NEW BOOK> Āryadeva's Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Wedemeyer)

[Christian K. Wedemeyer]

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to announce the publication of:

Āryadeva's Lamp that Integrates the Practices: The Gradual Path of 
Vajrayāna Buddhism according to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition
Edited and translated with an introduction by Christian K. Wedemeyer
New York: AIBS/CBS/THUS (Columbia University Press), 2007
Hardcover - xxx+826pp.
ISBN: 978-0-9753734-5-3

(I'm not sure of the official price: Columbia Press offers it for $55 on 
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Summary

The /Lamp that Integrates the Practices/ is a systematic and 
comprehensive exposition of the most advanced yogas of the Esoteric 
Community (Guhyasamaja) Tantra as espoused by the Noble Tradition, an 
influential school of interpretation within the Mahayoga traditions of 
Indian Buddhist esoterism. Equal in authority to Nagarjuna’s famous 
/Five Stages/ (Pañcakrama), Aryadeva’s work is perhaps the earliest 
prose example of the “stages of the mantra path” genre in Sanskrit. Its 
studied gradualism exerted immense influence on later Indian and Tibetan 
tradition, and it is widely cited by masters from all four major 
lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.

This volume presents the /Lamp/ in a tri-lingual format: its Sanskrit 
original critically-edited from recently-identified manuscripts, a 
critical edition of the eleventh-century Tibetan translation by Rin-chen 
Bzang-po (including notes on readings found in “lost,” alternative 
translations), and a thoroughly-annotated English translation.

Includes an introductory study discussing the history of the Guhyasamaja 
and its exegetical traditions, surveying the scriptural and commentarial 
sources of the Noble Tradition, and analyzing in detail the contents of 
the Lamp. Features a detailed, tri-lingual glossary.

Christian K. Wedemeyer is Assistant Professor of the History of 
Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School

Table Of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations and Sigla

Part One: Introduction

Prologue

History of the Noble Tradition
    Through the Glass of Modern Scholarship, Darkly
    Traditional History: Treasures and Visions
    Concluding Reflections

Canon of the Noble Tradition: Scriptural Authorities and Commentarial 
Literature
    Root and Explanatory Tantras
    Commentarial Literature
    The Works of Nāgārjuna
    The Works of Āryadeva
    The Works of Nāgabodhi, Śākyamitra, and Candrakīrti

The Lamp that Integrates the Practices and its Subject Matter
    Nature and Purpose of the Work
    Structure of the Work
    Analytical Summaries of Individual Chapters

Note on the Texts

Part Two: Annotated English Translation

Chapter I: Elimination of Doubts {[about] the Integration of Enlightenment}
Chapter II: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Body Isolation
Chapter III: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Speech 
Isolation
Chapter IV: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Mind Isolation
Chapter V: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of the 
Discernment of the Consequences of Action (karma)
Chapter VI: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Superficial 
Reality
Chapter VII: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Ultimate 
Reality
Chapter VIII: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Unlocated 
Nirvāṇa
Chapter IX: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Practice 
With Elaboration
Chapter X: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Practice 
Without Elaboration
Chapter XI: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Practice 
Completely Without Elaboration
  
Part Three: Critically-edited Sanskrit Text

Chapter I: prabodhana-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter II: kāya-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter III: vāg-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter IV: citta-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter V: karmānta-vibhāga-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter VI: saṃvṛti-satya-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter VII: paramārtha-satya-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter VIII: apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa-dhātu-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter IX: 
bodhisattva-carita-dharmodayābhisaṃbodhi-prapañcatā-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter X: niṣprapañca-caryā-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
Chapter XI: atyanta-niṣprapañca-caryā-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ

Part Four: Critically-edited Tibetan Translation of Śraddhākaravarman 
and Rin-chen bZang-po

Chapter I: spyod pa bsdus pa las the tshom yongs su gcod pa
Chapter II: lus rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter III: ngag rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter IV: sems rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter V: las kyi mtha’ rnam par ’byed pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter VI: kun rdzob kyi bden pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter VII: don dam pa’i bden pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter VIII: mi gnas pa’i mya ngan las ’das pa’i khams bsdus pa’i the 
tshom gcod pa
Chapter IX: byang chub sems dpa’ sems dpa’ chen po’i spyod pa chos 
’byung ba’i mngon par byang chub pa’i spros pa
            dang bcas pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter X: spros pa med pa’i spyod pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
Chapter XI: shin tu spros pa med pa’i spyod pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa

Appendices, Bibliography, Index

Appendix I: Glossary
    English– Sanskrit–Tibetan
    Sanskrit–Tibetan–English
    Tibetan–Sanskrit–English
Appendix II: Index of Scriptural Authorities Cited in the CMP
Appendix III: Chart of the Hundred Clans
Appendix IV: Chart of the Eighty Prototypes of the Subtle Mind
Appendix V: Schema of Questions Posed in the CMP
Bibliography
Indexes
    Index of Text Titles
    Index of Sanskrit and Tibetan Proper Names
    General Index