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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Madhyamaka"”.
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Los hilvanes del aire: Sunyata y Tathata en la ontología de Nagarjuna y en las navegaciones y derivas de la escuela Madhyamaka
Como objetivo general, nuestro estudio se propone profundizar en el análisis de la ;losofía de Nāgārjuna, dando cuenta de la tematización ontológica de los sūtra originarios donde se inscribe el silencio del Buddha: vocación del pratītyasamutpāda o ‘cosurgimiento interdependiente’, ámbito dinámico …
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A study of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra
… the general background of the development of the Madhyamaka tradition in Tibet. In the first chapter, the "methodology" of our study is outlined. We demonstrate the relevance of modern hermeneutical theories, particularly those of Hans-Georg Gadamer, for the concrete practice of text translation. …
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Re-reading Nāgārjuna with Resources from Richard Rorty
… core types of exegetical disagreement amongst Madhyamaka scholars in their philosophical readings of Nāgārjuna’s central texts (the *Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā* and the *Vigraha-vyāvartanī*), and I re-articulate these debates through a Rortyan Neo-Pragmatist lens. I describe these two types of …
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Creating resonance in emptiness with visual theatre : how the metaphorical potential of puppets, objects and images in theatre can be used to explore the constructed nature of reality and the complexity of the self
… draws on the ideas proposed by Phenomenology and Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy.According to these two philosophical systems, the concept of reality is subjective and relative. This leads me to question the functioning of meaning-making in artistic practice. Metaphor is explored as a vehicle for …
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A Comparative Study of the Triadic Relation Between Time, Identity and Language in the Works of Julio Cortázar, Marcelo Cohen and Nāgārjuna
… Nāgārjuna, who is considered the founder of the Madhyamaka school, which is particularly associated with the theory of ‘emptiness’ (‘śūnyatā’). Nāgārjuna’s philosophy is cited directly in Cortázar’s poem ‘Canción de Gautama’ and Cohen’s Buda and informs a number of these writers’ other texts. The …
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A selfless response to an illusory world : a comparative study of Śāntideva and Śaṅkara
… of the ethics of their two traditions, Indian Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedānta. In opening the way for further comparisons between these two schools, I wish to question the manner in which scholars have consistently divided them along self/non-self (ātman/anātman) lines. The key to the …
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Fusion of Musical Processes and Spirituality in Jonathan Harvey's Music: A Structure Analysis of Jonathan Harvey's Cello Concerto
… dichotomies"". An examination of the Middle Way (Madhyamaka) School of Mahayana Buddhism reveals this concept as well. First, the overall form of the piece corresponds to the process of Harvey's meditation practice, which leads to the co-existence of stillness and vividness, and the merging of …
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Bhāviveka’s Jewel in the Hand Treatise: Elucidating a Path to Awakening Utilizing Formal Inference
Madhyamaka soteriological theory can be summarized as a process of transforming cognition from conventional reality to ultimate reality. Hence, the diverse understandings of these two realities certainly influence different Mādhyamikans’ soteriology. Based on his unique theory of two realities, …
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To Know a Buddha: A Tibetan Contemplative History and Its Implications for Religious Studies
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 …