[Buddha-l] Abhisamayalamkara
Steven Rhodes
srhodes at boulder.net
Tue Jun 14 09:23:07 MDT 2005
Dear Hayden,
First of all, I know of nothing in pdf format.
Secondly, the old war horse is Edward Conze's translation:
Abhisamayalankara, published by the Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed
Estremo Oriente in Rome in 1954. There is another translation (by Karl
Brunnhoelzl I believe, I haven't seen it yet) in Thrangu Rinpoche's The
Ornament of Clear Realization, recently published in New Zealand by
Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Charitable Trust Publications; I know that it is
currently in stock at Snow Lion Publications (www.snowlionpub.com).
However, a translation of the root verses by themselves is not
particularly edifying. Therefore commentaries are necessary. Thrangu
Rinpoche's book is supposedly only about 230 pages long (from the
information which I have); this does not sound particularly in depth.
Obermiller's book is a translation of the root verses interwoven with
translations from various commentaries (primarily Geluk, I suspect). It
is very helpful in that regard. Unfortunately it has one great flaw:
it is not complete. In fact, what has been printed seems to come to a
screeching halt in mid-sentence! I believe that this gets you into, but
not through, the fourth of eight chapters of AA. Obermiller gave a brief
overview of this material in his Prajnaparamita in Tibetan Buddhism.
Finally, I believe that the Master's Program at the Istituto Lama
Tsongkhapa in Pomaia, Italy has extensive materials on AA (running to
thousands of pages). They will sell these to you on a CD-ROM. You can
get their e-mail address by searching within the website of FPMT
(www.fpmt.org). If you can't find it, please feel free to contact me
off list.
Sincerely,
Steven Rhodes
Hayden wrote:
>I am looking for an English translation of Maitreya's
>Abhisamayalamkara (The Ornament of Realizations), preferably in .PDF
>format. The commentary by Master Kedrup Tenpa Dargye would be a bonus.
>Any suggestions? Is Eugene Obermiller's "Analysis of
>Abhisamayalamkara" the best way to go?
>
>Hayden Barnes
>thbarnes at gmail.com
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