Emptiness in Mind Only Buddhism

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia. Former Chief English Interpreter to the Dalai Lama! he is the author of numerous articles and twenty-seven books! including Meditation on Emptiness (1983) and Emptiness Yoga (1985)! and is translator/editor for the Dalai Lama's How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life (2002) and Advice on Dying: And on Living a Better Life (2002). Klappentext "This is a scholarly tour de force! the likes of which are rarely seen in the academy."-José Ignacio Cabezón! Illif School of Theology "An exceptionally clear and detailed account of a central debate in Tibetan Buddhist scholastic philosophy."-Matthew Kapstein! University of Chicago "This is without question the finest and most complete discussion of the renowned Mind-Only school and its Tibetan context."-Anne C. Klein! author of Knowledge & Liberation! Path to the Middle "An important new contribution to our understanding of the development of Buddhist philosophical thought in Tibet."-Matthew T. Kapstein! author of The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion! Contestation! and Memory Zusammenfassung Composed by Tibet's great yogi-scholar and founder of the Ge-luk-ba school, Dzong-ka-ba's (1357-1419) "The Essence of Eloquence" stands as a landmark in Buddhist philosophy. This title focuses on how the conflict between appearance and reality is presented in the Mind-Only, or Yogic Practice, School.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Hopkins, Hopkins Jeffrey
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Hopkins (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2003
• EAN: 9780520239081
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23908-1
• No. of pages: 542
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Philip E. Lilienthal Book in A
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy