LEADER 04440nam 22007213u 450 001 9910807154403321 005 20240131151323.0 010 $a1-135-02449-9 010 $a0-203-70968-3 010 $a1-283-96468-6 010 $a1-135-02450-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325456 035 $a(EBL)1112533 035 $a(OCoLC)827210545 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000905773 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11491743 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905773 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10926895 035 $a(PQKB)10465182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1112533 035 $a(OCoLC)826652810 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132778 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325456 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelf, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy $eTsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Critical Studies in Buddhism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7007-1279-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Technical Note; Bibliographical Abbreviations; List of Charts and Tables; Introduction; 1 Context and Methodological Issues; The historical contexts of Tsongkhapa's thought; Questions of originality and development in Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka philosophy; Textual sources for an exegesis of Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka philosophy; Tsongkhapa's qualms about early Tibetan understandings of emptiness; 2 Delineating the Parameters of Madhyamaka Reasoning; Tsongkhapa's reading of the four-cornered argument in Madhyamaka reasoning 327 $aDistinguishing between the domains of conventional and ultimate discoursesTwo senses of 'ultimate' in the Madhyamaka dialectic; Identifying the object of negation; That which is 'not found' and that which is 'negated'; A logical analysis of the forms of negation; Tsongkhapa's critique of autonomous reasoning; 3 Tsongkhapa's Deconstruction of the Self; Levels of selfhood according to Tsongkhapa; Inadequacies of the Buddhist reductionist theory of no-self; The Madhyamaka seven-point analysis of self: A brief outline; An analysis of the concept of intrinsic existence 327 $aNo-self as the emptiness of intrinsic existence4 Personal Identity, Continuity, and the I-consciousness; Personal identity and dependent origination; The nature of the I-consciousness; Individuality, continuity, and rebirth; The analogy of the chariot; 5 No-Self, Truth, and the Middle Way; To exist is to exist in the conventional sense; Everyday reality as fiction-like; Beyond absolutism, nihilism, and relativism; No-self, reason, and soteriology; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan Names; Index 330 $aThe work explores the historical and intellectual context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the critical issues related to questions of development and originality in Tsongkhapa's thought. It also deals extensively with one of Tsongkhapa's primary concerns, namely his attempts to demonstrate that the Middle Way philosophy's deconstructive analysis does not negate the reality of the everyday world. The study's central focus, however, is the question of the existence and the nature of self. This is explored both in terms of Tsongkhapa's deconstruction of the self and his reconstruction of 410 0$aRoutledge Critical Studies in Buddhism 606 $aMadhyamkia (Buddhism) 606 $aPhilosophy, Tibetan 606 $aTson?-kha-pa Blo-bzan?-grags-pa, 1357-1419 606 $aReligion$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 606 $aBuddhism$2HILCC 615 4$aMadhyamkia (Buddhism). 615 4$aPhilosophy, Tibetan. 615 4$aTson?-kha-pa Blo-bzan?-grags-pa, 1357-1419. 615 7$aReligion 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 615 7$aBuddhism 676 $a294.3923 700 $aJinpa$b Thupten$01704433 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807154403321 996 $aSelf, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy$94090469 997 $aUNINA