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Study Of The Perfection Of Wisdom Sūtras In Tibet Has Historically Been Through Commentaries On The Ornament For The Clear Realizations (abhisamayālaṃkāra), A Short Verse Distillation In Eight Chapters Attributed To Maitreya. The Three Works In The Present Volume Reflect The Diversity Of The Tibetan Commentarial Tradition. Ngok's Topical Summary Marks The Beginning In Sangphu Monastery Of The Most Influential Perfection Of Wisdom Commentarial Tradition. Ngok Intends His Short Work As A Supplement To His Translation Of The Abhisamayālaṃkāra And Its Major Commentaries By Ārya-vimuktisena And Haribhadra. It Leads The Reader Briskly Through The Abhisamayālaṃkāra's Seventy Topics, Presenting What Would Become A Standard Framework For Explaining The Perfection Of Wisdom In Tibet. Gyaltsab's Way To Practice The Sequence Of Clear Realizations, Structured As A Defense Of The Meditation System Set Forth By His Guru Tsongkhapa In The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment, Links The Stages Of The Path Expanded Into The Seventy Topics With The Actual Practices Of An Accomplished Yogi. Working Outward From The Middle Of The Abhisamayālaṃkāra's Fourth Chapter, It Explains How The Perfection Of Wisdom Is Integrated Into A Total And Complete Meditational Practice For The Attainment Of Buddhahood. The Great Drukpa Kagyü Scholar Kunkhyen Pema Karpo's Sacred Words Of Lord Maitreya Is The Most Detailed And Systematic Of The Three Works, Supplementing Explanations Of The Perfection Of Wisdom Based On The Abhisamayālaṃkāra With The Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (ornament For The Mahāyāna Sūtras), The Uttaratantra (delineation Of The Jewel Lineage), And Daṃṣṭrāsena's Or Vasubandhu's Bṛhaṭṭīkā (long Explanation Of The Three Sūtras). It Is An Example Of A Mature Perfection Of Wisdom Commentary, Demonstrating The Brilliance Of Its Famous Author-- Provided By Publisher.