Visions of unity : the golden pandita Shakya Chokden's new interpretation of yogacara and madhyamaka
This landmark book discusses the thought of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Shakya Chokden (1428-1507) on the two major systems of Mahayana 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 Yogacara 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
Print Book, English, 2011
State University of New York Press, Albany, 2011
xii, 451 pages ; 24 cm
9781438439099, 9781438439105, 1438439091, 1438439105
703621246
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introducing the Visions of Unity
2. Introducing the Chapters
1. Political and Religious Landscape of Fifteenth-Century Tibet
2. 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
3. Writings of Shakya Chokden
Chronological List of Shakya Chokden's Works
Topical Divisions of Shakya Chokden's Works Addressed in This Book
1. Two Tendencies in Yogacara and Nihsvabhavavada Writings
2. Basic Elements of Shakya Chokden's Approach to Mahayana Systems
3. Pointed Disappointments: Shakya Chokden's Personal Reflections
4. Broadening Empty Horizons: A Note on Changes in Shakya Chokden's Views
1. Key Features of Shakya Chokden's Approach to the Buddhist Tenets
2. Demarcating the Middle: On the Valid Divisions of Madhyamaka and Great Madhyamaka. Contents note continued: 3. Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness
Self-Emptiness
Other-Emptiness
4. Bidding Farewell to the Prasangika/Svatantrika Division?
5. Are There Two Types of Yogacara Madhyamaka?
6. Are There Any Cittamatra Followers Around?
7. Expanding the Madhyamika Camp
1. Differences between Alikakaravada and Satyakaravada
2. The Heart of the Matter: Probing the Alikakaravada/Nihsvabhavavada Distinction
3.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
4. Steering the Middle Way between the Two Conflicting Middle Ways: The Art of Not Taking Sides
1. Facing the Reality of Primordial Mind
Primordial Mind and the Question of Existence
The Question of Withstanding Analysis. Contents note continued: Does True Existence Have to Be Negated in Order to Abandon Grasping at It?
2. Primordial Mind as an Impermanent Phenomenon
3.(Un)linking the Self-Cognizing Primordial Mind and Dualistic Consciousness
4. Does Self-Cognition Cognize Itself?
5. 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