Visions of unity : the golden pandita Shakya Chokden's new interpretation of yogacara and madhyamaka / / Yaroslav Komarovski

• Autore: Komarovski Yaroslav
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/92
• Soggetto topico: Madhyamika (Buddhism); Yogacara (Buddhism)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Life and Works of the Golden Paˆ∂ita -- The Intellectual Background of Shakya Chokden’s Interpretation of Yogåcåra and Madhyamaka -- Readjusting Rungs of the Ladder -- Through Broken Boundaries to New Enclosures -- Explorations in Empty Luminosity -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Buddhist Terms -- Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This landmark book discusses the thought of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Shakya Chokden (1428–1507) on the two major systems of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Influential and controversial in his own day, Shakya Chokden's thought fell out of favor over time and his writings were eventually repressed, becoming available again only in the 1970s. Yet, his startling interpretations of the core areas of Buddhist thought remain valuable and well worth consideration today. Yaroslav Komarovski has used the twenty-four volumes of Shakya Chokden's collected work to provide a systematic presentation of a central aspect of his thought: a reconciliation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka. Providing a detailed analysis of the two systems' mutual refutations of each other, Shakya Chokden argues for their fundamental compatibility and shared vision.In analyzing Shakya Chokden's ideas, Komarovski explores some of the most important issues of both traditional and modern Buddhist scholarship, including contested approaches to the nature of reality, the relationship between philosophy and contemplative practice, inter- and intrasectarian Buddhist polemics, and the nature of consciousness and mental processes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of Unity
• ISBN: 1-4384-3911-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824966403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II