Tibet House US AIBS Press Kit

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T HE I NDO -T IBETAN B UDDHIST T ENGYUR

MaitreyanÝtha/ ÞryÝsa¼ga Vasubandhu

(CaryÝmelÝpakapradõpa)

ÞryadevaÕs Lamp that Integrates the Practices

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CHRISTIAN K. WEDEMEYER

The Gradual Path of VajrayÝna Buddhism

The Perfection Stage

AIBS CBS THUS

THOMAS F. YARNALL

Tsong KhapaÕs Great Stages of Mantra

The Creation Stage

AIBS CBS THUS

THOMAS F. YARNALL

Tsong KhapaÕs Great Stages of Mantra

The KÝlacakratantra

AIBS CBS THUS

JAMES HARTZEL

The Wisdom Chapter With the VimalaprabhÝ Commentary

AIBS CBS THUS

EDWARD HENNING

KÝlacakra and the Tibetan Calendar

(Shin tu gsal baÕi sgron me)

AIBS CBS THUS

ROBERT A.F. THURMAN

Tsong KhapaÕs Extremely Brilliant Lamp

The Cakrasamvara Tantra

AIBS CBS THUS

DAVID B. GRAY

The Discourse of Úrõ Heruka (ÚrõherukÝbhidhÝna)

NÝgÝrjunaÕs Reason Sixty (YuktiýaýþikÝ)

AIBS CBS THUS

With ChandrakõrtiÕs Commentary (YuktiýaýþikÝvütti)

The KÝlacakratantra

AIBS CBS THUS

JOSEPH LOIZZO

VESNA WALLACE

The SÝdhana Chapter With the VimalaprabhÝ Commentary

The KÝlacakratantra

The Chapter on the Individual With the VimalaprabhÝ Commentary

The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature

(MahÝyÝnasñtrÝla»kÝra) with its Commentary (BhÝýya)

AIBS CBS THUS

VESNA WALLACE

AIBS CBS THUS

ÒI pray that this ambitious and far-reaching project to create The Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences will be accomplished according to plan. I also request others, who may be interested, to extend whatever assistance they can, financial or otherwise, to help ensure the success of this historic project.Ó Ð H.H. Dalai Lama, exerpted from Letter of Support, inside

Historic Leadership Opportunity Tibet House US (THUS), in conjunction with AIBS and CCBS, has inaugurated a capital campaign to seek major grant assistance to accomplish its long-term, $14 million project to complete in three decades the translation of the entire Tibetan Tengyur and associated Tibetan literature.

Just as the 19th century West was profoundly affected by F. Max M llerÕs monumental Sacred Books of the East (SBE), the coming 21st century spiritual, scientific, and global renaissance will be powerfully catalyzed by this monumental series, Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences, published by THUS-

AIBS-CCBS in approximately 500 volumes and distributed

by Columbia University Press.

To date, individual donors have sponsored particular translations for $40,000 per volume. A number of important volumes presently await sponsorship. Sponsors will receive full thanks and acknowledgement in the volumes they choose to support.

If you are interested in facilitating grant assistance to support this historic project, please contact our Executive Editor, Tom Yarnall, at ty37@columbia.edu.

Editor-in-Chief Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD (President, Tibet House US; President, American Institute of Buddhist Studies; Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University) Executive Editor Thomas F. Yarnall, PhD (Publications Director, Tibet House US; Executive Editor, AIBS; Department of Religion, Columbia University) Editorial Board Ryuichi Ab (Harvard University), Jay Garfield (Smith College), David Gray (Santa Clara University), Laura Harrington (Trinity College), Thubten Jinpa (McGill University), Joseph Loizzo (Weil-Cornell Hospital), Gary Tubb (University of Chicago), Vesna Wallace (University of California, Santa Barbara), Christian Wedemeyer (University of Chicago), Chun-fang Yu (Columbia University)

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Historic Tengyur Translation Initiative Tibet House US (THUS) is proud to be affiliated with the American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS) at Columbia University and the Columbia Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS) in an historic initiative to support, create, and publish English translations of the entire Tibetan Tengyur (bstan Õgyur) and its associated literature.

