Freedom from extremes : Gorampa's "Distinguishing the views" and the polemics of emptiness / José Ignacio Cabezón and Geshe Lobsang Dargyay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge, 1429-1489

Contributor:

Cabezón, José Ignacio, 1956-

Lobsang Dargyay.

Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge, 1429-1489.

Series:

Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism

Standardized Title:

Lta baʾi śan ʾbyed theg mchog gnad kyi zla zer. English

Language:

English

Tibetan

Subjects (All):

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)--Early works to 1800.

Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Sa-skya-pa (Sect)--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Sa-skya-pa (Sect).

Sa-skya-pa (Sect)--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

xiv, 415 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Wisdom Publications, 2006.

Language Note:

English translation with parallel romanized Tibetan text.

Summary:

Fifteenth-century Buddhist scholar Gorampa challenged his contemporaries' thinking about the fundamental concept of " emptiness, " pioneering an approach that avoided what he critiqued as the traps of eternalism and nihilism. "Freedom from Extremes" is his powerful polemic on the subject. This critical edition of a book renowned for its conciseness, lucidness, and profundity provides students and scholars with direct access to Gorampa' s own words. The authors offer illuminating context in an extensive introduction on his life and work, along with an overview of Tibetan polemical literature.

Contents:

Distinguishing the views of emptiness: moonlight to illuminate the main points

Of the supreme path

Thematic subdivisions of the text

Three ways of understanding the Madhyamaka

The refutation of Dol po pa

The refutation of Tsong kha pa

The middle way as freedom from extremes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-382) and index.

Related Work:

Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge, 1429-1489. Lta baʾi shan ʾbyed theg mchog gnad kyi zla zer.

ISBN:

0861715233

9780861715237

OCLC:

167763008