1st Edition

Reason and Experience in Tibetan Buddhism Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü and the Traditions of the Middle Way

By Thomas Doctor Copyright 2014
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Based on newly discovered texts, this book explores the barely known but tremendously influential thought of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü (d. 1185).This Tibetan Buddhist master exercised significant influence on the interpretation of Madhyamaka thinking in Tibet during the formative phase of Tibetan Buddhism and plays a key role in the religious thought of his day and... Read more
Introduction 1. Mabja’s Life and the Historical Setting of his Ideas 2. Mabja’s Madhyamaka 3. Teachers and Heirs 4. Translation: The Appearance of the Reality

Biography

Thomas Doctor recently received his PhD from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been working as Lecturer at the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Kathmandu University in Nepal.