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xviii, 573 pages ; 23 cm |
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Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism |
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Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
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1. Introduction. 1.1 Mipham Rinpoche and the Beacon of Certainty; 1.2 Outline; 1.3 The Beacon of Certainty: Context and Significance; 1.3.1 Dialectical Philosophy and the Great Perfection; 1.3.2 The Beacon's Purpose; 1.3.3 The Beacon's Comparative Method; 1.4 Methods and Sources; 1.4.1 Tibetan Language Sources; 1.4.1.1 Editions of the Beacon; 1.4.2 English Language Sources; 1.5 The Contributions of this Work -- 2. The Life and Works of Mipham Rinpoche. 2.1 Accounts of Mipham's Life; 2.2 The Essential Hagiography by mKhan chen Kun bzang dpal ldan -- 3. Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview. 3.1 Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Buddhism; 3.2 Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna; 3.3 Important Teachings of Mahāyāna Scriptures; 3.3.1 Prajñāpāramitā; 3.3.2 The Saṃdhinirmocana and the “Essence Sūtras”; 3.3.3 Sources for Buddhist Hermeneutics; 3.4 Traditions of Indian Madhyamaka; 3.4.1 Origins of Prāsaṅgika and Svātantrika Madhyamaka; 3.4.2 Yogācāra and the Yogācāra Madhyamaka Synthesis; 3.4.3 Madhyamaka and Pramāṇa; 3.5 Vajrayāna: Buddhist Tantra; 3.5.1 Indian Origins; 3.5.2 Philosophical Dimensions of Tantra; 3.5.3 Styles of Tantric Practice -- 4. Tibetan Buddhist Traditions and the Great Perfection. 4.1 The Yarlung Empire and the Introduction of Buddhism; 4.2 Early Nyingma Teachers and Texts; 4.2.1 The Treasure Tradition; 4.2.2 The Great Perfection; 4.2.2.1 Origins; 4.2.2.2 The View of the Great Perfection; 4.2.2.3 The Three Classes of Great Perfection; 4.2.2.4 Great Perfection in Practice; 4.2.3 The Great Perfection in Comparative Philosophical Texts; 4.2.3.1 Ch'an and the Great Perfection in the bSam gtan mig sgron; 4.2.3.2 Other Early Doxographies; 4.3 The New Translation Period and the Nyingma Tradition; 4.3.1 Rong zom Paṇḍita; 4.3.2 The Rise of Scholasticism; 4.3.3 Klong chen rab 'byams; 4.3.4 Nyingma Monasticism and the Ecumenical Movement (ris med); 4.3.5 A Nyingma Philosophy? --- 5. Philosophical Distinctions of Mipham's Thought. 5.1 The Gelug Philosophical Tradition; 5.2 Theory, Practice, and Ultimate Reality; 5.3 Valid Cognition and Philosophical Analysis; 5.4 The Philosophy of Extrinsic Emptiness; 5.5 Mipham's Interpretation of Extrinsic Emptiness and Tathāgatagarbha; 5.6 Mipham's Position on the Tathāgatagarbha -- 6. The Beacon of Certainty. 6.1 Recapitulation of Earlier Discussions; 6.2 The Topics of the Beacon; 6.2.1 The Beacon and Tsongkhapa's Eight Great Difficult Points; 6.2.2 Some Observations on Topics 5, 6, and 7; 6.3 View, Meditative Practice, and Ultimate Reality in the Beacon; 6.3.1 Anupakṣas and Pūrvapakṣas: An Overview; 6.3.1.1 Essential Issues and Arguments in Topics 1, 3, and 4; 6.3.1.2 Go ram pa's Analysis of View and Meditation in the TSB; 6.3.1.2.1 Go ram pa on the Ultimate View; 6.3.1.2.2 Go ram pa on Meditative Practice; 6.3.2 Topic 1: Philosophical View and Rational Negation; 6.3.2.1 Tsongkhapa on the Negandum and Its Substratum; 6.3.2.2 Mipham's Theory of Negation; 6.3.2.2.1 Negation and the Definition of the Ultimate; 6.3.2.2.2 Mipham's Analysis of Negation in the MAZL; 6.3.2.2.3 Mipham's Theory of the Ultimate: Gnosis and Coalescence; 6.3.3 Topics 3 and 4: Tsongkhapa and Mipham on Modal Apprehension and Analytical Reasoning; 6.3.3.1 Tsongkhapa on the Role of Conceptuality in Meditation; 6.3.3.1.1 Yon tan rgya mtsho on Modal Apprehension and Analysis -- 7. Ascertainment (nges pa) and Certainty (nges shes): Some Conclusions. 7.1 Mipham's Place in Tibetan Philosophy; 7.2 Philosophical Texts and Human Relatedness -- 8. The Translation of the Beacon of Certainty. 8.1 Terminology and Syntax; 8.2 Technical Terms; 8.3 Proper Names; 8.4 On the Use and Disuse of Sanskrit Terms; 8.5 Outline of the Beacon and Khro shul 'jam rdor's Commentary -- Abbreviations and Bibliography-- Introduction. Topic 1; Topic 2; Topic 3; Topic 4; Topic 5; Topic 6; Topic 7; Conclusion -- 9. Stainless Light: A Commentary on the Beacon of Certainty. Topic 1; Topic 2; Topic 3; Topic 4; Topic 5; Topic 6; Topic 7; Conclusion -- 10. The Lion's Roar Proclaiming Extrinsic Emptiness. Appendix: Explanatory Diagrams and Tables; Diagram 1: Conceptuality and True Existence According to Go ram pa and Mipham; Diagram 2: Conceptuality and True Existence According to Tsongkhapa; Table 1: Mipham's System of Four Pramāṇas; Table 2: Traditions, Two-truth Paradigms, and Their Sources; Table 3: Pramāṇas and Their Paradigms of Truth and Negation; Table 4: The Role of Ascertainment and Conceptuality According to Mipham and Gelug Philosophers |
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Includes bibliographical references (533-556 pages) and index |
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Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, ʼJam-mgon ʼJu, 1846-1912. Ṅes śes Rin po cheʼi sgron me
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Rdzogs-chen.
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Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) -- Doctrines.
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Tibetan Buddhism -- Doctrines
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Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, ʼJam-mgon ʼJu, 1846-1912.
Ṅes śes rin po cheʼi sgron me. English.
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| LC no. |
99033810 |
| ISBN |
0861711572 paperback alkaline paper |
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