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By the light of the moon : Candrakīrti's Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka /

"This book is a study of Candrakīrti's (c. 600-660 CE) philosophy and of his place in the history of the Madhyamaka, or Middle Way school of Buddhist philosophy as it has developed in India, Tibet, and in modernity. We show how the structure of Candrakīrti's epistemology, ontology, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Garfield, Jay L., 1955- (Author), Thakchoe, Sonam (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Candrakīrti
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Mādhyamika (Bouddhisme)
Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
Religious.
Buddhist)
RELIGION.
History.
Tibetan.
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Candrakīrti's Place in Buddhist Philosophy
  • 1 The Dismal Slough: Is Candrakīrti a Nihilist?
  • Into the Slough
  • The Importance of Pramāṇa
  • Taktsang's Three Contexts
  • What Is Conventional Truth? Reflections On Samvṛti
  • Pramāṇa, Conventional Truth, and Foundationalism
  • 2 Escaping the Slough: Candrakīrti's Positive Epistemology
  • The Problem of Foundationalism
  • Candrakīrti On Pramāṇa
  • Candrakīrti's Pragmatic Coherentism
  • Conventional and Ultimate Pramāṇas
  • Recursivity and Realism
  • Out of the Slough
  • Candrakīrti On the Nature of Epistemic Normativity
  • Back to Truth
  • 3 Firm Ground: Candrakīrti's Metaphysics and the Two Truths
  • The Two Truths
  • The Unity of the Two Truths
  • Back to Realism
  • Rejecting Nihilism About the World
  • Is Candrakīrti a Metaphysician?
  • 4 No Ground: Candrakīrti's Critique of Yogācāra
  • Introduction
  • Nihilism With Regard to the External World
  • Candrakīrti's Refutation of Idealism
  • The Reflexivity of Awareness
  • The Regress Argument for Reflexive Awareness
  • The Memory Argument for Reflexive Awareness
  • The Status of the Dependent Nature
  • The Point of These Refutations
  • 5 Higher Ground: Candrakīrti and the Bodhisattva Path
  • Ethics and Soteriology in Madhyamaka
  • Conventionalism and Relativism
  • The Term Śīla
  • The Bodhisattva Path: Ethics and Nonduality
  • The Bodhisattva Path: Soteriology
  • 6 Candrakīrti's Legacy: Prāsaṅgika Mādhyamika in Medieval India and Tibet, and in the Contemporary World
  • Index.