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Yogacara and Mind-Only
Tibetan-preserved Yogacara, mind-only, meditation, and consciousness-analysis texts.
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Texts
A Concise Exposition on the Meaning of Yogacara Meditation — JnanacandraA Mind-Only commentary by Jñānacandra on six root verses by Nāgamitra — the middle way is mere consciousness, and through meditation on this, nonconceptual wisdom arises spontaneously. First English translation.Ascertaining Co-apprehension — PrajnakarasantiPrajñākaraśānti's philosophical proof that consciousness and its objects are non-different, argued through the evidence of co-apprehension. First English translation from Classical Tibetan.Examining the Mind — SilaryaA Madhyamaka meditation manual in twenty verses by the Indian master Silarya, progressing from conventional mind-training through five reasonings proving mind's emptiness to the unity of the two truths.Letter on the Stages of Purifying the Mind-Jewel — AjitaguptaA Buddhist meditation manual in letter form, systematically prescribing antidotes for the four mental defilements — conceptual proliferation, desire, anger, and delusion — addressed by a master to a king. First English translation.