Acknowledgment Preface Introduction to the Dharmadharmatavibhahga 1. What is the purpose of the Dharmadharmatdvibhahga? Summary of Blo bzang rta dbyangs’’s conflict with Rong ston The topic of ”characteristics” in Madhyantavibhdga Some authors’’ statements of a text’’s purpose Santaraksita’’s statement of purpose in his Tattvasahgraha according to Kamalasila Nagajuna’’s statement of purpose in his Mulamadhyamakakdrikd according to Candrakirti in his Prasannapadd Dharmakirti’’s statement of purpose in his Nydyabindu according to Dharmottara and Vinitadeva Is it the pair dharma and dharmata (as Blo bzang rta dbyangs asserts) or the pair samsara and nirvana (as Rong ston and Mi pham assert) that verse 1 teaches are respectively to be abandoned and manifest 2. Manufacturing an illusion rather than seeing reality 3. Reality is to be known through the progressive elimination of error (which means the yogin is to stop, as per Dharmadharmatavibhangakarika 19, originating the view of duality since duality, being unoriginated, is present in error; he should instead attune to the thusness of the three buddhistic bodies) 4. Dharmadharmatavibhangakarika 6-7: Appearance of nonexistent duality is the cause of delusion-affliction 5. Dharmadharmatavibhahga and Gilbert Ryle: Their attack on ”imputed objects of consciousness and introspection” 6. Superseding appearances as subject and object 7. A brief note on the dGe lugs interpretation of Maitreyan Yogacara: Is it designed to attack Dol po pa? Rong ston’’s commentary on the Dharmadharmatavib hatigakarika Schematic of contents of Rong ston’’s commentary The Great Drum of the Gods that is Excellently Teaching: An Explanation of The Discrimination of Thematic Reality and Reality-itself [of Maitreya] Mi pham’’s commentary on the D harmadharmatavibhang akarika The topics comprising Mi pham’’s commentary Discerning Primordial Awareness and Appearance: A commentary on The Verses of The Discerning of Thematic Meaning and Reality-itself Mi pham’’s commentary to Bodhicaryavatara 9:15c-29 (Santideva’’s refutation of the mentalists (rnam rig smra ba rnams, Skt. vijntaptivadin)) Part One: The refutation of the mentalist theory that perceptual forms are veridical Part Two: Refutation of the mentalist theory that perceptual forms are delusive Mi pham’’s commentary on the Thirty Verses (Trimsika) Introduction Dharmadharmatavibhanga and Trimsika Content of Mi pham’’s commentary on Trimsika The contents of Mi pham’’s commentary: Schematic showing the main topics of the Trimsika according to verses Translation of Mipham’’s commentary to the Trimsikakarika (The Thirty Verses) Supplement to Mi pham’’s commentary to verse 19: Sthiramati’’s commentary on Trimsika 19 (the all- ground awareness and the proof of its existence)