Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence : Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet /

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This is the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the Essence of True Eloquence, by Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally acknowledged as the greatest Tibetan philosopher. The work is a study of the major schools of Mahayana Buddhism, known as Vijnanavada and Madhyamika, and an ex...

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Main Author: Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, 1357-1419 (Author)
Other Authors: Thurman, Robert A. F. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Tibetan
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tsoṅ-kha-pa Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa, > 1357-1419. > Legs bśad sñiṅ po.
Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, > 1357-1419. > Drang nges rnam ʼbyed Legs bshad snying po.
Drang nges rnam ʼbyed Legs bshad snying po (Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa)
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) > Doctrines.
Buddhism > Doctrines.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Ge-lugs-pa (Secte) > Doctrines > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Doctrines > Early works to 1800.
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) > Doctrines > Early works to 1800.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  • Preface
  • Note
  • Introduction
  • I. Reverence to the Guru, Manjughosha!
  • II. Shambhu, Meghavahana, Hiranyagarbha
  • III. I bow devoted to Maitreya and Manjughosha
  • IV. I bow my head to the feet of Nagarjuna and Asanga
  • V. Respectfully I bow to those Master Scholars
  • VI. Many who did not realize That
  • VII. But I have seen It quite precisely
  • VIII. You who aspire to Peerless Philosophy
  • The Short Essence of True Eloquence
  • The Great Essence of True Eloquence
  • Prologue
  • I. Statements from the Elucidation of Intention
  • II. Explanations of the Scripture's Statements
  • III. The Essential Centrist Message
  • IV. Explanations of the Followers of the Savior Nagarjuna
  • V. The Dialecticist Elucidation of the Holy Intention
  • VI. Avoidance of Contradiction between the (Dialecticist) System and the Scriptures
  • VII. The Chief Reason for Negation of Ultimate Status
  • Glossary of Technical Terms
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Bibliography of Principal Sources
  • Index

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