Mipham's Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness: To Be, Not to Be or NeitherThis is an introduction to the Buddhist philosophy of Emptiness which explores a number of themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly technical but very central notion in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. It examines the critique by the leading Nyingma school philosopher Mipham (1846-1912) formulated in his diverse writings. The book focuses on related issues such as what is negated by the doctrine of emptiness, the nature of ultimate reality, and the difference between 'extrinsic' and 'intrinsic' emptiness. Karma Phuntsho's book aptly undertakes a thematic and selective discussion of these debates and Mipham's qualms about the Gelukpa understanding of Emptiness in a mixture of narrative and analytic style. |
Contents
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1 EMPTINESS | 23 |
2 THE BIG FUSS ABOUT EMPTINESS | 40 |
3 WHAT IS NEGATED BY ULTIMATE ANALYSIS? | 55 |
4 THE FULLY EMPTY | 113 |
5 IS EMPTINESS KNOWABLE AND EFFABLE? | 162 |
SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS | 208 |
APPENDIX I | 213 |
APPENDIX II | 215 |
APPENDIX III | 217 |
APPENDIX IV | 219 |
NOTES | 226 |
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Mipham's Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness: To Be, Not to Be or Neither Karma Phuntsho No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
absence of hypostatic apprehension argues Aryadeva ba’i bstan Buddha Buddhist Candrak¯ırti chen chos cognition commentary conceptual thought conventional truth conventionally dang debate delineation dependent origination dgag dGongs dngos don dam dzin Dzogchen elaborations Emptiness qua entity Gelukpa gnas gnosis gnyis grasping gSung sgros Gyaltshab gyur gzhan stong Hwashang hypostatic existence Ibid inherent nature Kagyupa Karmapa Ketaka knowable lack of hypostatic Lam rim Longchenpa M¯adhyamika ma yin Mah¯ay¯ana meditation Mipham mtha mtshan N¯ag¯arjuna negandum negation Ngarabpa Nges shes sgron Ngog non-conceptual non-existent notational ultimate nyid Nyingma Nyingmapas object pa’i phenomena philosophical Pr¯asa˙ngika Pratyekabuddhas qua Emptiness rab gsal Rab lan rang bzhin rdzob reality refutation rgya rGyal rGyan grel rigs rnam rtog s¯utras Sakya scholars Seyfort Ruegg soteriological spros Sv¯atantrika tetralemma tha snyad theory things Tibet Tibetan Trulku tshad tshe tshul Tsongkhapa ultimate analysis ultimate truth understanding of Emptiness vase verse zhes zhig