Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan

གཞན་སྟོང་དབུ་མའི་རྒྱན།

gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan

Ornament of Other-Emptiness Madhyamaka

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A polemical work defending the other-emptiness view of the Jonang tradition that addresses the criticism of this position by other Tibetan schools. This discursive text discusses the provisional or ultimate nature of the three turnings of the wheel of dharma, the position of Indian masters and philosophical schools, the intent of the Mahāyāna sūtras and the rebuts the criticism of other-emptiness by proponents of the self-emptiness theory in Tibet.

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Recensions of This Text

Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan. (Ornament of Other-Emptiness Madhyamaka). Recension information:

Tibetan

TA ra nA tha. གཞན་སྟོང་དབུ་མའི་རྒྱན།, (Gzhan stong dbu ma'i rgyan). In Gsung 'bum/ tA ra nA tha (Rtag brtan phun tshongs gling gi par ma), Vol. 4: 797-824. Leh: C. Namgyal and Tsewang Taru, 1982-1987. In Gsung 'bum/ tA ra nA tha ('Dzam thang par ma), Vol. 18: 109-129. 'Dzam thang; Dzam thang dgon, 199-. In Rdzogs ldan chos mchog dbu ma gzhan stong gi chos skor. Shang kang: Shang kang then mA dpe skrun khang, 2005: 142-167. In Gsung 'bum/ tA ra nA tha (Dpe bsdur ma), Vol. 36: 102-123. Pe cin: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2008. In Gsung 'bum/ tA ra na tha (Bris ma), Vol. 5: 187-214. Pe cin: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2008. In Rnam grol 'dod 'jo ris med dpe rnying khang gi tshad ldan nges don dpe tshogs, Vol. 4: 155-182. Zi ling: Rnam grol 'dod 'jo dpe rnying khang, 2007-2009.

Philosophical positions of this text

Is buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?

Definitive 

Does this text belong to definitive or provisional meaning?

Definitive 

Do all beings have buddha-nature?

Yes 

To which "turning of the wheel" do the buddha-nature teachings belong?

Third Turning 

Is buddha-nature equated with emptiness or alayavijnana?

Madhyamaka 

Do buddha-nature teachings belong to the zhentong or rangtong view of emptiness?

Zhentong 

Are there one or three vehicles on the path to buddhahood?

1 

Do the author's writings belong to the analytic or meditative tradition of Uttaratantra exegesis?

Analytic Tradition 

What is Buddha-nature?

Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That is an Implicative Negation (with enlightened qualities) 

Does the author advocate the Svatantrika or Prasangika view of emptiness?

Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་) 

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