Madhyamaka and Yogācāra : allies or rivals? /
Garfield, Jay L,1955-editor,contributor
Westerhoff, Janeditor,contributor
"Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. While Madhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the degree to which these philosophical approaches are consistent or complementary. Indian and Tibetan doxographies often take these two schools to be philosophical rivals. They are grounded in distinct bodies of sutra literature and adopt what appear to be very different positions regarding the analysis of emptiness and the status of mind. Madhyamaka-Yogacara polemics abound in Indian Buddhist literature, and Tibetan doxographies regard them as distinct systems. Nonetheless, scholars have tried to synthesize the two positions for centuries. This volume offers new essays by prominent experts on both these traditions, who address the question of the degree to which these philosophical approaches should be seen as rivals or as allies. In answering the question of whether Madhyamaka and Yogacara can be considered compatible, contributors engage with a broad range of canonical literature, and relate the texts to contemporary philosophical problems"--
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Madhyamaka and Yogacara : allies or rivals? / Jay L. Garfield, Jan Westerhoff -- Pratityasamutpada and Dharmadhatu in Early Mahayana Buddhism / Chaisit Suwanvarangkul -- Language and existence in Madhyamaka and Yogacara : preliminary reflections / Mattia Salvini -- Reification and Nihilism : the Three Nature Theory and its implications / Sonam Thakchèoe -- The case for discontinuity / Mark Siderits -- "Undigested Pride" : Bhaviveka on the dispute Between Madhyamaka and Yogacara / David Eckel -- Xuanzang and Kuiji on Madhyamaka / Dan Lusthaus -- Nagarjuna's Yogacara / Jan Westerhoff -- Nagarjuna the Yogacarin? Vasubandhu the Madhyamika? On the middle-way between Realism and Anti-Realism / Eviatar Shulman -- Without Karma and Nirvana, Buddhism is Nihilism : the Yogacara contribution to the Doctrine of Emptiness / Jonathan C. Gold -- Two topics concerning consciousness in Santaraksita's Yogacara-Madhyamaka Syncretism / James Blumenthal -- I am a brain in a vat (or perhaps a pile of sticks by the side of the road) / Jay L. Garfield.
"Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. While Madhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the degree to which these philosophical approaches are consistent or complementary. Indian and Tibetan doxographies often take these two schools to be philosophical rivals. They are grounded in distinct bodies of sutra literature and adopt what appear to be very different positions regarding the analysis of emptiness and the status of mind. Madhyamaka-Yogacara polemics abound in Indian Buddhist literature, and Tibetan doxographies regard them as distinct systems. Nonetheless, scholars have tried to synthesize the two positions for centuries. This volume offers new essays by prominent experts on both these traditions, who address the question of the degree to which these philosophical approaches should be seen as rivals or as allies. In answering the question of whether Madhyamaka and Yogacara can be considered compatible, contributors engage with a broad range of canonical literature, and relate the texts to contemporary philosophical problems"--
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Buddhist philosophy
Måadhyamika (Buddhism)
Yogåacåara (Buddhism)