The Tengyur is a vast collection of over 3600 texts, comprised of 8Ð14th century Tibetan translations of first millennium Sanskrit texts written by over 700 Indian authors and compiled at the great Indian universities such as NÝlandÝ. This essential collection represents the distillation of the arts and sciences of the renaissance culture of early Indian Buddhist civilization, preserved and further developed over the last seven centuries in Tibet.

The AIBS was foundedÑat the suggestion of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the request of the late Venerable Geshe WangyalÑwith the express mandate to accomplish this vital translation initiative. Authoritative, annotated translations from this initiative are being copublished by THUS-AIBS-CBS in the recently inaugurated series, the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences, being distributed by Columbia University Press.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Endorses Inititative ÒThe Buddhist culture that flourished in Tibet can rightly be seen to derive from the pure tradition of NÝlandÝ, which comprises the most complete presentation of the Buddhist teachings. As for me personally, I consider myself a practitioner of the NÝlandÝ tradition of wisdom.

The works of these NÝlandÝ masters are presently preserved in the collection of their writings that in Tibetan translation we call the Tengyur (bstan Õgyur).É The Tengyur is truly one of TibetÕs most precious treasures, a mine of understanding that we have preserved in Tibet for the benefit of the whole world.

I am very happy to encourage a long-term projectÉ to translate the Tengyur into English and other modern languages, and to publish the many works in a collection called The Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences.... As it grows, the Treasury series will serve as an invaluable reference library of the Buddhist Sciences and Arts.Ó

I see myself as a monk first, then as a practitioner of the NÝlandÝÉtradition of wisdom.É At this point, I donÕt say that I belong to the HõnayÝna or the MahÝyÝna traditions, but to the lineage of NÝlandÝ. Ð His Holiness the Dalai Lama, August, 2001

Ð Exerpted from Letter of Support, inside

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The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (MahÝyÝnasñtrÝla»kÝra)

T R E A S U R Y

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T H E

B U D D H I S T

S C I E N C E S

Translated and edited by L. Jamspal, R. Thurman, and the AIBS team $49.00 cloth 0-9753734-0-4 412 pages

NÝgÝrjunaÕs

Reason Sixty YuktiýaýþikÝ

The KÝlacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual together with the VimalaprabhÝ

Letter of Support

With ChandrakõrtiÕs Commentary YuktiýaýþikÝvütti

Translated and edited by Vesna Wallace

The foremost scholars of the holy land of India were based for many centuries at Nālandā Monastic University. Their deep and vast study and practice explored the creative potential of the human mind with the aim of eliminating suffering and making life truly joyful and worthwhile. They composed numerous excellent and meaningful texts. I regularly recollect the kindness of these immaculate scholars and aspire to follow them with unflinching faith. At the present time, when there is great emphasis on scientific and technological progress, it is extremely important that those of us who follow the Buddha should rely on a sound understanding of his teaching, for which the great works of the renowned Nālandā scholars provide an indispensable basis.

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In their outward conduct the great scholars of Nālandā observed ethical discipline that followed the Pāli tradition, in their internal practice they emphasized the awakening mind of bodhichitta, enlightened altruism, and in secret they practised tantra. The Buddhist culture that flourished in Tibet can rightly be seen to derive from the pure tradition of Nālandā, which comprises the most complete presentation of the Buddhist teachings. As for me personally, I consider myself a practitioner of the Nālandā tradition of wisdom. Masters of Nālandā such as Nāgārjuna, Āryadeva, Āryāsaṅga, Dharmakīrti, Candrakīrti, and Śāntideva wrote the scriptures that we Tibetan Buddhists study and practice. They are all my gurus. When I read their books and reflect upon their names, I feel a connection with them.

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The works of these Nālandā masters are presently preserved in the collection of their writings that in Tibetan translation we call the Tengyur (bstan ’gyur). It took teams of Indian masters and great Tibetan translators over four centuries to accomplish the historic task of translating them into Tibetan. Most of these books were later lost in their Sanskrit originals, and relatively few were translated into Chinese. Therefore, the Tengyur is truly one of Tibet’s most precious treasures, a mine of understanding that we have preserved in Tibet for the benefit of the whole world.

