When the Clouds Part

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* {{i|Preface|xi}}
* {{i|Acknowledgments|xiii}}
* {{i|Translator's Introduction|1}}
** {{i|The Sūtra Sources of the ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Teachings|3}}
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**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''|Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha'']]	53
*** Explanations of ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in Indian Texts	54
***''Tathāgatagarbha'' as the Emptiness That Is a Nonimplicative Negation	55 
***''Tathāgatagarbha'' as Mind’s Luminous Nature	57 
***''Tathāgatagarbha'' as the Ālaya-Consciousness	63 
***''Tathāgatagarbha'' as a Sentient Being	63
***''Tathāgatagarbha'' as the Dharmakāya, Suchness, the Disposition, and Nonconceptuality	64 
***Tibetan Assertions on ''Tathāgatagarbha''	65
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The History and Transmission of “The Five Dharmas of Maitreya” from India to Tibet|The History and Transmission of  “The Five Dharmas of Maitreya” from India to Tibet]]	81
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The ''Mahāyānottaratantra'' (''Ratnagotravibhāga'') and the ''Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā''|The ''Mahāyānottaratantra'' (''Ratnagotravibhāga'') and the ''Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā'']]	93 
***Texts and Authorships	93
***The Meanings of the Titles ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra''	95
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The ''Uttaratantra'' and Its Relationship with Yogācāra|The ''Uttaratantra'' and Its Relationship with Yogācāra]]	105
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The Meditative Tradition of the ''Uttaratantra'' and Shentong|The Meditative Tradition of the ''Uttaratantra'' and Shentong]]	123 
***The Two Approaches of Explaining the ''Uttaratantra''	123 
***The Shentong Lineages and the Meditative Tradition of the ''Uttaratantra'' in the Jonang, Kagyü, and Nyingma Schools	131 
***Indian Forerunners of Shentong, Early Tibetan Shentongpas, and Their Connection to the ''Uttaratantra''	140
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The ''Uttaratantra'' and Mahāmudrā|The ''Uttaratantra'' and Mahāmudrā]]	151
*** Sūtra Mahāmudrā, Tantra Mahāmudrā, and Essence Mahāmudrā	151 
***The Sūtra Sources of Mahāmudrā	165 
***Maitrīpa’s Mahāmudrā of “Mental Nonengagement”	167 
***Connections between Maitrīpa’s Mahāmudrā and the ''Uttaratantra'' 177 
***Other Indian Nontantric Treatises on Mahāmudrā	184 
***Gampopa’s Mahāmudrā and the ''Uttaratantra''	190 
***The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje	202 
***The Eighth Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje	206 
***Tagpo Dashi Namgyal	212 Padma Karpo	214 
***The Eighth Situpa, Chökyi Jungné	216 
***Other Kagyü Masters on Mahāmudrā and the ''Uttaratantra''	227 
***Gö Lotsāwa’s Unique Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the ''Uttaratantra'' 243 
***The Geden Kagyü Tradition of Mahāmudrā 278
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Overview of the Indian and Tibetan Texts Presented in This Book|Overview of the Indian and Tibetan Texts Presented in This Book]]	283 
***The ''Uttaratantra'' and Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā	283 
***The Indian Texts on the ''Uttaratantra''	288 
***The Tibetan Commentaries	301 
***Instruction Manuals	314
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Translations|TRANSLATIONS]] 329
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra|Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra—An Analysis of the Jewel Disposition, A Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna]] 331
***Chapter 1: The Three Jewels and the Tathāgata Heart	337 
***Chapter 2: Awakening	415 
***Chapter 3: The Buddha Qualities	429 
***Chapter 4: Buddha Activity	437 
***Chapter 5: The Benefit	455
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Pith Instructions on “The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna” by Sajjana|Pith Instructions on “The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna” by Sajjana]]	461 
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the “''Uttaratantra''”|A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the “''Uttaratantra''”]]	473
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/A Commentary on “The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna,” The Heart of the Luminous Sun by Dashi Öser|A Commentary on “The Treatise on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna,” The Heart of the Luminous Sun by Dashi Öser]]	695
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Instructions on “The Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna” by Mönlam Tsültrim|Instructions on “The Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna” by Mönlam Tsültrim]]	777
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The Repository of Wisdom by Mönlam Tsültrim|The Repository of Wisdom by Mönlam Tsültrim]]	789 
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The Heart of the Matter of Luminosity by Mönlam Tsültrim|The Heart of the Matter of Luminosity by Mönlam Tsültrim]]	797
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Pith Instructions on the Wisdom at the Point of Passing when about to Die by Mönlam Tsültrim|Pith Instructions on the Wisdom at the Point of Passing when about to Die by Mönlam Tsültrim]]	801
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/The Lamp That Excellently Elucidates the System of the Proponents of Shentong Madhyamaka by the Eighth Karmapa|The Lamp That Excellently Elucidates the System of the Proponents of Shentong Madhyamaka by the Eighth Karmapa]]	803
**[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Guiding Instructions on the View of Great Shentong Madhyamaka— Light Rays of the Stainless Vajra Moon by Jamgön Kongtrul|Guiding Instructions on the View of Great Shentong Madhyamaka— Light Rays of the Stainless Vajra Moon by Jamgön Kongtrul]]	831
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 1|Appendix 1: Selected Indian and Tibetan Comments on ''Uttaratantra'' I.27–28]]	855
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 2|Appendix 2: Selected Indian and Tibetan Comments on ''Uttaratantra'' I.154–55]]	901
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 3|Appendix 3: Indian and Tibetan Comments on Abhisamayālaṃkāra V.21]]	943
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 4|Appendix 4: The Emptiness Endowed with All Supreme Aspects]]	953 
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 5|Appendix 5: The General Explanation of ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in Yeshé Dorje’s Commentary on the ''Uttaratantra'']]	963 
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 6|Appendix 6: The Presentation of the Purpose of Teaching ''Tathāgatagarbha'' in Yeshé Dorje’s Commentary on the ''Uttaratantra'']]	969
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 7|Appendix 7:Comparison of the First Six Topics of the Fourth and Fifth Vajra Points in the ''Uttaratantra'' with the Same Six Topics in the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra and the Mahāyānasaṃgraha]]	979
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Appendix 8|Appendix 8: A Letter from Stainless Expanse and Awareness— a Casual Summary of the “''Uttaratantra''”]]	983
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Notes|Notes]]	985 
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/English–Sanskrit–Tibetan Glossary|English–Sanskrit–Tibetan Glossary]]	1227 
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Tibetan–Sanskrit–English Glossary|	Tibetan–Sanskrit–English Glossary]]1231 
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Bibliography|Selected Bibliography]]	1235
*[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Index|Index]]	1259
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