Preface ixTechnical Note xiiBibliographical Abbreviations xiv List of Charts and Tables xviIntroduction 1 Context and Methodological Issues 12 The historical contexts of Tsongkhapa's 12 thought Questions of originality and development in 14 Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka philosophy Textual sources for an exegesis of 19 Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka philosophy Tsongkhapa's qualms about early Tibetan 21 understandings of emptiness Delineating the Parameters of Madhyamaka 37 Reasoning Tsongkhapa's reading of the four-cornered 38 argument in Madhyamaka reasoning Distinguishing between the domains of 42 conventional and ultimate discourses Two senses of `ultimate' in the Madhyamaka 46 dialectic Identifying the object of negation 49 That which is `not found' and that which is 54 `negated' A logical analysis of the forms of negation 57 Tsongkhapa's critique of autonomous 63 reasoning Tsongkhapa's Deconstruction of the Self 70 Levels of selfhood according to Tsongkhapa 70 Inadequacies of the Buddhist reductionist 80 theory of no-self The Madhyamaka seven-point analysis of 82 self: A brief outline An analysis of the concept of intrinsic 93 existence No-self as the emptiness of intrinsic 104 existence Personal Identity, Continuity, and the 107 I-consciousness Personal identity and dependent origination 107 The nature of the I-consciousness 123 Individuality, continuity, and rebirth 135 The analogy of the chariot 142 No-Self, Truth, and the Middle Way 148 To exist is to exist in the conventional 148 sense Everyday reality as fiction-like 162 Beyond absolutism, nihilism, and relativism 171 No-self, reason, and soteriology 176Conclusion 184Notes 187Bibliography 227Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan Names 240Index 243
