Property:EncodedPosWheelTurnNotes
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%5B%5BMathes%2C+K.%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5BA+Direct+Path+to+the+Buddha+Within%5D%5D%2C+p.+42. +
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According+to+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%22Rikrel+not+only+situates+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+within+sutric+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+literature%2C+but+he+also+includes+it+in+the+last+wheel+as+a+work+expounding+on+both+sutras+and+tantric+literature.%22+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+29.%0A%2AHowever%2C+Kano+suggests+his+view+of+RGV+relates+to+both+2nd+and+3rd+turnings.+%22In+his+Byams+pa+dang+%27grel+ba%27i+chos+kyi+byung+tshul%2C+bCom-ldan-ral-gri+asserts+that+the+teaching+of+the+RGV+contradicts+neither+the+Two+Truths+doctrine+of+Madhyamaka+nor+the+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+doctrine+of+the+Threefold+Intrinsic+Nature%2C+while+the+other+four+treatises+of+Maitreya+teach+either+one+or+the+other+of+these+two+doctrines+%28but+not+both+at+the+same+time%29.%22+%5B%5BKano%2C+K.%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BBuddha-Nature+and+Emptiness%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+342. +
%22Kunga+Dr%C3%B6lcho+provides+some+context+for+Dsen+Kawoch%C3%A9%E2%80%99s+view+and+for+the+following+excerpts+from+the+latter%E2%80%99s+teachings%2C+which+Kunga+Dr%C3%B6lcho+compiled+as+Guiding+Instructions+on+the+View+of+Other-Emptiness%3A%0AAs+for+the+Guiding+Instructions+on+the+View+of+Other-Emptiness%2C+Dsen+Kawoch%C3%A9+said%2C+%22The+Kashmiri+pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita+Sajjana+made+the+following+very+essential+statement%3A+%E2%80%98The+victor+turned+the+wheel+of+dharma+three+times%E2%80%94the+first+wheel+teaches+the+four+realities+of+the+noble+ones%2C+the+second+one+teaches+the+lack+of+characteristics%2C+and+the+final+one+makes+excellent+distinctions.+Among+these%2C+the+first+two+do+not+distinguish+between+what+is+actual+and+what+is+nominal.+The+last+one+was+spoken+at+the+point+of+certainty+about+the+ultimate+by+distinguishing+between+the+middle+and+extremes+and+by+distinguishing+between+phenomena+and+the+nature+of+phenomena.+%22++%5B%5BBrunnh%C3%B6lzl%2C+K.%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BWhen+the+Clouds+Part%5D%5D%27%27%2C+pp.+142-143. +
G
%22Sangpu+Lodr%C3%B6%27s+commentary+frames+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+in+a+positive+light%2C+arguing+that+it+is+a+commentary+on+definitive+sutras+included+in+the+last-wheel+teachings...%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D.+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+31. +
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%22Furthermore%2C+the+Third+Karmapa+composed+a+summary+of+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+in+accordance+with+the+meditative+tradition%2C+which+establishes+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+as+a+definitive+text+included+in+the+last+wheel+of+the+Buddha%27s+teachings.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D.+%27%27%5B%5BUttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+pp.+30-31. +
%5B%5BDuckworth%2C+D.%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5BMipam+on+Buddha-Nature%5D%5D%2C+pp.+2-4.%0A%2AThough+much+like+Mipham+in+his+steed%2C+Longchenpa+presents+a+combination+of+second+and+third+wheel+teachings+in+his+presentations+of+buddha-nature+with+the+emptiness+of+the+second+and+the+appearance+of+wisdom%2C+etc.+in+the+third+as+a+unity.+However%2C+strictly+speaking+Longchenpa+considers+buddha-nature+as+taught+in+the+RGV+as+belonging+to+the+third+turning. +
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However%2C+his+work+has+an+interesting+approach+to+the+second+and+third+wheel+turnings%3A%0A%22+The+second+dharma+wheel+is+said+to+teach+primarily+the+way+in+which+the+phenomena+of+which+the+basis+of+emptiness+is+empty+do+not+exist%2C+while+the+third+wheel+teaches+mainly+that+basis+of+emptiness.+Therefore%2C+there+is+no+inner+contradiction+between+these+two+dharma+wheels.%22+%5B%5BBrunnh%C3%B6lzl%2C+K.%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BWhen+the+Clouds+Part%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+310. +
Buddha-nature+is+a+third+wheel+teaching%2C+but+he+holds+both+third+and+second+to+be+of+definitive+meaning+and+integrates+the+two+as+noncontradictory+in+his+presentation+of+buddha-nature+as+the+unity+of+emptiness+%28in+the+seceond+wheel%29+and+appearance+%28of+kayas+and+wisdoms+in+the+third+wheel%29.+%5B%5BDuckworth%2C+D.%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BMipam+on+Buddha-Nature%5D%5D%27%27%2C+pp.+4-5. +
%22However%2C+Khedrup%2C+a+student+and+a+junior+contemporary+of+Rendawa%2C+mentions+in+his+%27%27Presentation+of+the+General+Tantric+Systems%27%27+%28%27%27rgyud+sde+spyi+rnam%27%27%29%2C+%22Lama+J%C3%A9+%5Bthat+is%2C+Rendawa%5D+asserts+that+%5Bthe+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27%5D+is+a+commentarial+work+on+last-wheel+teachings%2C+explicating+the+view+of+the+Cittam%C4%81tra+School.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+88. +
