Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden's New Interpretation of Yogācāra and MadhyamakaThis 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. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Intellectual Background of Shakya Chokdens Interpretation of Yogacara and Madhyamaka | 71 |
Revisiting Doxographical Hierarchies | 109 |
Reconciling Yogacara and Madhyamaka | 157 |
Shakya Chokdens Position on Primordial Mind | 213 |
The Grand UnityShakya Chokdens Middle Way | 269 |
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Al¥kåkåravåda Alīkākāravāda apprehended and apprehender Asanga ba’i bden Bhutan brgya bstan bcos Buddhist byung bzang bzhin Candrakīrti chen chen po chos kyi Cittamātra Collected Writings Commentary dang dbang definitive meaning dgag Dharma dharmacakra Dharmakīrti dngos don dam dpal emptiness explains Geluk gnas gnyis grel grub gsal Gser-mdog pan-chen gsum gzhan Karmapa khas Künga Kunzang Tobgey ma yin Madhyamaka Mådhyamikas Mahāyāna Maitreya meditative equipoise mngon mtha mtshan mtsho myong Nāgārjuna ngag nges don ngo bo Ni±svabhåvavåda Niḥsvabhāvavāda non-dual primordial mind nyams nyid object other-emptiness pa'i phenomena po'i Prasangika primordial mind Rain of Ambrosia realization reasoning rgya rgyal rgyan rgyud rigs rnal byor rtogs Śākya-mchog-ldan Satyākāravāda self-cognition self-emptiness sems tsam Shakya Chokden smra snang spyod stong Sūtra Svātantrika Tantra tantric teachings tenets texts Thimphu thinkers Tibetan Treatise tshad tshul Tsongkhapa ultimate reality ultimate truth Valid Cognition Writings of Gser-mdog Yogācāra Zangpo