The Other Emptiness
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The Other Emptiness

Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Other Emptiness

Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet

About this book

Presents a new vision of the Buddhist history and philosophy of emptiness in Tibet.

This book brings together perspectives of leading international Tibetan studies scholars on the subject of zhentong or "other-emptiness." Defined as the emptiness of everything other than the continuous luminous awareness that is one's own enlightened nature, this distinctive philosophical and contemplative presentation of emptiness is quite different from rangtong-emptiness that lacks independent existence, which has had a strong influence on the dissemination of Buddhist philosophy in the West. Important topics are addressed, including the history, literature, and philosophy of emptiness that have contributed to zhentong thinking in Tibet from the thirteenth century until today. The contributors examine a wide range of views on zhentong from each of the major orders of Tibetan Buddhism, highlighting the key Tibetan thinkers in the zhentong philosophical tradition. Also discussed are the early formulations of buddhanature, interpretations of cosmic time, polemical debates about emptiness in Tibet, the zhentong view of contemplation, and creative innovations of thought in Tibetan Buddhism. Highly accessible and informative, this book can be used as a scholarly resource as well as a textbook for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on Buddhist philosophy.

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Yes, you can access The Other Emptiness by Michael R. Sheehy, Klaus-Dieter Mathes, Michael R. Sheehy,Klaus-Dieter Mathes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Asian History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction The Philosophical Grounds and Literary History of Zhentong
  7. Chapter 1 Bodhigarbha: Preliminary Notes on an Early Dzokchen Family of Buddha-Nature Concepts
  8. Chapter 2 On the Inclusion of Chomden Rikpai Raldri in Transmission Lineages of Zhentong
  9. Chapter 3 The Dharma of the Perfect Eon: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen’s Hermeneutics of Time and the Jonang Doxography of Zhentong Madhyamaka
  10. Chapter 4 Buddha-Nature in Garungpa Lhai Gyaltsen’s Lamp That Illuminates the Expanse of Reality and among Tibetan Intellectuals
  11. Chapter 5 Zhentong Views in the Karma Kagyu Order
  12. Chapter 6 Buddha-Nature: “Natural Awareness Endowed with Buddha Qualities” as Expounded by Zhamar Kacho Wangpo
  13. Chapter 7 “There Are No Dharmas Apart from the Dharma-Sphere”: Shakya Chokden’s Interpretation of the Dharma-Sphere
  14. Chapter 8 Tāranātha’s Twenty-One Differences with Regard to the Profound Meaning: Comparing the Views of the Two Zhentong Masters Dolpopa and Shakya Chokden
  15. Chapter 9 Zhentong Traces in the Nyingma Tradition: Two Texts from Mindroling
  16. Chapter 10 Zhentong as Yogācāra: Mipam’s Madhyamaka Synthesis
  17. Chapter 11 Where Buddhas and Siddhas Meet: Mipam’s Yuganaddhavāda Philosophy
  18. Chapter 12 Along the Middle Path in the Quest for Wisdom: The Great Madhyamaka in Rimé Discourses
  19. Chapter 13 The Zhentong Lion Roars: Dzamtang Khenpo Lodro Drakpa and the Jonang Scholastic Renaissance
  20. Contributors
  21. Index
  22. Back Cover