A Study of Svātantrika

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note

Acknowledgements

EXPOSITION

1 The Middle Way

2 Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika

3 The Root of Cyclic Existence

4 Ultimate Existence

5 The Reasoning Consciousness

6 The Two Truths

7 An Overview of the Svātantrika System

TRANSLATION OF THE SVĀTANTRIKA CHAPTER OF JANG-GYA’S PRESENTATION OF TENETS

Introduction to the Translation

Part I: Mādhyamika

1 The Life and Works of Nāgārjuna

2 Mādhyamika Schools in India

3 History of Mādhyamika in Tibet

4 The Middle Way

5 Scriptural Interpretation

6 The Practice of the Path

Part II: Sautrāntika-Svātantrika-Mādhyamika

8 Refutation of Cittamātra

9 The Meaning of Ultimate Existence

10 The Refutation of Ultimate Existence

11 The Two Truths

12 Presentation of the Path

Part III: Yogācāra-Svātantrika-Mādhyamika

13 Integration of Mind-Only

14 The Meaning of True Existence

15 The Lack of Being One or Many

16 The Two Truths

17 The Paths and Fruitions