Freedom From Extremes: Gorampa's Distinguishing the Views and the Polemics of Emptiness

Freedom From Extremes: Gorampa's Distinguishing the Views and the Polemics of Emptiness
Authors
Jose Ignacio Cabezon & Geshe Lobsang Dargyay
Publisher
Wisdom Publications Inc
Tags
philosophy , religion , buddhism , tibetan , buddhist , metaphysics
ISBN
9780861718573
Date
2013-02-08T06:04:15+00:00
Size
0.83 MB
Lang
en
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Fifteenth-century Buddhist scholar Gorampa challenged his contemporaries’ thinking about the fundamental concept of “emptiness,” pioneering an approach that avoided what he critiqued as the traps of eternalism and nihilism. Freedom from Extremes is his powerful polemic on the subject. This critical edition of a book renowned for its conciseness, lucidness, and profundity provides students and scholars with direct access to Gorampa’s own words. The authors offer illuminating context in an extensive introduction on his life and work, along with an overview of Tibetan polemical literature.