The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Śāntarakṣita : Including Translations of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālamkāra (The Ornament of the Middle Way) and Gyel-tsab's DbU Ma Rgyan Gyi Brjed Byang (Remembering "The Ornament of the Middle Way")This is the first book length study of the Madhyamaka thought of Shantaralshita in any Western language. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
List of Abbreviations | 15 |
PART I Analysis of Texts and Arguments | 55 |
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absurdum accept according analysis appear apprehending argues arhats arise asserted autocommentary autonomous inferences ba'i bdag bodhisattvas Buddhist byung Candrakirti cause chos claim commentary conventional truths conventionally criticism critique dang Dharmakirti Dignāga dngos emptiness entities established external objects four lines gcig Geluk Gelukpas gross objects grub Gyel-tsab gyur gzhan Hinayana images Indian inherent existence inherent nature issues Kamalaśīla knowledge obstacles kyang logical ltar ma yin Madhyamaka Madhyamaka thought Mahāyāna manifold nature neither-one-nor-many argument non-Buddhist nyid opponent pa'i partless particles pervasion phenomena philosophical phyir position Prasangika Proponents rang bzhin reasoning refutation regard rejection rnam root text beginning Samkhya samsāra Śān Śāntarakṣita Sarnath Sautrāntika schools sciousness self-cognizing cognition selflessness sogs specific śrāvakas stanza sūtras tarakṣita Tathāgata tenet system thams cad Tibet Tibetan Tibetan Buddhism topic true existence truly single truly singular Tsong Khapa uncompounded unitary Vaibhāṣikas yamaka Yogācāra Yogācāra-Svātantrika-Madhyamaka zhes