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In his commentary on Mipham Rinpoche's Precious Lamp of Certain Knowledge, Khenpo says that a well-crafted title of a work gives a different amounts of information to people of different levels of understanding. To the person of the highest caliber, the entire content of the work becomes manifest in his or her mind. To the person of middling caliber, the title indicates the subject matter of the work. And to a person of low caliber, the title at least indicates which book it is so that they can bring it to someone else.

We hope this bibliography, limited to authors mentioned on this site, will be of value to people of all levels of understanding, though it is in its early stages and incomplete. Translations are not separated from original works, but are placed under the head of the title in the original language. Works are categorized first by author then, in another section, by subject. In the section organized by subject only a title and a link to the full citation in the Author section are given. If you note any inaccuracies, errors, or holes, please let us know at
nalanda@earthlink.net

For texts originally written in Sanskrit, aside from Tibetan, only English translations are given, unless an English translation is unknown, in which case all known translations into European languages are given. If there is no known translation into a European language, all known translations into Asian languages other than Tibetan are given. Sanskrit titles are capitalized and stripped of diacritical marks, though this is probably absurd.

To minimize download time, the Author section of the bibliography is broken up into sections for browsing:
A–D   E–J   K–P   Q-Z

or, select the first letter of the author's name (letters with no entry are ommitted):

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  


Abbreviations:
P: Tibetan Tripitaka, Tokyo-Kyoto — Tibetan Tripitaka Research Foundation.
NE: 1981 reprint of the sDe-dge edition, Dharma Publishing, Berkeley.
Paljor: (Distribution for the Publishing House of the Tibetan Government in Exile) Paljor Publications, D-27, Basement, Jungpura, New Delhi - 110014, e-mail: palpub@tibet.net Tel : +91-11-4692406 / 4616813, Fax : +91-11-4616813 / 6461914

This page last updated July 18, 1998

Aryadeva
(phags pa lha)


Aksarashastra
    Trans. Hundred Syllables
    Tibetan: yi ge brgya pa
    P5234, Volume 95

Catuhshataka
    Trans. 400 Stanzas
    Tibetan: bstan bcos bzhi brgya pa zhes bya ba'i
    tshig le'ur byas pa

    P5246, Volume 95

    Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
    Gyel-tsap on Aryadeva's Four Hundred

    Commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen
    Translated and Edited by Ruth Sonam
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1982

    Aryadeva's Catushataka: On the Bodhisattva's
    Cultivation of Merit and Knowledge

    Translated by Karen Lang
    Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen
    and Ann Arbor University Microfilms, 1993

Caryamelapakapradipa
    Trans. Lamp for the Collection of Deeds
    Tibetan: spyod pa bsdus pa'i sgron ma
    P5251, Volume 95

Hastavalaprakaranakarika
    Trans. Length of a Forearm
    Tibetan: rab tu byed pa lag pa'i tshad kyi
    tshig le'ur byas pa

    P5248 and P5244, Volume 95

Jnanasarasamuccaya
    Trans. Compendium of Knowledge
    Tibetan: ye she snying po kun las btus pa
    P5251, Volume 95

Asanga

Yogacaryabhumaubodhisattvabhumi
    Trans. Bodhisattva Grounds
    Tibetan: mal 'byor spyod pa'i sa las
    byang chub sems dpa'i sa

    P5538, Volume 110

Abhidharmasamuccaya
    Trans. Bodhisattva Grounds
    Tibetan: mal 'byor spyod pa'i sa las
    byang chub sems dpa'i sa

    P5538, Volume 110; NE4049

    Le Compendium de la super-doctrine
    Translated by Walpola Rahula
    Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1971,1980

Candrakirti

Madhyamakavatarabhasya
    Trans. Autocommentary on the
    Mulamadhyamakavataravrttiprasannapada

    Tibetan: dbu ma la 'jug pa'i bshad pa/
    dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rang 'grel

    P5263, Volume 98
    and Council of Religious and Cultural Affairs,
    Dharmsala, 1968

    In Muséon 8, 11 and 12
    Translated (partial) by Louis de la Vallée Pousin
    (French)

