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Ratnakirti
Tibetan-preserved works by Ratnakirti on Buddhist doctrine, path structure, and tantric praise.
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Ascertaining Dharmas — RatnakīrtiA comprehensive philosophical treatise ascertaining the nature of dharmas — from the foundations of faith and wisdom, through ethics, karma, and all four Buddhist philosophical schools, to a spirited defense of luminous consciousness against nihilistic Madhyamaka. First English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D4084).Praise of the Deities of the Four Yogas — RatnakīrtiA devotional praise of the four objects of Buddhist yogic meditation — the Buddha in samādhi, the bodhisattva and arhat assemblies, the Dharmakāya as Prajñāpāramitā, and the Buddha's body adorned with the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs. Composed by the great Indian paṇḍita Ratnakīrti, translated into Tibetan by the Nepalese Mahāvana. First English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D1170).The Trunk of Virtue — RatnakīrtiA systematic map of the entire Buddhist path — from the sixteen unwholesome acts and their reversals, through the Four Noble Truths, the ten perfections each in three aspects, a survey of all four philosophical schools, to the bodhisattva's nine minds of compassion. By Ratnakīrti of Vikramaśīla, 11th century.