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Splitting The Middle: A History Of Middle Way Reasoning (Studies In Indian And Tibetan Buddhism)
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Discover How Patsab Nyima Drak Created The Foremost Form Of Buddhist Philosophy, The Prasangika Interpretation Of The Middle Way, From The Works Of The Famed Indian Philosopher Candrakirti.This Book Traces How Buddhist Philosophers Bhaviveka And Candrakirti (Ca. SixthSeventh Centuries) Understood Key Buddhist Epistemological Questions: How To Prove The Central Middle Way Claim That All Things Are Empty Of Intrinsic Nature, The Correct Use Of Svatantra Inference, And The Role Of Arguments By Consequence (Prasanga). These Arguments Saw Further Refinement In The Works Of EighthCentury Thinkers Santaraksita And Kamalasila, Who Were Instrumental In Transmitting The Middle Way From India To Tibet. Together, These Figures Inspired The TwelfthCentury Renaissance Of The Middle Way In Tibet, Where The Differences Between Their Viewpoints Became The Basis For Two Philosophical SchoolsPrasangika And SvatantrikaNamed For Their Chosen Forms Of Argumentation.Patsab Nyima Drak (Ca. 10701145), The Tibetan Translator Of CandrakirtiS Major Works, And His Disciples Shang Thangsakpa, Khuton Dode Bar, And Maja Jangchup Tsondru, Together With The Kashmiri Jayananda, Forged A Systematic Interpretation Of The Middle Way And The Mahayana Buddhist Path To Awakening. They Saw CandrakirtiS Arguments By Consequence To Be Central In Overcoming The Twin Delusions Of Holding Philosophical Positions And Seeing Things As Having Intrinsic Natures. Championing CandrakirtiS Austere Vision Of Transformation, These Creators Of Prasangika Argued That Proper Reasoning And Contemplation Induce A Radical Break With Consciousness That Enables The Practitioner To Become A Buddha.This Examination Of The First Prasangikas Casts This Reading Of The Middle Way In New Light, Challenging Contemporary Interpretations That Present It As A Form Of Skepticism. Splitting The Middle Argues That Prasangika Constitutes A Thoroughgoing Challenge To The Validity Of Mental States And Ways Of Knowing.
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