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Maitreya
Yogacara and Mahayana treatises attributed to Maitreya or Maitreyanatha in Tibetan transmission.
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Texts
Commentary on the Transference of Existence — MaitreyanathaA detailed Madhyamaka commentary by Maitreyanatha on Nagarjuna's Bhavasamkranti, systematically glossing all five chapters with scriptural citations and vivid philosophical examples. First English translation from Tibetan (D3841).Distinguishing Dharmas from Dharmata — MaitreyaThe prose treatise distinguishing phenomena from their true nature — one of the Five Dharmas of Maitreya. First English translation from Tibetan.Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes — MaitreyaThe third of the Five Dharmas of Maitreya — a root Yogācāra text distinguishing false imagination, emptiness, and the middle path between existence and non-existence. First English translation from the Degé Tibetan.Verses on Distinguishing Dharmas from Dharmata — MaitreyaOne of the Five Dharmas of Maitreya. Verses distinguishing phenomena from their true nature — the foundational Yogācāra text on the relationship between conditioned experience and suchness. First English translation from Tibetan.