A Synoptic Outline of This Book

Introduction i For Tsadra Internal Use Only A SynopticOutlineofThisBook Part I: Historical and Doctrinal Background 15 Chapter 1: The Authorship of the Ratnagotravibhäga and Its Transmission in India from the 5th to the 10th Century 17 Basic Textual Materials and Structure of the Ratnagotravibhäga 17 The Authorship of the Ratnagotravibhäga 20 The Earliest Witness of the Authorship 20 The Earliest Witness Ascribing Authorship to Maitreya 24 Authorship in Indian Tradition from the 11th Century Onward 27 Studies by Modern Scholars 29 Positive Descriptions on the Ultimate and Their Aim in the Ratnagotravibhäga 31 Doctrinal Developments within the Ratnagotravibhäga 33 The 5th and 6th Centuries: An Approach to the Yogäcära Doctrine 34 The *Mahäyänadharmadhätunirvisesa 34 The *Anuttaräsrayasütra 35 The *Buddhadhätus'ästra 35 The Doctrines of Buddha-nature and Yogäcära 35 The Single Vehicle vs. the Three Vehicles 36 Paramärtha’s Translations 37 The Late 6th to the 10th Centuries: the Ratnagotravibhäga Disappears from View 37 Mädhyamikas’ Integration of the Buddha-nature Doctrine 39 A Summary and Further Considerations 40 Chapter 2: The Resurrection of the Ratnagotravibhäga in India in the Early n'h Century: Maitripa and Jnänasrimitra 43 Maitripa 43 Jnänasrimitra 54 Quotations from the Ratnagotravibhäga in the Säkärasiddhis'ästra 55 Summary of Säkärasiddhisästra passages (i)-(8) 67 A Summary and Further Considerations 69 Chapter 3: Ratnäkarasänti’s Understanding of Buddha-nature 71 Ratnäkarasänti 71 Buddha-nature 74 Yänatraya 78 The Ekayäna Doctrine Found in Two Works Attributed to Ratnäkarasänti: the Sütrasamuccayabhäsya and Triyänavyavasthäna jq