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 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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Villarreal, Elena Claire

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Klein, Anne C

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Kripal, Jeffrey J
• Long, Elizabeth

• Madhyamaka
• contemplative epistemology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88190

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/88190