Description
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins's series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism. It conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence, and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.
Trade Review"This is without question the finest and most complete discussion of the renowned Mind-Only school and its Tibetan context." -Anne C. Klein, author of Knowledge and Liberation, Path to the Middle "An important new contribution to our understanding of the development of Buddhist philosophical thought in Tibet." - Matthew T. Kapstein, author of The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory
Table of ContentsPreface Technical Notes Part One: Background Part Two: Religous Significance of the Three Natures of Phenomena Part Three: Examining the Sutra Unraveling the Thought Part Four: Thoroughly Established Nature Endowed with Buddha Qualities Part Five: Views on the Two Emptinesses Part Six: Undermining Error Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Backnotes Bibliography Index
