"Treasure of Logic on Valid Cognition" (Standard Tibetan: ལེགས་པར་བཤད་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་བསྟན་བཅོས་བཞུགས་སོ།; sanskr. Subhashitaratnanidhi) is an aphoristic tractate that is considered to be dogmatic. It was written in the beginning of the 13th century by Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar Sakya Pandita. One of the most popular tractates in medieval Tibet and Mongolia.[1]
Structure of tractate
editTreasure of Logic on Valid Cognition consists of 457 poetic aphorisms divided into 9 chapters by thematic features:
- Reflections about wise people (1–30)
- Reflections about noble people (31–58)
- Reflections about ignorant people (59–101)
- Reflections of plural character (102–144)
- Reflections about misconduct (145–192)
- Reflections about natural behavior (193–256)
- Reflections about inappropriate behavior (257–303)
- Reflections about deeds (304–398)
- Reflections about Dharma (399–457)