Ocean of Reasoning A Great Commentary on NÄgÄrjuna's MÅ«lamadhyamakakÄrikÄ

Name: Ocean of Reasoning A Great Commentary on NÄgÄrjuna's MÅ«lamadhyamakakÄrikÄ
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ISBN: 9780195147339

ISBN-10: 0195147332

ISBN-13: 9780195147339

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tsong Tsong khapa, Ngawang Samten, Jay L. Garfield, Nagarjuna

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Tsong khapa (14th-15th centuries) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. His Ocean of Reasoning is the most extensive and perhaps the deepest extant commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), and it can be argued that it is impossible to discuss Nagarjuna's work in an informed way without consulting it. It discusses alternative readings of the text and prior commentaries and provides a detailed exegesis, constituting a systematic presentation of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy. Despite its central importance, however, of Tsong khapa's three most important texts, only Ocean of Reasoning has until now remained…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 632
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 1.69" tall
Weight: 2.244



Translators' Introduction


The Life and Works of Tsong khapa


The Text and Its Structure


Methodology


The Root Text and Its Translation


Acknowledgments


Tsong khapa's General Outline of the Text


The Text


Preliminary Explanations


Homage Verses



Examination of Conditions



Examination of Motion



Examination of the Senses



Examination of the Aggregates



Examination of the Elements



Examination of Desire and the Desirous One



Examination of Arising, Enduring, and Ceasing



Examination of the Agent and Action



Examination of the Prior Entity



Examination of Fire and Fuel



Examination of the Beginning and End



Examination of Suffering



Examination of Compounded Phenomena



Examination of Contact



Examination of Essence



Examination of Bondage



Examination of Action



Examination of the Self and Phenomena



Examination of Time



Examination of Assemblage



Examination of Becoming and Destruction



Examination of the Tathagata



Examination of Errors



Examination of the Four Noble Truths



Examination of Nirvana



Examination of the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination



Examination of Views


Prostration to the Teacher in Gratitude for His Kindness in Teaching


Afterword


Appendices



Tibetan-English Glossary



English-Tibetan Glossary



English Translations of Works of Tsong khapa



Selected Bibliography of Works in English on Tsong khapa


Bibliography


Index of Quotations and Citations


General Index

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