Reading List for the Study of the Sandhinirmocana

SANDHINIRMOCANA SUTRA: Wisdom of Buddha, The Samdhinirmocana Sutra, Essential Questions and Direct Answers for Realizing Enlightenment, Translated from the Tibetan by John Powers, Dharma Publishing, 1994 The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning, Translated from the Chinese of Hsuan-tsang, Translated by John P. Keenan, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2000 (Taisho volume 16, Number 676) Buddhist Yoga, A Comprehensive Course, Translated by Thomas Cleary, Shambhala, 1995

COMMENTARIES: Two Commentaries on the Samdhinirmocana Sutra by and Jnanagarbha, Translated by John Powers, Edwin Mellen Press, 1992

Jnanagarbha’s Commentary on Just the Chapter From the Samdhinirmocana Sutra, Study, Translation and Tibetan Text, Translated by John Powers, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, 1998

Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, Dynamic Responses to Dzong-ka-ba’s ‘The Essence of Eloquence: 1’, Jeffrey Hopkins, University of California Press, 1999

Reflections On Reality: The Three Natures and Non-Natures in the Mind-Only School, Jeffrey Hopkins, University of California Press, 2002

The Summary of the Great Vehicle by the Asanga, Translated by John P. Keenan, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1992 (Taisho volume 31, Number 1593)

The Central Philosophy of Tibet – A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa’s ‘Essence of True Eloquence’, Robert Thurman, Princeton University Press, 1991

Empty Words, and Cross-cultural Interpretation. Jay L. Garfield, Oxford Press, 2002

TRIMSHIKA VIJNAPTI MATRATA SIDDHI, by Vashubandu Principles of Buddhist Psychology, Vijnaptimatratasiddhi Vimsatika and Trimsika, David Kalupahana The Seven Works of Vashubandu,, The Thirty Verses, Hsuan Tsang trans. Wei Tat The Doctrine of Mere Consciousness (Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun), The Thirty Stanzas on Mastery of Mere Concept, by Hsuan Tsang trans. Wei Tat Transmission of the Light, Case #22, (Manorhita) Keizan Jokin, F. Cook and Thomas Cleary translations.