- Light of Samantabhadra
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche
- Preface
- Translator’s Introduction
- Light of Samantabhadra: A Commentary on Dharmakīrti’s Commentary on Valid Cognition (Pramāṇavārttika)
- The Explanation of Chapter 1: Inference for Oneself (Svārthānumāna)
- 1. Homage and Introduction
- 2. Overview of the Chapters
- The Three Reasons
- 3. Perfect Reasoning by Way of Result, Nature, and Nonapprehension
- 4. The Enumeration into Three Types
- The Indispensable Relationship
- 5. The Indispensable Relationship
- 6. The Necessity of the Relationship for the Counter Pervasion
- 7. Establishing Pervasion through the Relationship
- 8. Extensive Explanation of Ascertainment by Nature and Result
- Exclusion and Universals
- 9. Exclusion of Others and the One Conceptualized as Many
- 10. Verbal Expressions and Conceptualization Engage by Exclusion
- 11. Refuting that They Engage by Affirmation
- 12. Reversal and Isolation
- 13. The Universal of Many Conceptualized as One
- 14. Appearance within a Conceptual Cognition
- 15. Designations
- 16. Engaging by Verbal Expression
- 17. Identifying the Particulars
- 18. Refutations Concerning Exclusions and Isolates
- 19. Establishing the Direct Object as an Exclusion
- 20. Refuting the Universal as an Entity
- 21. Refuting that a Single Result Exists by Way of a Universal
- 22. Refuting Entities to Be of a Single Nature
- Divisions of Reasoning by Nature
- 23. Divisions
- 24. Disintegration by Nature
- 25. Negation Reasoning 201
- 26. Refuting Arguments against the Division into Two
- Fallacious Reasoning: Refuting the Vedas
- 27. Analysis of Verbal Expression
- 28. Refuting the Vedas as Being Unproduced by Persons
- 29. The Syllables and Words of the Vedas
- 30. Disintegration and Destruction
- 31. Examination of Vedic Mantras
- 32. There Is No Comprehending the Definitive Meaning of the Vedas
- The Explanation of Chapter 2: Establishing Valid Cognition (Pramāṇasiddhi)
- Validity
- Establishing by Way of the Forward Sequence
- 35. Compassion Is the Accomplisher
- 36. Establishing Past and Future Lives
- 37. Training Can Be Developed Limitlessly
- 38. From “Compassion” Comes “Teacher”
- 39. From “Teacher” Comes “Sugata” and “Protector”
- The Four Truths
- 40. The Four Truths that Establish “Protector”
- 41. The Origin of Suffering
- 42. The Cessation of Suffering
- 43. The Truth of the Path
- 44. The Antidote to the View of Self
- 45. The Antidote to Craving
- Establishing by Way of the Reverse Sequence
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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Light of Samantabhadra
An Explanation of Dharmakirti's Commentary on Valid Cognition
