jam-yang-shay-pa's Seventy Topics and
Kon-chog-jig-may-wang-po's Supplement. By Jeffrey Hopkins and Jongbok Yi; edited by Elizabeth Napper, Available for Free Download in PDF and DOCX Formats here
- The Middle
- Translation by Jeffrey Hopkins and Anne Klein of the beginning of Chapter 6 in Tsong-kha-pa Lo-sang-drak-pa's Extensive Explanation of (Chandrakirti's) "Supplement to (Nagarjuna's) 'Treatise on the Middle'": Illumination of the Thought (dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rgya cher bshad pa dgongs pa rab gsal) covering Tsong-kha-pa's commentary on the first seven stanzas of chapter 6 in Chandrakirti's Supplement to (Nagarjuna's) "Treatise on the Middle": Anne C. Klein, Path to the Middle: Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet: The Oral Scholarship of Kensur Yeshay Tupden. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1994, 147-184. SUNY. DOWNLOAD A PDF OF ONLY THE TRANSLATION HERE.
- Translation of a portion of Tsong-kha-pa Lo-sang-drak-pa's Great Exposition of Special Insight in fourteen chapters by Elizabeth Napper (Dual Language Tibetan-English Version prepared by Craig Preston). DOWNLOAD HERE.
- Translation of the section on compassion in Jay-tsun Cho-kyi-gyel-tsen's (rje btsun chos kyi rgyal mtshan, 1469-1546) Eloquent Explanation Adorning the Throats of the Fortunate: General Meaning Commentary Clarifying Difficult Points in (Tsong-kha-pa's) "Illumination of the Thought: Explanation of (Chandrakirti's) 'Supplement to (Nagarjuna's) Treatise on the Middle'" (bstan bcos dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dgongs pa rab gsal gyi dka' gnad gsal bar byed pa'i spyi don legs bshad skal bzang mgul rgyan): Guy Newland. Compassion: A Tibetan Analysis: A Buddhist Monastic Textbook. London: Wisdom Publications, 1984. No longer available from publisher. DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE BOOK.
- Leslie Rezac's translation: "Candrakirti's Discussion of the Three Main Causes of Bodhisattvas as Commented Upon in Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great Exposition of the Middle" DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Tenets
- Jam-yang-shay-pa's Root Text of Tenets DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Ngag-wang-pal-dan's Word Commentary on Jam-yang-shay-pa's Root Text of Tenets DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Tibetan text of Jam-yang-shay-pa’s own word commentary on the Consequence School chapter of his Root Text of Tenets, written out by Lobsang Dorje in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971 DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Entire root text and edited portions of the autocommentary and Ngag-wang-pal-dan's Annotations as well as explanatory material from Ngag-wang-pal-dan's Explanation of the Obscurational and the Ultimate in the Four Systems of Tenets, Kon-chok-jik-may-wang-po's Presentation of Tenets and Presentation of the Grounds and Paths, Jam-yang-shay-pa's Seventy Topics, Tsong-kha-pa's The Essence of Eloquence and Medium-Length Exposition of the Stages of the Path, Ngag-wang-nyi-ma's Outline, Gedun Lodro's Calm Abiding and Special Insight, and Ge-dun-lo-dro's oral commentary on the chapter on the Sutra School along with lengthy excerpts from Tak-tsang Shay-rap-rin-chen's Freedom from Extremes through Knowing All Tenets and his autocommentary: Jeffrey Hopkins, Maps of the Profound: Jam-yang-shay-ba's Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications,
2003). Download Table of Contents. FOR DOWNLOAD OR PURCHASE FROM PUBLISHER: Snow Lion Publications
- Beginning of the chapter on the Consequence School: Jeffrey Hopkins, Meditation on Emptiness, 581-697. London: Wisdom Publications, 1983; rev. ed., Boston. Download Table of Contents. FOR DOWNLOAD OR PURCHASE FROM PUBLISHER: Wisdom Publications, 1996.
- Critical edition of Tibetan text of the portion of the Consequence Chapter translated in Meditation on Emptiness with quotations restored to full length, as published in Wisdom Publications editions. DOWNLOAD HERE.
- Translation and analysis of Unique Tenets of the Consequence School: Daniel Cozort, Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great Exposition of Tenets: Unique Tenets of the Consequence School, from his 1989 dissertation, University of Virginia. For Daniel Cozort's expansive treatment of this topic see his book: Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School (Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1998). Download Table of Contents. FOR DOWNLOAD OR PURCHASE FROM PUBLISHER: Snow Lion Publications.
- Tibetan text of Jam-yang-shay-pa’s own word commentary on the Consequence School chapter of his Root Text of Tenets, written out by Lobsang Dorje in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971 DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Beginning of the chapter on the Consequence School: Jeffrey Hopkins, Meditation on Emptiness, 581-697. London: Wisdom Publications, 1983; rev. ed., Boston. Download Table of Contents. FOR DOWNLOAD OR PURCHASE FROM PUBLISHER: Wisdom Publications, 1996.
