Visions of unity : the golden paṇḍita Shakya Chokden's new interpretation of yogācāra and madhyamaka /
This landmark book discusses the thought of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Shakya Chokden (1428-1507) on the two major systems of Mahayana Buddhism. Influential and controversial in his own day, Shakya Chokden's thought fell out of favor over time and his writings were eventually repressed, becoming...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Visions of Unity
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Introducing the Visions of Unity
- 2. Introducing the Chapters
- Chapter 1- Life and Works of the Golden Pandita
- 1. Political and Religious Landscape of the Fifteenth-Century Tibet
- 2. Life of the Golden Pandita
- Early Years and Education
- Becoming a Prolific Writer and Famous Scholar
- Settling in the Golden Monastery and Exploring New Horizons
- Becoming a Tantric Master and Crystallizing Novel Views
- 3. Writings of Shakya Chokden
- Chronological List of Shakya Chokden's Works Topical Divisions of Shakya Chokden's Works Addressed in This Book
- Chapter 2- The Intellectual Background of Shakya Chokden's Interpretation of Yogacara and Madhyamaka
- 1. Two Tendencies in Yogacara and Nihsvabhavavada Writings
- 2. Basic Elements of Shakya Chokden's Approach to Mahayana Systems
- 3. Pointed Disappointments: Shakya Chokden's Personal Reflections
- 4. Broadening Empty Horizons: A Note on Changes in Shakya Chokden's Views
- Chapter 3- Readjusting Rungs of the Ladder: Revisiting Doxographical Hierarchies 1. Key Features of Shakya Chokden's Approach to the Buddhist Tenets
- 2. Demarcating the Middle: On the Valid Divisions of Madhyamaka and Great Madhyamaka
- 3. Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness
- Self-Emptiness
- Other-Emptiness
- 4. Bidding Farewell to the Prasangika/Svatantrika Division
- 5. Are there Two Types of Yogacara Madhyamaka?
- 6. Are There Any Cittamatra Followers Around?
- 7. Expanding the Madhyamika Camp
- Chapter 4-Through Broken Boundaries to New Enclosures: Reconciling Yogacara and Madhyamaka 1. Differences between Alikakaravada and Satyakaravada
- 2. The Heart of the Matter: Probing the Alikakaravada/Nihsvabhavada Distinction
- A New Look at the Old Origins: Distinctions of Madhyamaka Stemming from Interpretations of the Second and Third Dharmacakras
- Looking at the Second and Third Dharmacakras through the Eyes of the Madhyamaka Founders
- Position of Alikakaravada
- Position of Nihsvabhavada
- Positions of Later Madhyamikas
- 4. Steering the Middle Way between the Two Conflicting Middle Ways: The Art of Not Taking Sides Chapter 5-Explorations in Empty Luminosity: Shakya Chokden's Position on Primordial Mind
- 1. Facing the Reality of Primordial Mind
- Primordial Mind and the Question of Existence
- The Question of Withstanding Analysis
- Does True Existence Have to Be Negated in order to Abandon Grasping at It?
- 2. Primordial Mind as an Impermanent Phenomenon
- 3.(Un)linking the Self-Cognizing Primordial Mind and Dualistic Consciousness
- 4. Does Self-Cognition Cognize Itself?