Tsong-Kha-Pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom
In fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Tibet there was great ferment about what makes enlightenment possible since systems of self-liberation must show what factors pre-exist in the mind that allow for transformation into a state of freedom from suffering. This controversy about the nature of mind which persists to the present day raises many questions.This book first presents the final exposition of special insight by Tsong-kha-pa, the founder of the Ge-luk-pa order of Tibetan Buddhism in his...
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If objects don't exist the way they appear, is mind itself an illusion, or is it merely empty of illusions? Is the reality of the mind already endowed with ultimate Buddha qualities, or is reality just the immaculate nature of the mind that allows for Buddha qualities to be developed? Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419), the great Tibetan Buddhist master, had to address these and a host of other questions in order to formulate the nature of liberation in Buddhism. This volume presents the explanations found in Tsong-kha-pa's Medium-Length Exposition of the Stages of the Path and in a commentary Tsong-kha-pa supplied for Chandrakirti's supplement to Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle, contrasting them with views of his predecessor Dol-bo-ba Shay-rab Gyel-tsen (1292-1391), as found in Dol-bo-ba's Mountain Doctrine. The two systems--Dol-bo-ba's doctrine of other-emptiness and Tsong-kha-pa's doctrine of self emptiness--emerge more clearly, contributing to a fuller picture of reality as viewed in Tibetan Buddhism.
Preface 7Technical Notes 9Three Translations of Tsong-kha-pa's Views 11Background 13Supramundane Special Insight 25The Source Tradition 27Root of Cyclic Existence 37Order of Realization 59Selflessness of Persons 63Illusory-Like Appearance 75Selflessness of Phenomena 87Basis of Division of the Two Truths 103Obscurational Truths 109Ultimate Truths 121Procedures of Special Insight 151The Way 175The Object of Negation 181Importance of Identifying What Is Negated in Emptiness 183Autonomy School on True Existence 189Consequence School on True Existence 201The Two Truths 215What the World Invalidates 217Obscurational Truths 235Ultimate Truth 255Comparing Dol-po-pa's and Tsong-kha-pa's Views 263Introduction 265Dol-po-pa Shay-rap-gyel-tsen's Views 271Tsong-kha-pa Lo-sang-drak-pa's Rebuttal 319Summary 355Mode of Analysis of Grossness/Peacefulness 363List of Abbreviations 371Bibliography 373Index 391