Keeping all this in mind I am very happy to encourage a long-term project of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, originally established by the late Venerable Mongolian Geshe Wangyal and now at the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, and Tibet House US, to translate the Tengyur into English and other modern languages, and to publish the many works in a collection called The Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences. When I recently visited Columbia University, I joked that it would take those currently working at the Institute at least three “reincarnations” to complete the task; it surely will require the intelligent and creative efforts of generations of translators from every tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, in the spirit of the scholars of Nālandā, although we may hope that using computers may help complete the work more quickly. As it grows, the Treasury series will serve as an invaluable reference library of the Buddhist Sciences and Arts. This collection of literature has been of immeasurable benefit to us Tibetans over the centuries, so we are very happy to share it with all the people of the world. As someone who has been personally inspired by the works it contains, I firmly believe that the methods for cultivating wisdom and compassion originally developed in India and described in these books preserved in Tibetan translation will be of great benefit to many scholars, philosophers, and scientists, as well as ordinary people.

I wish the American Institute of Buddhist Studies at the Columbia Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House US every success and pray that this ambitious and far-reaching project to create The Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences will be accomplished according to plan. I also request others, who may be interested, to extend whatever assistance they can, financial or otherwise, to help ensure the success of this historic project.

398 pages

400 pages

KÝlacakra and the Tibetan Calendar Edward Henning

$49.00 cloth 978-0-9753734-2-2 464 pages

ÞryadevaÕs Lamp That Integrates the Practices (CaryÝmelÝpakapradõpa): The Gradual Path of VajrayÝna Buddhism According to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition

Translated by JOSEPH LOIZZO

$62.00 cloth 978-0-9753734-5-3 856 pages

Forthcoming: Works by Asa¼ga, MaitreyanÝtha, Bhavaviveka, ÚÝntarakýita, KamalaÙõla, Saraha, further chapters of the KÝlacakratantra and the VimalaprabhÝ, and many more. Also, further works by Tsong Khapa, Longchenpa, and other Tibetan masters whose works extensively cite and elaborate upon Tengyur texts.

$49.00 cloth 978-0-9753734-9-1 408 pages

The Cakrasamvara Tantra: The Discourse of Úrõ Heruka (ÚrõherukÝbhidhÝna) Translated and edited by David Gray $49.00 cloth 978-0-9753734-6-0 468 pages

Tsong KhapaÕs Extremely Brilliant Lamp Translated and edited by Robert A.F. Thurman $62.00 cloth 978-1-935011-00-2

Acknowledging that the Indian Buddhist authors of the Tengyur texts were actively engaged in dialogue and debate with scholars of Vedist, Hindu, Jainist, and other religious and secular traditions in a rich cosmopolitan milieu which served to constantly refine and develop shared Indic arts and sciences, we are also publishing the Treasury of the Indic Sciences series of translations of influential classics from the diversity of Indic traditions, and related works.

800 pages

Tsong KhapaÕs Great Stages of Mantra: The Creation Stage Translated and edited by Thomas F. Yarnall $62.00 cloth 978-1-935011-01-9

Epistemology of Perception: Ga¼geÙaÕs TattvacintÝmaûi S. Phillips and N.S.R. Tatacharya $62.00 cloth 0-9753734-3-9

Scholastic Sanskrit: A Handbook for Students

Consciousness, Knowledge, and Ignorance: PrakÝÙÝtmanÕs Elucidation of Five Parts (Pa capÝdikÝvivaraûaú)

Gary A. Tubb and Emery R. Boose

Bina Gupta

$36.00 cloth 978-0-9753734-7-7

$49.00 cloth 978-1-935011-03-3

330 pages

566 pages

738 pages

600 pages

Tsong KhapaÕs Great Stages of Mantra: The Perfection Stage May 15, 2007

Translated and edited by Joseph Loizzo and the AIBS team

Translated and edited by Christian K. Wedemeyer

The KÝlacakratantra: The SÝdhana Chapter with the VimalaprabhÝ Commentary Translated and edited by Vesna Wallace

NÝgÝrjunaÕs Reason Sixty (YuktiýaýþikÝ) with CandrakõrtiÕs Commentary (YuktiýaýþikÝvütti)

Translated and edited by Thomas F. Yarnall $62.00 cloth 978-1-935011-02-6 600 pages