The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature : A Commentary on The Uttara Tantra Sastra of Asanga/Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Abbot. Translated by Ken and Katia Holmes. Reprint. 1994, vii, 200 p., $11. ISBN 81-7030-401-6.
Contents: Foreword. 1. An introduction to the Uttara Tantra. 2. The Buddha. 3. The Dharma. 4. The Sangha. 5. An introduction to Book II: The last four vajra points. 6. Buddha nature : the ten aspects. 7. Buddha nature II : the nine examples. 8. Enlightenment. 9. The qualities of Buddhahood. 10. Buddha activity. 11. The benefits of the text. Glossary. Appendix.
"This book follows an oral tradition used by Lamas for the last ten centuries which meant that every point was numbered, placed in a category, stated, restated, emphasized, and - then summarized. Thrangu Rinpoche spent several months giving a line by line commentary on this Utta Tantra. Had the transcript simply been typeset, the commentary would have been about 700 pages long and would have been very difficult to follow. So with the help of chapters, headings, and extensive elimination of repetition and categorization, the Uttara Tantra was brought down to a manageable size which could be easily read by Westerners. A glossary and appendix of Tibetan terms were also added for the reader not familiar with Buddhist terms." (jacket)