Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy : Tsongkhapa's quest for the Middle Way /

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Author / Creator:Thupten Jinpa.
Imprint:London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Curzon critical studies in Buddhism series
Curzon critical studies in Buddhism.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12013583
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ISBN:9781135024505
1135024502
0415406056
9780415406055
9780203709689
0203709683
0700712798
9780700712793
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.
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Summary: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 world. The study's central focus, however, is the question of the existence and the nature of self. This is explored both in terms of Tsongkhapa's deconstruction of the self and his reconstruction of.
Other form:Print version: Thupten Jinpa. Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002 0700712798