Abhisamayalankara
Abhisamayalankara (Skt. Abhisamayālaṃkāra; Tib. Ngön Tok Gyen; Wyl. mngon rtogs rgyan), The Ornament of Clear Realization — one of the five treatises that were directly revealed to Asanga by the future Buddha Maitreya, it is a commentary on the hidden meaning of the Prajñaparamita Sutras, describing the entire journey of the bodhisattva, from the generation of bodhichitta to the attainment of full omniscience.
Outline
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The text is divided into eight topics:
- knowledge of all aspects, omniscience
- path-knowledge
- base-knowledge, knowledge of the bases, knowledge of the foundation
- complete application of all aspects, application of the realization of all aspects
- culminating application, application when reaching the peak
- progressive application; gradual training; gradual application of the bodhisattva path
- instantaneous application; momentary training
- dharmakaya
These eight topics are further divided into seventy points.
Translations
- Abhisamayalankara, Edward Conze, Rome: Is.M.E.O., 1954
- Ornament of Clear Realization: A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of Maitreya, Thrangu Rinpoche, Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2004
- Abhisamayalankara (mngon rtogs rgyan), Maitreya – Asanga with commentary by Jamgön Mipham, Padmakara translation group, forthcoming
Commentaries
- Tsongkhapa, Golden Garland of Eloquence (legs bshad gser phreng), translated by Gareth Sparham, Jain Publishing, 2008
- Abhisamayalamkara with Vritti by Arya Vimuktisena and Aloka by Haribhadra, translated by Gareth Sparham, 2005
- Amdo Geshe Jampal Rolwé Lodrö, The Essence of an Ocean of Fine Explanation