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Epistles

Advice from the great Indian Buddhist masters in the form of letters written to rulers and others (Toh 4158-4202)

45 works in this section

Kangyur·Epistles

The Precious Garland, A Letter to the King

Toh 4158·39 pages
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Extensive Commentary on [Nāgārjuna’s] “The Precious Garland”

Toh 4159·79 pages
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Advice called “The Wish-fulfilling Jewel of Dreams”

Toh 4160·4 pages
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Advice on Generosity

Toh 4161·3 pages
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Advice on Transmigration

Toh 4162·2 pages
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Advice Universally Proclaiming the Seven Good Qualities

Toh 4163·3 pages
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Advice on Ethics

Toh 4164·2 pages
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A Running Commentary on the “Advice on Ethics”

Toh 4165·9 pages
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Advice on the [Two] Accumulations

Toh 4166·4 pages
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Advice on the Eight Inopportune States

Toh 4167·7 pages
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Advice Like a Chest of Jewels called “Eloquent Explanations”

Toh 4168·24 pages
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Advice on Abandoning the Four Mistakes

Toh 4169·6 pages
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Advice for the Degenerate Era

Toh 4170·3 pages
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Advice on Isolation

Toh 4171·7 pages
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Advice on Being Respectful Toward the True Dharma of the Śrāvakas and Those who Teach the Dharma

Toh 4172·6 pages
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Advice [in the form] of Categorical Statements

Toh 4173·2 pages
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Advice on the Meaning of Impermanence

Toh 4174·2 pages
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Advice Teaching to Proper Path

Toh 4175·50 pages
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A Teaching on the Path of the Ten Virtues

Toh 4176·8 pages
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Alleviating Sorrow

Toh 4177·3 pages
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A Teaching on the Path of the Ten Non-Virtues

Toh 4178·3 pages
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Verses [From the Sūtra] of the Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma

Toh 4179·8 pages
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A Teaching on Observed Objects [endowed] with the Five Qualities of Desire

Toh 4180·2 pages
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A Letter Sent to the Monk Prakāśakumāra From Ārya Avalokiteśvara

Toh 4181·3 pages
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Letter to a Friend

Toh 4182·13 pages
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Letter of a Message to a Student

Toh 4183·14 pages
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Letter to the Great King Kaniṣka

Toh 4184·8 pages
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Letter called “The Graded Path Toward the Purification of the Precious Mind”

Toh 4185·15 pages
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Letter to a Spiritual Teacher

Toh 4186·8 pages
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Letter to a Son

Toh 4187·7 pages
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The Letter [Like a] Spotless Jewel

Toh 4188·4 pages
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A Letter to King Candra

Toh 4189·5 pages
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An Extensive Explanation of the “Letter to a Friend” called “Clear Words”

Toh 4190·78 pages
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A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Letter of a Message to a Student”

Toh 4191·20 pages
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A Running Commentary on the “[Letter of a] Message to a Student”

Toh 4192·24 pages
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A Teaching on the Eight Different Kinds of Suffering for the Brāhmaṇi Dakṣiṇāmbāya

Toh 4193·5 pages
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A Letter to the Tibetan Ruler, People, and Monastics

Toh 4194·9 pages
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The Lamp Producing Faith

Toh 4195·9 pages
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The Garland of Examples

Toh 4196·7 pages
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A Monograph on Subduing Nāgas From the Perspective of an Absence of Suffering

Toh 4197·8 pages
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Inviting the Saṅgha

Toh 4198·7 pages
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Inviting the Sthavīra Elders

Toh 4199·17 pages
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The Hierarchs of the Teachings

Toh 4200·3 pages
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The Prophecy of the Arhat Saṅghavardhana

Toh 4201·15 pages
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The Prophecy Concerning Khotan

Toh 4202·40 pages