List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Introducing the Visions of Unity Introducting the Chapters 1. Life and Works of the Golden Pandita Political and Religious Landscape of Fifteenth-Century Tibet Life of the Golden Pandita Early Years and Education Becoming a Prolific Writer and Famous Scholar Settling in the Golden Monastery and Exploring New Horizons Becoming a Tantric Master and Crystallizing Novel Views Writings of a Shakya Chokden Chronological List of Shakya Chokden's Works Topical Divisions of Shakya Chokden's Works Addressed in This Book 2. The Intellectual Background of Shakya Chokden's Interpretation of Yogacara and Madhyamaka Two Tendencies in Yogacara and Nihsvabhavavada Writings Basic Elements of Shakya Chokden's Approach to Mahayana Systems Pointed Disappointments: Shakya Chokden's Personal Reflections Broadening Empty Horizons: A Note on Changes in Shakya Chokden's Views 3. Readjusting Rungs of the Ladder: Revisiting Doxographical Hierarchies Key Features of Shakya Chokden's Approach to the Buddhist Tenets Demarcating the Middle: On the Valid Divisions of Madhyamaka and Great Madhyamaka Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness Self-Emptiness Other-Emptiness Bidding Farewell to the Prasagika/Svatantrika Division? Are There Two Types of Yogacara Madhyamaka? Are There Any Cittamatra Followers Around? Expanding they Madhyamika Camp 4. Through Broken Boundaries to New Enclosures: Reconciling Yogacara and Madhyamaka Differences between Alikakaravada and Satyakaravada The Heart of the Matter: Probing the Alikakaravada/Nihsvabhavavada Distinction A New Look at the Old Origins: Distinctions of Madhyamaka Stemming from Interpretations of the Second and Third Dharmacakras Looking at the Second and Third Dharmacakras through the Eyes of the Madhyamaka Founders Position of Alikakaravada Position of Nihsvabhavavada Positions of Later Madhyamikas Steering the Middle Way between the Two Conflicting Middle Ways: The Art of Not Taking Sides 5. Explorations in Empty Luminosity: Shakya Chokden's Position on Primordial Mind Facing the Reality of Primordial Mind Primordial Mind and the Question of Existence The Question of Withstanding Analysis Does True Existence Have to Be Neglected in Order to Abandon Grasping at It? Primordial Mind as an Impermanent Phenomenon (Un)linking the Self-Cognizing Primordial Mind and Dualistic Consciousness Does Self-Cognition Cognize Itself? Primordial Mind as the Bridge between Yogacara and Tantra Primordial Mind as the Focus of all Mahayana Paths Different but Concordant Approaches to Primordial Mind in Alikakaravada and Tantra A Powerful Ally: Using the Tantric View of Reality for Support Conclusion: The Grand Unity-Shakya Chokden's Middle Way Glossary of Buddhist Terms: English-Tibetan with Sanskrit Parallels Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms Notes Bibliography Index
Yaroslav Komarovski is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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