Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom
$58.94
- Paperback
410 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
In fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Tibet, there was great ferment about what makes enlightenment possible, as systems of self-liberation must show what factors pre-exist in the mind that allow for transformation into a state of freedom from suffering. This controversy about the nature of mind, which persists to the present day, raises many questions.
This book first presents the final exposition of special insight by Tsong-kha-pa, the founder of the Ge-luk-pa order of Tibetan Buddhi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559392976 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559392975 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Hopkins |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 410 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 562g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
“It presents a brilliant explanation of the relationship between dependent-arising and emptiness…. He compares Dol-po-pa’s and Tsong-kha-pa’s views of respectively self-emptiness and other-emptiness. A scholarly and influential book.“—Mandala
About The Author
Jeffrey Hopkins
Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD
Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD, served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than thirty-five books, he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program in Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.
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