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Establishing Appearances as Divine
By: Heidi I. Koppl

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Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 978155392884
Publication Date: March 2008

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Esoteric Tibetan Buddhist scriptures teach practitioners to visualize themselves as deities residing within a mandala. By doing so, they assert, the practitioner will eventually become the deity itself. But are sentient beings intrinsically pure, or does visualization practice and contemplation of the deity qualities make them pure? In this eleventh-century commentary, the renowned Nyingma (Ancient School) scholar Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo sets out his analysis of the nature of purity. This penetrating study, directed towards scholars and serious practitioners, contains Koppl's English-language translation of Rongzom's original text and her explication of his views.

Koppl's incisive analysis offers a description of Rongzom's career and works and gives special attention to his critique of Madhyamaka philosophy, comparing his position to the work of his Nyingma successors. Some of Rongzom's approaches, Koppl shows, are unconventional even in a Nyingma context.

Establishing Appearances as Divine, Heidi Koppl, Snow Lion Publications, Hardcover, 2008, 160 Pages, $29.95

Acknowledgments				7
Introduction				9
1.	Rongzom's Environment, Life, and Works			15
2.	Introduction to Mantra from a Nyingma Perspective			23
	2.1	A Comparison of Esoteric Systems		24
	2.2	The Relationship between Sutra and Mantra in the Nyingma School		29
		2.2.1	Use of Sutric Terms in Esoteric Writings	29
		2.2.2	The Superiority of Mantra According to the Nyingma School	30
3.	Rongzom's View on Madhyamaka in Relation to Mantra			37
	3.1	Rongzom's Madhyamaka		38
	3.2	Rongzom's Reservations Regarding a Relative Truth Held to Be Distinct from the Ultimate		42
	3.3	Rongzom's Influence on Mipham's Madhyamaka		51
	3.4	Concluding Reflections		57
4.	Rongzom's Four Principles of Reasoning as Means for Establishing Purity			61
	4.1	The Reasoning of Intrinsic Nature (chos nyid kyi rigs pa, dharmatayukti)		66
	4.2	The Reasoning of Efficacy (bya ba 'byed pa'i rigs pa, karyakaranayukti)		76
	4.3	The Reasoning of Dependency (ltos pa'i rigs pa, apeksayukti)		78
	4.4	The Reasoning of Valid Proof ('thad pa sgrub pa'i rigs pa, upapattisadhanayukti)		80
	4.5	Rongzom's Influence on Mipham's Epistemological Account of Purity		82
5.	Conclusion			89
Translation and Comparative Edition of Establishing Appearances as Divine
Translation				95
Comparative Edition of Establishing Appearances as Divine				109
Bibliography				129
Notes				135

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