Overview
Dependent arising and emptiness are two essential Buddhist concepts. Elizabeth Napper helps us understand the integral relationship of these ideas and the ways that they have been interpreted by Tibetan and Western scholars. Based on a translation of part of Tsong Khapa's Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment of Lam Rim Chenmo, it emphasises the compatibility of emptiness and conventinal phenomena. It shows how the highest school of Buddhist philosophy can completely deny any concrete, solid status to the world around us and yet still maintain a valid presentation of that very world. An essential reference work for students and practitioners of Buddhism.
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Author: Elizabeth Napper
Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Imprint: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9780861713646
ISBN 10: 0861713648
Pages: 868
Publication Date: 15 June 1989
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This work is academically rigorous and comprehensive, with meticulous attention to the subtleties of the Madhyamika view as formulated in the great tradition of Tsongkhapa. This is a wonderful resource for scholars and practitioners alike who wish to deepen their understanding of the way all phenomena arise as dependently related events. I recommend it wholeheartedly. --B. Alan Wallace, auithor of Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up Through a detailed study of Tsongkhapa's understanding of emptiness and his critiques of rival interpretations, Elizabeth Napper examines the Tibetan interpretation of Nagarjuna's highly influential Middle Way philosophy. Napper does not remain content with mere description, however; to assist the modern reader she brings the core of the debates into dialogue with contemporary philosophical literature on the relationship between logic, language, and reality. A must for anyone who is interested in Madhyamaka philosophy. --Thupten Jinpa, principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and the author of Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way. Few works have stood the test of time the way that Dr. Napper's work has. After decades of scholarship on the theory and practice of emptiness in the West, Dependent Arising and Emptiness, because of its tremendous clarity and comprehensiveness, still stands out as one of the gems. --Jose Ignacio Cabezon, XIVth Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies
Through a detailed study of Tsongkhapa's understanding of emptiness and his critiques of rival interpretations, Elizabeth Napper examines the Tibetan interpretation of Nagarjuna's highly influential Middle Way philosophy. Napper does not remain content with mere description, however; to assist the modern reader she brings the core of the debates into dialogue with contemporary philosophical literature on the relationship between logic, language, and reality. A must for anyone who is interested in Madhyamaka philosophy. --Thupten Jinpa, principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and the author of Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way.
Author Information
Elizabeth Napper received her PhD in Buddhist Studies from the University of Virginia in 1985. The editor of such books as Kindness, Clarity, and Insight by the Dalai Lama and Mind in Tibetan Buddhism, she is currently codirector of the Tibetan Nuns Project in Dharamsala, India.
