Tibetan Buddhism Madhyamaka philosophy

Author: Elizabeth Napper (USA)
Translator: Liu Yuguang
United States/America
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Zonglueba Losang, a famous Tibetan Buddhist scholar and Chinese philosopher of the Ming Dynasty, is a pivotal figure in the history of Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism. His unique significance is particularly evident in his distinctive interpretation of the Madhyamaka philosophy in Buddhism. The chapter on "Vipassanā" in The Comprehensive Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment is one of his earliest works among his five Madhyamaka treatises. Dr. Elizabeth Napper, an American scholar, completed her doctoral dissertation on this chapter in the 1980s and delves deeply into the fundamental characteristics of Zonglueba's Madhyamaka philosophy. The main body of this book is the Chinese translation of Napper's revised "Analytical Chapter" from her doctoral dissertation. Additionally, the appendix of this book includes Liu Yuguang's article, "Contemporary Western Studies on Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy (1980-2005)," as well as Paul Williams's article, "The Madhyamaka Debate between the Eighth Karmapa Mipham and the Gelug School."