"Of all the texts in the Mahayana Buddhist
Canon, it is in
the Ornament for Clear Realization (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 Realization (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: Clear
Meaning by Haribhadra, supplemented by reference to the Tibetan
commentaries, Explanation: Ornament of the Essence 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 1998-1999 commentary on
Maitreya's Ornament for Clear Realization 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
