To Know a Buddha: A Tibetan Contemplative History and Its Implications for Religious Studies
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2015-04-23
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This dissertation examines the introduction, critique, and re-framing of other-emptiness (gzhan-stong) by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (1292–1361), Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357–1419), and Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-1899) respectively. Each author's writings on emptiness were deeply informed by his own contemplative and visionary experiences. Such peak religious moments--along with historical, social, and textual context--must be considered seriously to provide the richest possible history of other-emptiness.
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Madhyamaka, contemplative epistemology
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Villarreal, Elena Claire. "To Know a Buddha: A Tibetan Contemplative History and Its Implications for Religious Studies." (2015) Diss., Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88190.
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