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Prajnaparamita Course Texts

Prajnaparamita and Pramanavartika are thoroughly studied based on root texts and their commentaries and various sub-commentaries.

(A) Pharchin Course:

  1. Root Text Abhisamayalamkara (Ornament for Clear Realization) by Lord Maitreya
  2. Drelpa Donsel (commentary to Ornament for Clear Realization) by Acharya Haribhadra
  3. Drang-nge Leg-shad Nyingpo (The Essence of Eloquence on the Interpretive and Definitive Teachings) by Je Tsongkhapa
  4. Leg-Shad Ser-threng (Golden Rosary of Good Explanation) by Je Tsongkhapa
  5. Namshad Nyingyen (Ornament of Correct Explanation) by Gyaltsab Je
  6. Pharchin Chidon (General Meaning of Prajnaparamita) by Panchen Sonam Dakpa
  7. Pharchin Thachod (Final Analysis of Prajnaparamita) by Panchen Sonam Dakpa
  8. Upalae Threngwa by Acharya Haribghadra
  9. Yid dand Kunshi Kawai Nedkyi Tsadrel (Commentary on Difficult Points on the Universal Base Consciousness) by Je Tsongkha Pa
  10. Losel Drodpai Themked (Commentar y of Staircase for the Novice) by Lama Tsongkhapa

(B) Namdrel Course:

  1. Root Text Tsedma Namdrel Lew Dangpo (First Chapter of Pramanavartika) by Acharya Dharmakirti
  2. Namdrel Tharlam Seljed (Clarifying the Path to Liberation and Detailed Commentary on Dharmakirti’s Ascertainment of Valid Cognition) by Gyaltsab Je
  3. Namdrel Gonpa Rabsel (Illuminating the Thought of Pramanavartikakarika) by Panchen Sonam Drakpa
  4. Tsedma Dhedun Yidkyi Munsel (Ocean of Reasoning and Illuminating the Darkness on the Seven Treatises on Logic) by Khedrup Je
  5. Tsedma Rigyen (Logical Ornament of Pramana) by Je Gedun Drupa

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