Mipam on Buddha-nature : the ground of the Nyingma tradition /
Douglas S. Duckworth.
- First Indian Edition
- xxxiv, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index.
Presence and absence -- Historical survey -- Monastic education and the non-sectarian movement -- Life and works of Mipam -- Summary of contents -- The end of the beginning -- Buddha-nature and the unity of the two truths -- Mipam's synthesis -- Two truths -- Buddha-nature as the unity of appearance and emptiness -- Buddha-nature as the definitive meaning -- Middle way of Prāsaṅgika and Yogācāra -- Svātantrika-Prāsaṅgika -- Dialectical ascent -- Foundations of Yogācāra -- Prāsaṅgika vs. Yogācāra -- The present absence -- Other-emptiness in the Jonang -- Other-emptiness and the Ningma: Lochen Dharmaśri -- Another emptiness? Emptiness of self/other -- Phenomena and suchness -- De/limiting emptiness -- Emptiness as the unity of appearance and emptiness -- Buddha-nature and the ground of the great perfection -- Distinguishing the views on Buddha-nature -- Buddha-nature as heritage, Buddha-nature as the ground -- Appearance and reality -- The indivisible ground and fruition -- Establishing Buddha-nature: the immanent Buddha -- Establishing appearances as divine -- Buddha-nature and a difference between sutra and mantra.