
书名与括注俱实,且该书自陈与括注几乎逐字相当。(一)书名对:篇首题「Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path」,与书目行全同。出版者亦对(Snow Lion 十一见;书中并记《菩提道次第广论》英译全本亦 Snow Lion Publications, 2000–2004 出)。(二)「入门导读」四字有作者自道为凭:「If you are a person with some background in Buddhism but without specialized expertise in Buddhist philosophy… I have written with you in mind」;
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「My goal in this book is to bridge the gap between contemporary readers who would like to understand emptiness and Tsong-kha-pa's profound explanations… For now, we need a place to start」。(三)「宗喀巴空性诠释」亦对,且范围可写得更准:「I wrote this book mainly by summarizing and explaining in my own words key ideas and arguments that the sect's founder, Tsong-kha-pa Lo-sang-drak-pa (1357–1419), puts forward in the 'insight' section of his massive text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path」;又谓所述为「emptiness as presented in the Ge-luk sect」。即:所据非宗喀巴全部著作,专取《广论》毘钵舍那一章。 括注若欲更准,可作「宗喀巴《广论》毘钵舍那章空性说的入门导读」。全书 Tsong-kha-pa 二百三十二见、Great Treatise 六十二见、emptiness 三百四十见、conventional 一百八十三见、Madhyamaka 七十六见、Prāsaṅgika 二十八见。(四)一条使用提示:作者自记其引《广论》「by volume number and page number」,即按 Cutler 英译本卷次页码;本书日后若引其转述之宗喀巴原文,可循此回到英译本,再回藏文本。 又,其术语从 Hopkins/Napper 一系作 intrinsic existence(intrinsic 二百三十六见)而非 inherent existence(仅二见),检索时须用前者。
原文说全书首要关切是“知空性之心”,下接说诸法唯依彼此而有。此可直接人证延伸阅读所标的“宗喀巴空性诠释入门”。



