The Buddha nature: a study of the Tathāgatagarbha and ālayavijñāna/
Brian Edward Brown
- Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991.
- 316p. ;
PART ONE: THE TATHAGATAGARBHA IN THE SRI-MALA sOtra and the RATNAGOTRAVIBHAGA Chapter I. Analysis of the Sri-Mala Sutra Tathagatagarbha as Ontic Subjectivity Tathdgatagarbha and Soteriology The Status of the Buddha Tathdgatagarbha and Epistemology The Nescience Entrenchment The Buddha Natures The Four Noble Truths Tathdgatagarbha as Both Sunya and Asunya Tathdgatagarbha as Self-explicitating Knowledge Evaluation
II. The Ratnagotravibhaga The Jewels of the Dhartna and the Sarngha Samald and Nirmald Tathatd Threefold Meaning of the Tathdgatagarbha The Meaning of Gotra
III. Characteristics of the Embryo Reality: Its Self-nature The Cause of the Embryo's Purification The Four Supreme Virtues: Antidotal Methodology Atma-Paramita: Supreme Unity Nitya-Paramitd: Supreme Eternity Supreme Bliss and Supreme Purity The Result of the Embryo's Self-purification The Union with the purifying Factors
IV. Further Characteristics of the Embryo The Function of the Embryo Towards Selfpurification The Embryo's Manifestation Cittaprakrti: the Innate Mind Buddhahood and Nirvana
V. Nine Illustrations of the GARBHA Threefold Nature of the Tathdgatagarbha
VI. The Tathagatagarbha and ^unyata Tathdgatagarbha as Stmya and Asunya, The Ratnagotra and the Prajhdpdramitd Tradition
VII. The Properties of the Buddha Nirmald Tathatd Evaluation
PART TWO: THE ALAYAVIJNANA IN THE LANKAVATARA SOTRA and the CH'ENG WEI-SHIH LUN
VIII. The Lankavatara Sutra The Union of the Tathdgatagarbha and the Alayavijhdna The Confusion of Epistemology and Ontology in the Lahkdvatdra
IX. The C^i'ENG Wei-Shih Lun The Metaphysics of Mere-Consciousness The Alayavijhana and the Bijas
X. The Alayavijnana and Ignorance Atmagrdha and Dharmagrdha The Manas and Manovijndna The Ultimate Origin of Ignorance
XI. The Holy Path of Attainment The Stage of Moral Provisioning The Stage of Intensified Effort The Stage of Unimpeded Penetrating Understanding The Stage of Exercising Cultivation The Stage of Ultimate Realization
PART THREE: THE TATHAGATAGARBHA-ALA YA VIJNANA: SUMMARY AND COMPARISON XII. Conclusion The Tathdgatagarbha in the Sri-Mdld Sutra The Tathdgatagarbha in the Ratnagotravibhdga The Lahkdvatdra Sutra The Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun The Ultimate Status of Ignorance in the Theory of the Tathdgatagarbha-Alayavijhdna The Tathdgatagarbha-Alayavijhdna and the Hegelian Absolute Spirit