{"product_id":"the-buddha-within-tathagatagarbha-doctrine","title":"The Buddha Within - Tathagatagarbha Doctrine","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: S K Hookham\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sri Satguru Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1992\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 438\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170303095\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTathagatagarbha-Buddha Nature - is a central concept of Mahayana Buddhism crucial to all the living practice traditions of Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Its relationship to the concept of emptiness has been a subject of controversy for seven hundred years. Dr Hookham’s work investigates the divergent interpretations of these concepts and the ways the Tibetan tradition is resolving them. In particular she does this with reference to the only surviving Indian commentary on the Tathagatagarbha doctrine, the Ratnagotravibhaga. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text addresses itself directly to the issue of how to relate the doctrine of emptiness s (the illusory nature of the world) to that of the truly existing, changeless Absolute (the Buddha Nature). This is the first work by a Western writer to present an analysis of the Shentong tradition based on previously untranslated sources. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Shentong view rests to meditative experience that is inaccessible to the cococeptualizing mind. It is deeply rooted in the sutra tradition of Indian Buddhism and is central to an understanding of the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions and Tantric practice among the Kagyupas and Hyingmapas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION ONE: THE ISSUES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Introduction to the Rangtong-Shentong Distinction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Emptiness from the Shentong Point of View\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Shentong View of Absolute Reality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Means of Apprehending Absolute Reality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Nature of Beings\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: The Third Dharmacakra: Neyartha or Nitartha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION TWO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: The Shentong Tradition\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Traditions of Interpretation of the RGV and RGVV\u003cbr\u003eSection Three: A Shentong Interpretation of the RGV and RGVV and a Translation of Kongtrul’s Introduction to His RGV Commentary\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: A Shentong Interpretation of the RGV and RGVV - A Paraphrase with Comments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Translation of the Introduction to Kongtrul’s RGV Commentary\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONVENTIONS USED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY OF TERMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"S K Hookham \/ Sri Satguru Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153666601328,"sku":"16678","price":38.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/16678.jpg?v=1793912317","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-buddha-within-tathagatagarbha-doctrine","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}