Book 2003
Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism
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- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Buddhism
- Non-Western philosophy
- Religion - World Religions
- Religion
- ASIA
- Buddhism - General
- Asia - General
- History
Jeffrey Hopkins focuses on how the conflict between appearance and reality is presented in the Mind-Only, or Yogic Practice, School. The Essence of Eloquence is so rich that over the past six centuries numerous Tibetan and Mongolian scholars have been drawn into a dynamic process of both finding and creating consistency in Dzong-ka-ba's often terse and cryptic tract. Hopkins has made extensive use of these commentaries to annotate the translation in such a way that the issues come alive.
Included are historical and doctrinal introductions, a critical edition of the text, and a lengthy synopsis to aid the general reader. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this book indispensable.