1st Edition

Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way

By Thupten Jinpa Copyright 2002
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

The work explores the historical and intellectual context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the critical issues related to questions of development and originality in Tsongkhapa's thought. It also deals extensively with one of Tsongkhapa's primary concerns, namely his attempts to demonstrate that the Middle Way philosophy's deconstructive analysis does not negate the reality of the everyday... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Context and Methodological Issues; Chapter 3 Delineating the Parameters of Madhyamaka Reasoning; Chapter 4 Tsongkhapa's Deconstruction of the Self; Chapter 5 Personal Identity, Continuity, and the I-consciousness; Chapter 6 No-Self, Truth, and the Middle Way; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Biography

Thupten Jinpa