Explanation of Chapter Eighteen

Explanation of Chapter Eighteen (T. le’u bco brgyad ’grel). A commentary by Mipam Gyatso on Chapter 18 of Longchenpa’s Yid bzhin mdzod.

Gregory Forgues states:

Mipham's commentary on Chapter 18 of the Yid bzhin mdzod (Treasury of Wish-Fulfilling Jewels) presents the nonconceptual and nondual unity of the two truths from a perspective clearly influenced by Dzogchen, along with a detailed elucidation of the notion of tathāgatagarbha as understood in his tradition—presentations that are independent of disputations related to the gzhan stong–rang stong distinction. The root text of the eighteenth chapter of the Yid bzhin mdzod, together with the commentaries thereon by Longchenpa and Mipham, are therefore essential documents for understanding Mipham’s ultimate position on what came to be termed buddha nature.

Translation

• "Translations of Longchenpa’s Yid bzhin mdzod (Chapter 18) and Pad ma dkar po ad cit., and Mipham’s Le’u bco brgyad ’grel" in Radical Nonduality: Ju Mipham Namgyal Gyatso's Discourse On Reality. Translated by Gregory Forgues. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde. 2024 PDF

Sources

• Gregory Forgues (2024). Radical Nonduality: Ju Mipham Namgyal Gyatso's Discourse On Reality. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde. PDF