"Of all the texts in the Mahayana Buddhist Canon,
it is in
the Ornament for Clear Realizations (Abhisamayalamkara)
that the most detailed explanation of the spiritual paths
and grounds is given.
Therefore, by gaining an understanding of Abhisamayalamkara in its entirety
our mind will become like a treasure rich in qualities."
Geshe Jampa Gyatso
Ornament
for Clear Realizations (Abhisamayalamkara)
By Maitreya
Summary of the Text
A commentary on the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) texts
that serves as a support for understanding the profound teachings on
emptiness. It includes a detailed explanation of the spiritual paths
of hearers, solitary realizers, and bodhisattvas, together with their
clear realizations and abandonments on the various paths. It discusses
the precepts and methods for obtaining the meditative stabilizations,
clairvoyances, signs of irreversibility, and qualities of buddhahood,
including the thirty-two signs and eighty exemplifications, the four
buddha bodies, and omniscience. This subject is explained on the basis
of the Commentary Clarifying the Meaning by Haribhadra, supplemented
by reference to the Tibetan commentaries, Ornament of Essential
Explanations by Gyeltsab Je and Ocean of Sport by Jetsun Chokyi
Gyeltsen.
Chapter Summaries
Summaries of each of the eight chapters of the Ornament are available:
• Chapter
One: Introduction & The Exalted Knower
of All Aspects
• Chapter
Two: The Knower of Paths
• Chapter
Three: The Knower of Bases
• Chapter
Four: Complete Aspects Application
• Chapter
Five: Peak Application
• Chapter
Six: Serial Application
• Chapter
Seven: Momentary Application
• Chapter
Eight: The Resultant Truth Body & Conclusion
Samples
Some samples from Geshe Jampa Gyatso's commentary on Maitreya's Ornament
for Clear Realizations are available:
• Sample
#1: Verse 1.18ab on the mind of enlightenment
• Sample
#2: Verse 1.43 on achieving through armor,
practicing the six perfections within the six perfections
• Sample
#3: Haribhadra's additional commentary on
the four close placements of mindfulness following from verses 4.4 and
4.5
• Sample
#4: Verse 8.33 on the emanation body of a Buddha