    Candrakirti-Madhyamakavatarah und
    Madhyamakavatarabhasyam

    Translated by Helmut Tauscher
    Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde
    Wien, 1981
    (German)

Mulamadhyamakavataravrttiprasannapada
    Trans. Clear Words, Commentary on [Nagarjuna's]
    Mulamadyamakakarika

    Tibetan: dbu ma rtsa ba'i 'grel pa tshig gsal ba
    P5260, Volume 98
    and Paljor, 1968

    Sanskrit Edition:
    Mulamadhyamakakarikas de Nagarjuna
    avec la Prasannapada Commentaire de Candrakirti

    Edited by Louis de la Vallee Poussin
    Bibliotheca Buddhica IV. Osnabruck: Biblio Verlag, 1970

    in The Emptiness of Emptiness
    Translated by C.W. Huntington and
    Geshe Namgyal Wangchen
    University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1989

    "Analysis of Coming and Going"
    Translated (partially) by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharmsala, 1974

    in Conception of Buddhist Nirvana
    Translated by T. Stcherbatsky
    Office of the Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1927
    Revised reprint Motilal Banarsidass, Dehli, 1978

    Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way,
    the Essential Chapters from the Prasanapada of
    Candrakirti Translated from the Sanskrit

    Translated (partially) by Melvyn Sprung
    Routledge, London, 1979
    and Prajna Press, Boulder, 1979

Bodhisattvayogacaryacatuhshatakatika
    Trans. Commentary on [Aryadeva's] Four Hundred
    Stanzas on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas

    Tibetan: byang chub sems dpa'i rnal 'byor spyod pa
    gzhi brgya pa'i rgya cher 'grel pa

    P5266 Volume 98; NE 3865, Volume 8

Yuktisastikavrtti
    Trans. Commentary on [Nagarjuna's]
    Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning

    Tibetan: rigs pa drug cu pa'i 'grel pa
    P5265, Volume 98

Madyamakavatarabasys
    Trans. Autocommentary on Madhyamakavatara
    Tibetan: dbu ma la 'jug pa'i bshad pa
    P5263, Volume 98

Madhyamakavatara
    Trans. Supplement to [Nagarjuna's]
    "Treatise on the Middle Way"

    Tibetan: dbu ma la 'jug pa
    P5261 and 5262, Volume 98

    In Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Gabriel/Snow Lion, Valois, NY, 1980

    In Echoes of Voidness
    Translated by Stephen Batchelor
     Wisdom Publications, London, 1983

Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Gates to Buddhist Practic
    Padma Publishing, Junction City, CA, 1993

Life in Relation to Death
    Padma Publishing, Junction City, CA, 1986

Lord of the Dance
    Padma Publishing, Junction City, CA, 1992

His Holines
Dalai Lama XIV
(Tenzin Gyatso)


This is a selected list. A more complete list is forthcoming.

The Buddhism of Tibet
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1987
    Reprint of Edition by
    George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, 1975

Deity Yoga
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1994

A Flash of Lightening in the Dark of Night:
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

    His Holiness' commentary on the first eight chapters
    of the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
    Translated by B. Alan Wallace
    Shambhala, Boston and London, 1994

The Four Noble Truths
    Translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa
    Transcription of next entry, with glossary, notes, and appendix.
    Thorsons, An Imprint of HarperCollins, 1997


The Four Noble Truths
    Translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa
    4 video or audio cassettes
    The Office of Tibet, London, 1997
    Distributed by Mystic Fire Video

Healing Anger
    Translated by Geshe Tubten Jinpa
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1997

The Meaning of Life from a Buddhist Perspective
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Wisdom Publications, Boston, 1993

My Land and My People
    Warner Books, New York, 1997
    (originally published 1977)

Tantra in Tibet
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1993

Transcendent Wisdom
    His Holiness' commentary on the ninth chapter
    of the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
    Translated by B. Alan Wallace
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1994, 1998

Dharmakirti

We know of no texts by Dharmakirti in translation (but would greatly appreciate being made aware of any). In his commentary on Mipham Rinpoche's Neshe Rinpoche Dronme, Trans. Precious Lamp of Certain Knowledge, Translated by Chokyi Nyima (Richard Barron), Khenpo Gyurmed Trinley Rinpoche explores in depth many aspects of Dharmakirti's philosophy. A transcription of the teaching is in progress on this site, and a recording of the commentary (48 cassette tapes) is available from Chagdud Gompa Foundation by special request.

