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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions Among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems
Contributor(s): Gyaltshen, Sakya Pandita Kunga (Author), Rhoton, Jared Douglas (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0791452859     ISBN-13: 9780791452851
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $90.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2002
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist)
- Religion | Eastern
Dewey: 294.342
LCCN: 2001049879
Series: Suny Buddhist Studies
Physical Information: (1.34 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index
 
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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes presents the first English translation of the sDom gsum rab dbye, one of the most famous and controversial doctrinal treatises of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen (1182-1251), a founder of the Sakya school and one of Tibet's most learned sages, The Three Codes strongly influenced subsequent religious and intellectual traditions in Tibet--and sparked a number of long-lasting doctrinal and philosophical disputes, some of which persist today.

In The Three Codes, Sakya Pandita discusses the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Tantric vows of Buddhist conduct, which often diverge and contradict each other. He criticizes, on at least one point or another, later practitioners of almost every lineage, including the Kadampa, Kagyupa, and Nyingmapa, for contradicting the original teachings of their own traditions.
 
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