- Critical edition of Tibetan text of the portion of the Consequence Chapter translated in Meditation on Emptiness with quotations restored to full length, as published in Wisdom Publications editions. DOWNLOAD HERE.
- Awareness and Knowledge
- Translation by Elizabeth Napper and Jeffrey Hopkins of the first quarter: Jam-yang-shay-ba's Illuminating a Little the Presentation of Awareness and Knowledge: Beautiful Golden Rosary of Eloquence (blo rig gi rnam bshag nyung gsal legs bshad gser gyi 'phreng mdzes). DOWNLOAD PDF HERE.
- Pur-bu-jok Jam-pa-gya-tsho's Explanation of the Presentation of Objects and Object-Possessors as well as Awareness and Knowledge (English translation by Elizabeth Napper. PDF transcript DOWNLOAD HERE
- Collected Topics
- Chapter 21 Presentation of Negatives and Positives: translated by Jeffrey Hopkins. DOWNLOAD HERE
- Tibetan text of Chapter 21. DOWNLOAD HERE
- La-ti Jang-chub-tshul-trim on Pur-bu-jok Jam-pa-gya-tsho's Collected Topics ( English translation by Daniel Perdue based on Jeffrey Hopkins' translations in class) PDF transcript DOWNLOAD HERE.
UMA Institute Audio Sets for Streaming or Downloading
Many more audio sets both in Tibetan and in Tibetan with translation are available in the Hopkins Audio Archive and the Hopkins Tibetan Treasures Research Archive.
- Go-mang scholar Ge-dun-lo-dro teaching Gyel-tshap on the third chapter of Dharmakīrti’s Commentary on (Dignāga’s) “Compilation of Prime Cognition” to Jeffrey Hopkins at UMA, 1979 (Tibetan only)
- La-ti Jang-chub-tshul-trim teaching Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great
Exposition of the Concentrations and Formless Absorptions to Jeffrey
Hopkins (audio recordings at UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies,
1976-1977)
- Den-ma-lo-cho lecturing on
the Concentrations and Formless Absorptions from Pan-chen So-nam-drak-pa's General
Meaning of the Perfection of Wisdom, audio recordings at University of
Virginia 1977, Tibetan with English translation by Jeffrey Hopkins. (This
section of Pan-chen So-nam-drak-pa's (pan chen bsod nams grags pa, 1478–1554)
General Meaning of the Perfection of Wisdom is translated in Lati Rinbochay,
Locho Rinbochay, Leah Zahler, and Jeffrey Hopkins, Meditative States in
Tibetan Buddhism.)
- Jam-pal-shen-pen's Meditations on Chandrakirti's Supplement to (Nagarjuna's) "Treatise on the Middle" (11 files but 7-8 missing) (audio recordings at UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies, Summer 1980, Tibetan with English translation by Jeffrey Hopkins). [Jam-pal-shen-pen, being from the Jang-tse College of Ga-den Monastic University, follows the textbooks of Jay-tzun Cho-kyi-gyel-tsen]
- Tshul-trim-phun-tshok and Ye-she-thap-khe debating Sublime Continuum topics at Bodh Gaya, India, January 23, 1982 (Tibetan only) STREAM OR DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILES HERE
- Seminar on the Two Truths in the Great Exposition School and Sutra School (Vaibhasika & Sautrantika) University of Virginia, 1984. Language: Tibetan with introductory classes and translation by Jeffrey Hopkins
- Jeffrey Hopkins’ lecture on two truths at Bodh Gaya, India, January 25, 1982
STREAM OR DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE HERE
- Ngag-wang-wang-gyal teaching Jeffrey Hopkins the beginning of the Consequence School chapter of Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great Exposition of Tenets and answering questions, July 1, 1970 (Tibetan only)
- Ge-dun-lo-dro teaching the tenets of the Mind-Only School from Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great Exposition of Tenets to Joe B. Wilson (Tibetan only)
- Fourteenth Dalai Lama teaching Jam-yang-shay-pa's Great Exposition of Tenets at Go-mang College, Drepung, Mundgod, Karnataka, South India, 1980 (recorded by Joe B. Wilson, Tibetan only) STREAM OR DOWNLOAD HERE
- Ngag-wang-lek-den's recorded lectures on the Great Exposition of Tenets and other texts.
- La-ti Jang-chub-tshul-trim's Lectures on the Tenets of the Mind-Only School and the Consequence School according to Kön-chok-jik-may-wang-po’s Presentation of Tenets (audio recordings at University of Virginia Spring 1977, Tibetan with English translation by Jeffrey Hopkins)
- La-ti Jang-chub-tshul-trim's classes on tenets for Tibetan language students according to Kön-chok-jik-may-wang-po’s Presentation of Tenets, starting with the Mind-Only School and then moving to the Sūtra School about one-quarter into file #7 (audio recordings at University of Virginia Spring 1976, Tibetan with English translation by Jeffrey Hopkins).
