Knowing, Naming, and Negation
Author | : |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780937938218 |
ISBN-13 | : 0937938211 |
Rating | : 4/5 (211 Downloads) |
Download or read book Knowing, Naming, and Negation written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years in the Tibetan monastic curriculum are devoted to study of the Sautrantika tenet system, for it forms the basis for Madhyamika epistemology. The systematization of Sautrantika assertions has interested generations of Tibetan scholars to the present. Three major types of scholastic literature developed: presentations of the whole tenet system, syllogistic debate texts on problematic topics, and expository treatments of single important issues. Klein annotates translations of outstanding texts in these categories and supplements them with commentary from Tibetan yogi/scholars.