Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and NatureTibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature offers an engaging philosophical overview of Tibetan Buddhist thought. Integrating competing and complementary perspectives on the nature of mind and reality, Douglas Duckworth reveals the way that Buddhist theory informs Buddhist practice in various Tibetan traditions. Duckworth draws upon a contrast between phenomenology and ontology to highlight distinct starting points of inquiries into mind and nature in Buddhism, and to illuminate central issues confronted in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. This thematic study engages some of the most difficult and critical topics in Buddhist thought, such as the nature of mind and the meaning of emptiness, across a wide range of philosophical traditions, including the Middle Way of Madhyamaka, Yogacara (also known as Mind-Only), and tantra. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Between Construction and Immediacy | 9 |
2 Nonduality of Madhyamaka and Yogācāra | 27 |
3 SelfAwareness and the SubjectObject | 67 |
4 Concepts and the Nonconceptual | 89 |
5 Radical Phenomenology | 117 |
Conclusion | 153 |
Appendices | 155 |
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abiding accept according analysis appearance arguments arise aspect assert awareness basic basic consciousness body Buddha Buddhist called causal cause chapter claim cognition Collected commentary completely conceptual condition constructs consummate contrast conventional definitive in meaning dependent described disciples distinction Distinguishing doctrine emptiness English entity essence essential established existence experience explained external extremely follows four gnosis ground idealism instance interpretation intrinsic kind knowledge lack language Madhyamaka Mahāmudrā Mahāyāna meaning meditation mental mere merely Middle mind Mind-Only mode nature negation nirvana nonconceptual nondual nonexistence objects ontological path perceived perception Perfection phenomena phenomenology Philosophy posited practice Prāsangika present Press production qualities reality realization reason relation relative says scriptures seen self-awareness simply stage structure Sūtra tantra taught teaching things thought Tibet Tibetan tion tradition trans translation true truly existent truth Tsongkhapa ultimate understanding University Vehicle viewpoint wheel Wisdom