P
%22Therefore%2C+for+both+Ngok+and+Chapa%2C+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+is+a+definitive+work%2C+and+it+is+also+a+treatise+that+explains+the+meaning+of+the+last-wheel+sutras+such+as+the+Tath%C4%81gatagarbhas%C5%ABtra+and+the+%C5%9Ar%C4%ABm%C4%81l%C4%81dev%C4%ABs%C5%ABtra.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D.+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+20. +
R
%22As+for+whether+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+is+definitive+or+provisional%2C+Rendawa+does+not+explicitly+identify+it+either+as+definitive+or+provisional+in+the+texts+that+I+have+consulted.+However%2C+Khedrup%2C+a+student+and+a+junior+contemporary+of+Rendawa%2C+mentions+in+his+%27%27Presentation+of+the+General+Tantric+Systems%27%27+%28%27%27rgyud+sde+spyi+rnam%27%27%29%2C+%22Lama+J%C3%A9+%5Bthat+is%2C+Rendawa%5D+asserts+that+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+is+a+commentarial+work+on+last-wheel+teachings%2C+explicating+the+view+of+the+Cittam%C4%81tra+School.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+88. +
%22So%2C+Gyeltsap+claims+that+both+the+Madhyamak%C4%81vat%C4%81ra+and+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+explain+the+same+meaning+of+ultimate+truth.+Hence%2C+they+are+both+definitive+works+that+explicate+the+intention+of+the+middle+wheel.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+107.%0A%2A+However%2C+this+is+a+tricky+issue+and+elsewhere+Wangchuk+states%2C+%22For+Gyeltsap%2C+there+is+no+contradiction+in+saying+that+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+comments+on+both+last-wheel+sutras+and+the+middle-wheel+sutras.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+102. +
%2A%22He+obviously+contrasts+the+last-wheel+teachings+that+teach+ultimate+definite+meaning+from+the+middle-wheel+sutras+such+as+the+%27%27Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81s%C5%ABtras%27%27+that%2C+according+to+him%2C+do+not+primarily+teach+the+ultimate+definitive+meaning.+Rather%2C+as+Rinchen+Yesh%C3%A9+argues%3A+%27All+phenomena+that+are+taught+as+empty+of+true+existence+in+the+middle+wheel+teachings%2C+like+illusions+and+so+forth%2C+refer+%5Bonly%5D+to+conditioned+conventional+phenomena.+The+sugata-essence+%28%27%27bde+gshegs+snying+po%27%27%29+that+is+explained+as+true+and+unchanging+in+the+last+wheel+teachings+refers+to+the+ultimate+dharma-reality%2C+an+unconditioned+phenomenon.%27+Therefore%2C+the+middle-wheel+teachings+explain+how+conventional+phenomena%2C+such+as+tables%2C+chairs%2C+and+the+like%2C+are+empty+of+inherent+existence+like+an+illusory+image.+These+sutras+do+not+explicate+the+unconditioned+ultimate+truth+that+is+primarily+taught+in+the+definitive+last-wheel%0Asutras.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D.+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+36. +
S
Both+second+and+third%2C+though+third+is+higher.+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%2C+p.+74. +
He+distinguishes+between+different+types+of+buddha-nature+taught+in+the+second+and+third+wheels%2C+though+the+third+is+the+more+definitive+and+represents+the+%22actual%22+tath%C4%81gatagarbha. +
Draszczyk%2C+%22A+Eulogy+of+Mind%E2%80%99s+Connate+Qualities%2C%22+2015%2C+p.+115 +
T
Hodor.+Hodor+HODOR+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor%2C+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor.+Hodor+hodor%2C+hodor.+Hodor+HODOR+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor%2C+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor.+Hodor+hodor+-+hodor+hodor+hodor+-+hodor%2C+hodor.+Hodor+hodor%3F%21+Hodor+hodor+HODOR%21+Hodor+HODOR+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor...+Hodor+hodor+hodor%3B+hodor+HODOR+hodor%2C+hodor+hodor.+Hodor.+Hodor+hodor+HODOR%21+Hodor+hodor+hodor+hodor...+Hodor+hodor+hodor.+Hodor. +
Gyels%C3%A9+Tokm%C3%A9+emphasizes+that+the+last-wheel+teachings+teach+the+most+definitive+meaning+of+the+Buddha%27s+thought.+He+states%2C+%22This+meaning%2C+which+is+depicted+by+the+nine+examples+in+this+way%2C+is+the+profoundest+of+the+profound%2C+and+it+is+the+ultimate+definitive+meaning.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+61. +
Wangchuk+quotes+mkhas+grub+rje+as+stating%2C+%22In+our+system%2C+J%C3%A9+Rinpoch%C3%A9+%28rje+rin+po+che%2C+that+is%2C+Tsongkhapa%29+mentions+that+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+primarily+comments+on+the+meaning+of+those+sutras+that+are+in+conformity+with+the+middle-wheel+teachings%2C+such+as+the+Tath%C4%81gatagarbhas%C5%ABtra%2C+Sam%C4%81dhir%C4%81jas%C5%ABtra%2C+Jn%C4%81n%C4%81lokas%C5%ABtra%2C+A%E1%B9%85gulim%C4%81l%C4%81s%C5%ABtra%2C+%C5%9Ar%C4%ABm%C4%81l%C4%81dev%C4%ABs%C5%ABtra%2C+and+so+forth.%22+%5B%5BWangchuk%2C+Tsering%5D%5D%2C+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Uttaratantra+in+the+Land+of+Snows%5D%5D%27%27%2C+p.+89. +