Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidarma, Kalachakra and Dzog-chen
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye ( 1813-99), a pivotal figure in eastem Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Encyclopedia of Buddhism he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetart Buddhism. Myriad Worlds is the first part of that work.
As a prelude to Kongtrul's survey of the entire range of Buddhist teachings, Myriad Worlds describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition-those associated with the Hinayana, Mahayana, Kalacakra and Dzog-chen teachings. To suit the capacities of different grades of beings, Buddha taught four levels of cosmology: the numerically definite cosmology of the individual way; the cosmology of infinite buddhafields of the universal way; the special cosmological system of the Kalacakra Tantra; and the dazzling non-cosmology of the Dzog-chen system, which dispenses with the dualistic perspectives revealing the creative principle to be awareness alone.
Each of these cosmologies shows how the world arises from mind, whether through the accumulated results of past actions or from the constant striving of awareness to know itself.
This detailed and thorough account of worldviews that present conceptions of space and time which differ significantly from Western ideas is at once illuminating and challenging.


Treasury of Knowledge: Myriad Worlds, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Snow Lion Publications, Hardcover, 301 Pages, $39.95

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899), a pivotal figure in eastern Tibet's nonsectarian movement, was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge he presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism.

	Contents: Treasury of Knowledge, Book 1: Myriad Worlds
	Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama	6
	Preface	9
	Translators' Introduction	15
	Root Verses from The Encompassment of All Knowledge	57
	Prologue	75
	Introduction	79
	Overview of The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge	91
	Myriad Worlds
I.	The Cosmology of the Universal Way	95
II.	Our Universe according to the Individual and Universal Ways	107
III.	Space and Time in the Tantra of the Wheel of Time	147
IV.	The Causes of Cyclic Life	171
V.	The Primordial Purity of the Universe	203
	Appendixx: Outline of the Text	229
	Glossary of Technical Terms	235
	Glossary of Names	245
	Abbreviations	253
	Notes	255
	Bibliography of Works Cited	281
	Reference Bibliography	287
	Index	291