Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary [Hardcover]

Arya Maitreya (Author)

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Publication Date: July 31, 2000

This text is regarded as a Buddhist classic. Since all sentient beings have Buddha nature, there is no reason for conceit nor for self-contempt. These miisunderstandings are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, our buddha nature. This book presents in great detail and clarity the view which forms the basis of any Vajrayana or tantric practices.

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Text: English (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 410 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (July 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559391286
• ISBN-13: 978-1559391283
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Commentary on a thorny text, January 3, 2004

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Rinchen Choesang "Empty Seeker" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary (Hardcover)

Having not read a novel for many years, this reminded me of the "can't put it down" books I used to read years ago.

I defy anyone to read this book and not feel that they wouldn't mind attaining perfect enlightenment. Be of the greatest possible benefit to all beings and do it without effort? - That has to be a state worth being in!! There is a catch though, there is no such state definable by our limited conventional logic.

I had many more questions at the end of this book than I came to it with, but that's one of the beauties of the Dharma - each question leads to the next and the next, until there are no more questions to ask, or indeed any desire to seek answers to anything.

Incredible value for such a profound and well produced book. A word of warning though - this book is in typical Tibetan teaching style, with a lot of repetition (I like to think of it as 'lots of useful revision'). Probably not an introductory text on the topic for someone new to Buddhist philosophy.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhanced with exceptional and informative commentary, January 11, 2001

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This review is from: Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary (Hardcover)

Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra With Commentary is an impressively presented, highly recommended contribution to the rapidly growing library of Buddhist studies literature available to the western reader. Enhanced with exceptional and informative commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, and with additional explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Buddha Nature is one of the finest, most accessible presentations on the basis and process of enlightenment with the Buddhism. A seminal, benchmark publication, no dedicated student of Buddhist enlightenment can omit a careful and reflective reading of Buddha Nature.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maitreya's Teaching, January 17, 2009

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This review is from: Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary (Hardcover)

This excellent translation provides first the text of the tantra and then extensive commentary. The translation is a little flowery but accessible. The commentary is so flowery that it needs another commentary. That's redudant so it's probably best just to study the tantra itself and be mindful. A search for literal meanings to the metaphors would be fruitless, just let it flow nicely. It's an uplifting teaching.