[Buddha-l] Abhisamayalamkara

[Steven Rhodes]

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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