The Uttaratantra in the land of snows : Tibetan thinkers debate the centrality of the Buddha-nature treatise / Tsering Wangchuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wangchuk, Tsering, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : State University of New York Press, 2017.

Contents:

Part I Early Period: Kadam Thinkers Rescue the Treatise

Chapter 1 Rise of the Uttaratantra in Tibet: Early Kadam Scholars Revitalize the Newly Discovered Indian Exegesis 13

Introduction 13

Ngok and Chapa on the Pervasive Nature of the Buddha-Body 15

Ngok and Chapa on Definitive or Provisional Nature in the Uttaratantra 18

Ngok and Chapa on the Uttaratantra as a Last-Wheel Treatise 19

Buddha-Element as a Conceived Object 20

Ngok and Chapa Differ on Emphasis 21

Conclusion 24

Chapter 2 Sowing Seeds for Future Debate: Dissenters and Adherents 25

Introduction 25

Sapen, the Dissenter 26

Rikrel, the Third Karmapa, and Sangpu Lodrö Defend the Uttaratantra 29

Rinchen Yeshé's Proto Other-Emptiness Presentation of the Uttaratantra, and Butön's Reply 34

Conclusion 38

Part II The Pinnacle Period: The Other-Emptiness Interpretation Spreads

Chapter 3 Other-Emptiness Tradition: The Uttaratantra in Dölpopa's Works 43

Introduction 43

Predominance of the Last-Wheel Scriptures 44

Is the Uttaratantra a Cittamatra Text or a Madhyamaka Text? 46

Classification of Cittamatra 48

Classification of Madhyamaka 51

Conclusion 54

Chapter 4 The Uttaratantra in Fourteenth-Century Tibet 55

Introduction 55

Sazang Follows in His Master's Footsteps 55

Two Fourteenth-Century Kadam Masters' Uttaratantra Commentaries 59

Longchenpa's View on the Uttaratantra 63

Conclusion 65

Part III The Argumentation Period: Self-Emptiness Proponents Criticize Other-Emptiness Approach

Chapter 5 Challenges to the Purely Definitive Nature of the Uttaratantra: Zhalu Thinkers Criticize Dölpopa 69

Introduction 69

Butön's Ornament 70

Dratsépa's Commentary 72

Conclusion 80

Chapter 6 Challenges to the Supremacy of the Uttaratantra: Rendawa and Tsongkhapa on Tathagata-Essence Literature 83

Introduction 83

Rendawa on the Uttaratantra and the Tathagata-Essence Literature 83

Tsongkhapa on the Uttaratantra and the Tathagata-Essence Literature 89

Conclusion 95

Chapter 7 Gyeltsap's Commentary on the Uttaratantra: A Critique of Dölpopa's Interpretation of Tathagata-Essence Literature 97

Introduction 97

Middle-Wheel and Last-Wheel Teachings 101

Definitive Meaning and Provisional Meaning 103

Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness 104

Conclusion 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.

ISBN:

1438464657

9781438464657

OCLC:

961828670