Śālistambakaṭīkā/Full text
Āryaśālistambakaṭīkā (Tib. 'Phags pa sā lu ljang pa rgya cher 'grel pa; Toh 4001), by Kamalaśīla, is a commentary on the Śālistambasūtra (Rice Seedling Sūtra). Kamalaśīla reads the sūtra's teaching on dependent origination through the Madhyamaka framework of the two truths: phenomena are ultimately unarisen but conventionally arise from causes and conditions, like an illusion or a reflection. On this basis he refutes non-Buddhist theories of causation such as creation by Īśvara, time, or Sāṃkhya's primordial nature, and he presents the bodhisattva's nonabiding nirvāṇa, sustained by wisdom and compassion together. It is one of three canonical commentaries on the sūtra preserved in the Tengyur, alongside Nāgārjuna's Śālistambakakārikā (Toh 3985) and Śālistambakamahāyānasūtraṭīkā (Toh 3986).
| Reference | Kamalaśīla (slob dpon ka ma la shI la). Śālistambakaṭīkā [शालिस्तम्बकटीका]. sA lu ljang pa rgya cher 'grel pa [སཱ་ལུ་ལྗང་པ་རྒྱ་ཆེར་འགྲེལ་པ།]. [An Extensive Commentary on The Rice Seedling (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3341 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3341&typ=2. |
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| People | Kamalaśīla |
