C11-Abhisamaya  Allamkara 

The Abhisamaya Allamkara by the Indian Mahasiddha Asangha (294-376) was transmitted from Maitreya Bodhisattva, to Venerable Asanga as one of five treatises. It comprises one of the major foundations of the Methods and Practices Division of Mahayana Buddhism based on the “Third Turning of the Wheel” teachings. The focus of this text is the Prajnaparamita teachings. This approach to emptiness reveals the hidden meaning of the Prajnaparamita sutras by examining the five paths and spiritual levels. Through this approach one understands how emptiness is realized. This text is from the perspective of the Nyingma and the Karma Kagyu traditions.

This classic commentary was translated as Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Clear Realization and Its Commentaries by Karl Brunnholzl and will be the text for this course.

You will need to complete G02-Spiritual Autobiography, G03(A)-Evolution of Buddhism & the Five Vidyas, and  D35(A)-128 Evil & Erroneous Views as a prerequisites to starting this course.

The photo is a full view of the giant stone-carved statue of the Maitreya Buddha of Leshan, Sichuan, China.