Prajnaparamita in Tibetan Buddhism

by E.Obermiller

This book, analysing the doctrine of Prajnaparamita (Tib. Sher-P'hin pronounced as Sh'er-Ch'hin) or Transcendental wisdom is based on tibetan exegetical literature viz. Abhisamayalamkara of Maitreya or as runs its full title, the Abhisamayalamkara-nama-Prajnaparamita-updesa-sastra which is considered by the learned Tibetan tradition to be the most important as, i. a summary of the Prajnaparamita-sutras, and ii. as the text containing the special theory of the marga or the Path to the attainment of Nirvana according to the Mahayanistic standpoint. Obermiller has taken recourse to those Indian and Tibetan Commentaries which are held in great esteem by the learned Tibetan tradition and are considered to contain the most clear, thorough and full analysis of the subjects contained in the Abhisamayalamkara.