The Treasury of Knowledge, Book 6

Parts One and Two: Indo-Tibetan Classical Learning and Buddhist Phenomenology is the sixth volume from the Treasury of Knowledge summarizing the theoretical fields of knowledge to be studied prior to the cultivation of reflection and discriminative awareness. In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgon Kongtrul`s Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes stands out as a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings. Among the ten books that make up this tour de force, Book Six is by far the longest concisely summarizing the theoretical fields of knowledge to be studied prior to the cultivation of reflection and discriminative awareness. The first two parts of Book Six, contained in this volume, respectively concern Indo-Tibetan classical learning and Buddhist phenomenology. The former analyzes the traditional subjects of phonology and Sanskrit grammar, logic, fine art, and medicine, along with astrology, poetics, prosody, synonymics, and dramaturgy. The princi