Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy : Tsongkhapa's quest for the Middle Way

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Label

Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy : Tsongkhapa's quest for the Middle Way

Title remainder

Tsongkhapa's quest for the Middle Way

Statement of responsibility

Thupten Jinpa

Creator

• Thupten Jinpa

Subject

• Self (Philosophy)
• Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
• Philosophy, Tibetan
• Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, 1357-1419

Language

eng

Summary

The work explores the historical and intellectual context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the critical issues related to questions of development and originality in Tsongkhapa's thought. It also deals extensively with one of Tsongkhapa's primary concerns, namely his attempts to demonstrate that the Middle Way philosophy's deconstructive analysis does not negate the reality of the everyday world. The study's central focus, however, is the question of the existence and the nature of self. This is explored both in terms of Tsongkhapa's deconstruction of the self and his reconstruction of

Member of

• Curzon critical studies in Buddhism

Dewey number

181.043

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Curzon critical studies in Buddhism series