For a discussion of correct reasoning by Mipham Rinpoche (commentary by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, introduction by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, translated by Rime Lodro Waldo) strongly influenced by Dharmakirti, visit Rime Lodro Waldo's site and download The Sword of Knowledge.

Recognizing Reality, Dharmakirti's Philosophy and its Tibetan Interpretations, Georges B. J. Dreyfus, State University of New York Press, 1997 presents a provocative, deeply egaging, and very useful discussion of Dharmakirti's philosophy, placing Dharmakirti's ideas in both the historical Indian and Tibetan frameworks and in relation to certain aspects of the Euro/Anglo philosophical tradition

Debate in Tibetan Buddhism, by Daniel E. Perdue, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1992, is another interesting text whose subject matter, though not directly connected to Dharmakirti, owes a great deal to him.

The Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition

Sambandhapariksavrtti
    Trans. Analysis of Relations
    Tibetan: 'brel pa brtag pa'i rab tu byed pa
    P5731, Volume 130

Pramanaviniscaya
    Trans. Ascertainment of Valid Cognition
    Tibetan: tsad ma rnam par nges pa
    P5710, Volume 130

Pramanavarttikakarika
    Trans. Compendium of Valid Cognition
    Tibetan: tsad ma rnam 'grel gyi tshig le'ur byas pa
    P5709, Volume 130

Nyayabindunamaprakarana
    Trans. Drop of Reasoning
    Tibetan: rigs pa'i thigs pa zhes bya ba'i rab tu byed pa
    P5711, Volume 130

Hetubindunamaprakarana
    Trans. Drop of Reasons
    Tibetan: gtan tshigs kyi thigs pa zhes bya ba
    rab tu byed pa

    P5712, Volume 130

Samtanantarasiddhinamaprakarana
    Trans. Proof of Other Continua
    Tibetan: rgyud gzhan grub pa zhes bya ba'i
    rab tu byed pa

    P5716, Volume 130

Vadanyayananamaprakarana
    Trans. Reasoning for Debate
    Tibetan: rtsod pa'i rigs pa zhes bya ba'i rab tu byed pa
    P5715, Volume 130

His Holiness
Dilgo Khyentse
Rinpoche


Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of
Atisha's Seven Point Mind Training

    Translated by Padmakara Translation Group
    Wisdom Publications, Boston, 1993

The Excellent Path to Enlightenment,
Oral teachings on the root text
of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

    Translated by Padmakara Translation Group
    Wisdom Publications, Boston, 1996

The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones,
The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action
A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End
By Patrul Rinpoche

    Translated by Padmakara Translation Group
    Shambhala, Boston and London, 1992


The Wish Fulfilling Jewel:
The Practice of Guru Yoga According to
The Longchen Nyingthig Tradition

    Translated by Könchog Tenzin
    Shambhala, Boston and London, 1994

Georges B. J. Dreyfus

Recognizing Reality, Dharmakirti's Philosophy and its Tibetan Interpretations
    Also includes discussion of Shantarakshita's
    Apoha theory of Language.
    State University of New York Press, 1997

His Holiness
Dudjom Rinpoche
Jigdral Yeshe Dorje


Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
    Practice Text (Sadhana)
    Yeshe Melong, 1992
    See Yeshe Nyingpo

The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom
In Ancient Wisdom
    Commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche
    Translated by B. Alan Wallace and Sangye Khandro
    Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 1993

The Lamp of Liberation
A Collection of Prayers, Advice, and Aspirations

    Yeshe Melong, 1992
    See Yeshe Nyingpo

The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism
    Translated and edited by Gyurme Dorje
    with the collaboration of Matthew Kapstein
    2 Volumes, Wisdom Publications, Boston, 1991

Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows
Ngari Panchen, Pema Wangyi Gyalpo

    Translated by Khenpo Gyurme Samdrub
    and Sangye Khandro
    Wisdom Publications, Boston, 1996