{"product_id":"buddha-nature-the-mahayana-uttaratantra-shastra-with-commentary-8580000962765","title":"Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary\u003c\/strong\u003e by Arya Maitreya. hardcover edition. ISBN: 8580000962765.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll sentient beings without exception have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit in deeming oneself better than others nor any reason for self-contempt, thinking of oneself as inferior and unable to reach enlightenment. This seeing is obscured by veils which are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind as such. The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra, one of the Five Treatises said to have been dictated to Asanga by the Bodhisattva Maitreya, presents the Buddhas definitive teachings on how we should understand this ground of enlightenment and clarifies the nature and qualities of buddhahood.\n\nJamgön Kongtrül Lodro Thaye (1813–1899), the profoundly learned and realized master who compiled what are known as the \"Five Great Treasures,\" wrote the outstanding commentary to the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra translated here. Called The Unassailable Lions Roar, it presents Maitreyas text as a background for the Mahamudra teachings in a way that is especially clear and easy to understand.\n\nKhenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche provided the annotations and the explanations on which the present translation is based. A renowned scholar and highly accomplished yogi, he is a living example of the ongoing tradition of oral transmission. He first visited the West in 1977 at the request of H.H. the Sixteenth Karmapa.\n\nRosemarie Fuchs has been a student of Khen Rinpoche since 1978, and this translation was done upon his advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Snow Lion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959994445877,"sku":"ByrdShop_1559391286","price":65.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781559391283_3513449a-1b35-47a3-8ba8-420e5d63edb8.jpg?v=1778692235","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/buddha-nature-the-mahayana-uttaratantra-shastra-with-commentary-8580000962765","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}