Reflections on Reality: Reflections on Reality Dynamic Responses to Dzon-ka-ba's "The Essence of Eloquence" v. 2: The Three Natures and ... The Essence of Eloquence: Volume 2 - Hardcover

Hopkins, Jeffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520211200 ISBN 13: 9780520211209

Publisher: University of California Press, 2002

Synopsis

This is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins's valuable series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism. Dzong-ka-ba (1357-1419) is generally regarded as one of the greatest Tibetan philosophers, and his "Mind-Only" discourse on emptiness is considered a landmark in Buddhist philosophy. In Volume 2, Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, Hopkins provided a translation of the introduction and section on the Mind-Only School in The Essence of Eloquence. The present volume places this enigmatic and influential exposition in its historical and philosophical contexts. Reflections on Reality conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of this text and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.

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Review:

"Hopkins newest work, Reflections on Reality takes on (a) challenge with thoroughness and mastery."--Buddhadharma

From the Back Cover:

"This is without question the finest and most complete discussion of the renowned Mind-Only school and its Tibetan context."--Anne C. Klein, author of "Knowledge and Liberation, Path to the Middle"

"An important new contribution to our understanding of the development of Buddhist philosophical thought in Tibet."--Matthew T. Kapstein, author of "The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory"

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0520211200
• ISBN 13: 9780520211209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 604