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Central Philosophy of Tibet
By: Thurman, Robert

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Author: Thurman, Robert
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 691020671

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A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of Eloquence
This is the paperback edition of the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the Essence of True Eloquence by Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally acknowledged as the greatest Tibetan philosopher. Supplementing our view of Buddhism as a contemplative and "mystical" religion, Robert Thurman's translation and introduction present a strain of Indian Buddhist thought emphasizing the need for both critiacl reason and contemplative realisation in the attainment of enlightenment.-
"Robert Thurman's book is divided in two parts. The first part, an extensive introduction, can stand on its own as an insightful and incisive study of Tibetan philosophy, its roots in India, and its relevance to a twentieth-century Western audience. The second part translates Tsong Khapa's text....The quality of both the translation and the introductory essay makes this book a valuable contribution to the study of the central way." Karen Lang, Journal of Asian Studies

Central Philosophy of Tibet, Thurman, Princeton, 440 pp, $41.00

Robert A. F. Thurman is Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University in New York City, where he has taught since 1988. He holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America. He received Upasika ordination in 1964 and Vajracharya ordination in 1971, both from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Among the foremost Buddhologists and interpreters of Tibet and its Buddhist civilization; he is also an ordained Buddhist layman. He is a cofounder of Tibet House in New York City, a cultural nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the endangered civilization of Tibet. Robert Thurman is the author of Essential Tibetan Buddhism (1996); Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness (1998), Circling the Sacred Mountain (1999), Why the Dalai Lama Matters (2008), and many other original books and translations of sacred Tibetan texts.

Contents: The Central Philosophy of Tibet - A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence

List of Illustrations ix

Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama xi

Preface xiii

Note xvii

Introduction 1

I. Reverence to the Guru, Manjughosha! 3

II. Shambhu, Meghavahana, Hiranyagarbha 9

III. I bow devoted to Maitreya and Manjughosha 18

IV. I bow my head to the feet of Nagarjuna and Asanga 21

V. Respectfully I bow to those Master Scholars 33

VI. Many who did not realize That 49

VII. But I have seen It quite precisely 63

VIII. You who aspire to Peerless Philosophy 89

The Short Essence of True Eloquence 175

The Great Essence of True Eloquence 185

Prologue 187

I. Statements from the Elucidation of Intention 191

II. Explanations of the Scripture's Statements 209

III. The Essential Centrist Message 253

IV. Explanations of the Followers of the Savior Nagarjuna 265

V. The Dialecticist Elucidation of the Holy Intention 288

VI. Avoidance of Contradiction between the (Dialecticist) System and the Scriptures 345

VII. The Chief Reason for Negation of Ultimate Status 364

Glossary of Technical Terms 387

List of Abbreviations 401

Bibliography of Principal Sources 407

Index 421

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