A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes

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*{{i|List of Abbreviations|xiii}}
*{{i|Part I: Sakya Pandita’s Life and Work}}
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*{{i|Part II: A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes}}
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**{{i|Vows of Individual Liberation|41}}
**{{i|Vows of the Bodhisattva|81}}
**{{i|Vows of the Vajra Vehicle|95}}
**{{i|Epilogue|199}}
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**{{i|1. Reply to the Questions of the Translator from Chak|205}}
**{{i|2. Reply to the Questions of the Translator of Lowo|225}}
**{{i|3. A Letter to the Noble-Minded|229}}
**{{i|4. A Letter to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions|241}}
**{{i|5. Reply to the Questions of Dokorwa the Kadampa|259}}
**{{i|6. Reply to the Questions of Namkha Bum the Kadampa|267}}
*{{i|Appendix A: Gorampa's Outline of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes|273}}
*{{i|Appendix B: Transliteration of the Tibetan Text of A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes|277}}
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*{{i|Bibliography|337}}
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A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes presents the first English translation of the sDom gsum rab dbye, one of the most famous and controversial doctrinal treatises of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen (1182–1251), a founder of the Sakya school and one of Tibet’s most learned sages, The Three Codes strongly influenced subsequent religious and intellectual traditions in Tibet—and sparked a number of long-lasting doctrinal and philosophical disputes, some of which persist today.

In The Three Codes, Sakya Pandita discusses the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Tantric vows of Buddhist conduct, which often diverge and contradict each other. He criticizes, on at least one point or another, later practitioners of almost every lineage, including the Kadampa, Kagyupa, and Nyingmapa, for contradicting the original teachings of their own traditions. (Source: SUNY Press)

Citation Rhoton, Jared Douglas, trans. A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems. Edited by Victoria R. M. Scott. SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.