Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism
Author | : Jeffrey Hopkins |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2003-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520239081 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520239083 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "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