{"id":223,"date":"2022-09-24T04:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:04:20","slug":"hermenutics-sutra-sources-for-madhyamaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/hermenutics-sutra-sources-for-madhyamaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutra Sources for Madhyamaka"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kaccayanagotta Sutta Prajn\u0303a\u0304pa\u0304ramita\u0304 Vajracchedik\u0101 Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101 S\u016btra A\u1e63\u1e6das\u0101hasrik\u0101 Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101 S\u016btra <\/strong> Da\u015bas\u0101hasrik\u0101praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/strong> A\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101da\u015bas\u0101hasrik\u0101praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/strong> Pa\u00f1cavi\u1e43\u015batis\u0101hasrik\u0101praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/strong> \u015aatas\u0101hasrik\u0101praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101 Ak\u1e63ayamatinirde\u015ba Sam\u0101dhir\u0101jas\u016btra<\/strong> R\u0101\u1e63\u1e6drap\u0101laparip\u1e5bcch\u0101 \u015a\u0101listamba <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Ratnamegha <\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sa\u1e41yutta Nik\u0101ya 12.15
\nConnected Discourses of the Buddha<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n<\/strong>Perfection of Wisdom Sutras<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n<\/strong>Vajra Cutter Sutra (Diamond Sutra)
\nPraj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101h\u1e5bdaya
\n<\/strong>Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Heart Sutra)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\nPerfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines
\n\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nsher phyin brgyad stong pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\nPerfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines
\n\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f41\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nshes phyin khri pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\nPerfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines
\n\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f41\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nsher phyin khri brgyad stong pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb2\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f49\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f64\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f94\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d (\u0f49\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f41\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f0d)
\nPerfection of Wisdom in Twenty-five Thousand Lines<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/strong>Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines
\n\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb2\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d (\u0f60\u0f56\u0f74\u0f58\u0f0d) <\/strong>
\nsher phyin stong phrag brgya pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
Madhyamaka Hermeneutics<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Quoted in major Madhyamaka treatises:<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/strong>The Teaching of Ak\u1e63ayamati
\n\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f5f\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nblo gros mi zad pas bstan pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\nThe King of Sam\u0101dhis S\u016btra
\n\u0f4f\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f44\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f5b\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f51\u0f7c\u0f0d
\nting nge ‘dzin gyi rgyal po’i mdo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
Quoted in Essence of Eloquence<\/em> by Tsong-kha-pa:<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/strong>The Questions of R\u0101\u1e63\u1e6drap\u0101la
\n\u0f61\u0f74\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f41\u0f7c\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f90\u0fb1\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f72\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f5e\u0f74\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nyul ‘khor skyong gyis zhus pa <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
Quoted by Candrakriti & Prajnakaramati:<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/strong>The Rice Seedling
\n\u0f66\u0f71\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f74\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f97\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d
\nsA lu’i ljang pa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n<\/strong>The Jewel Cloud
\n\u0f51\u0f40\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f46\u0f7c\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f66\u0fa4\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0d<\/em>
\ndkon mchog sprin<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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