Knowing, Naming, and Negation A Sourcebook on Tibetan Sautrantika

by Klein, Anne Carolyn; Klein, Anne Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780937938218
• ISBN10: 0937938211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Snow Lion

Summary

This is a challenging book on the nitty-gritty issues of Sautrantika philosophy, the basis of Madhyamika epistemology.

Author Biography

Anne C. Klein is professor and chair of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is also a founding director and resident teacher of Dawn Mountain, a center for contemplative study and practice in Houston. Her publications include Path to the Middle (SUNY Press), Unbounded Wholeness, coauthored with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (Oxford University Press), and Knowledge and Liberation (Snow Lion Publications).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	9	(2)
Note on Transliteration	11	(4)
Preface	15	(2)
Part I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION	17	(22)
Part II: TRANSLATIONS	39	(228)
Selections from Specifically and Generally Characterized Phenomena
Den-dar-hla-ram-ba
Translator's Preface	42	(4)
Translation, with oral commentary	46	(44)
Denma Locho Rinbochay
Jambel Shenpen Rinbochay
Specifically Characterized Phenomena	46	(8)
Generally Characterized Phenomena	54	(20)
Application of Names	74	(16)
``Positive and Negative Phenomena'' from the Gomang Collected Topics
Nga-wang-dra-shi
Translator's Preface	90	(3)
Translation, with oral commentary	93	(23)
Jambel Shenpen Rinbochay
Refutation of Errors and Elimination of Objections	93	(14)
Presentation of the Text's Own Position	107	(9)
``The Sautrantika Tenet System'' from the Presentation of Tenets
Jang-gya-rol-bay-dor-jay
Translator's Preface	116	(5)
Translation, with oral commentary	121	(146)
Lati Rinbochay
Denma Locho Rinbochay
Geshe Belden Drakba
Introduction	121	(2)
The Two Truths	123	(17)
Permanent and Impermanent Phenomena	140	(9)
Exclusions	149	(5)
External Objects	154	(4)
Consciousness	158	(8)
Reasoning	166	(5)
Paths	171	(14)
The Four Noble Truths	185	(5)
Fruits	190	(9)
Notes	199	(23)
Glossary	222	(15)
Bibliography	237	(19)
Index	256	(9)
Contributing Commentators	265	(2)
Part III: TIBETAN TEXTS	267