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| Buddha-nature: Through the eyes of Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge in fifteenth-century Tibet | ||
| 作者 | Khenpo Ngawang Jorden |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.64 n.1 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2003 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Harvard University |
| 系所名稱 | Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies |
| 指導教授 | van der Kuijp, Leonard W. J. |
| 畢業年度 | 2003 |
| 附註項 | 228p |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddha-nature; Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge; Tibet; Fifteenth century |
| 摘要 | This dissertation explores the evolving interpretation and understanding of the Buddha-nature in Fifteenth-Century Tibet, through the eyes of Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge (1429–1489), a prominent scholar of the Sa skya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The previous work of European and American scholars in this field have led to our general understanding of Buddha-nature as an innate potential for enlightenment that lies within all sentient beings. The concept of Buddha-nature provides the primary answer to a question with which all Mahāyānists have been philosophically concerned, throughout history: are all sentient beings capable of attaining Buddhahood? The Mahāyāna, more specifically, Madhyamaka theory of Buddha-nature answers the question unequivocally: “Since all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature they are guaranteed to achieve the state of Buddhahood.” This research has been mostly limited to the interpretations of Indian and Chinese texts and to a study of only certain Tibetan schools. This dissertation seeks to fill the gap in present scholarship by analyzing the systematic thought of Go rams pa, who set out to provide a critical analysis, explain the internal coherence, and map out the organization of diverse Indian and Tibetan interpretations of this complex idea. I demonstrate in two fundamental ways that Go rams pa developed an unique view of Buddha-nature in two ways: First, I explore the facts Go rams pa's interpretation of Buddha-nature that contribute to his unique perspective. Second, I analyze his opponents' views on the subject thereby illuminating its distinctive features in an historical context. Throughout this study, I diploy a comparative apparatus considering the different views that Go rams pa thought was wrong. Given this fifteenth-century debate, we realize that the understanding of Buddha-nature is subtle and complicated; yet this study is vital to explicate its implications. I conclude that according to Go rams pa, Buddha-nature is to be understood as unity of the emptiness of the mind and clarity which is the nature of mind. |
| ISBN | 0493973613; 9780493973616 |
| 點閱次數 | 427 |
| 建檔日期 | 2005.09.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.23 |
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