Tibetan Buddhism and mystical experience / Yaroslav Komarovski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komarovski, Yaroslav, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tantric Buddhism--Philosophy.

Tantric Buddhism.

Mysticism.

Buddhist philosophy.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 287 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"In this book, Yaroslav Komarovski argues that the Tibetan Buddhist interpretations of the realization of ultimate reality both contribute to and challenge contemporary interpretations of unmediated mystical experience. The model used by the majority of Tibetan Buddhist thinkers states that the realization of ultimate reality, while unmediated during its actual occurrence, is necessarily filtered and mediated by the conditioning contemplative processes leading to it, and Komarovski argues that therefore, in order to understand this mystical experience, one must focus on these processes, rather than on the experience itself. Komarovski also provides an in-depth comparison of seminal Tibetan Geluk thinker Tsongkhapa and his major Sakya critic Gorampa's accounts of the realization of ultimate reality, demonstrating that the differences between these two interpretations lie primarily in their conflicting descriptions of the compatible conditioning processes that lead to this realization. Komarovski maintains that Tsongkhapa and Gorampa's views are virtually irreconcilable, but demonstrates that the differing processes outlined by these two thinkers are equally effective in terms of actually attaining the realization of ultimate reality. Tibetan Buddhism and Mystical Experience speaks to the plurality of mystical experience, perhaps even suggesting that the diversity of mystical experience is one of its primary features"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book links Tibetan Buddhist polemics regarding the realization of ultimate reality with contemporary debates around mystical experience. Komarovski demonstrates how the realization of reality, as understood by Tibetan thinkers, both resembles and challenges the idea of unmediated mystical experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: The Mystical Panorama

Setting the Stage

What does Tibetan Buddhism have to do with mysticism and experience?

Glancing at the issue of (un)mediated mystical experience

Chapter Two: The Mind Dimension

Mind models

Conceptuality and direct perception

The problem with pure consciousness

Chapter Three: The Path Dimension

Path models

Mediations: whither and when

Negations and deconstructions

Chapter Four: Mystical Complexities

A few words about ineffability

Mystical experiences and polemics

Mystical commonalities

Chapter Five: Contesting the Ultimate Experience

The Geluk position

The Sakya position

Contemplating differences differently

Conclusion and Final Remarks

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190244958

019024495X

9780190244903

0190244909

OCLC:

902661044