Theory, Practice, and Ultimate Reality in the Thought of Mipham Rinpoche

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*{{i|List of Diagrams and Tables|v}}
*{{i|Acknowledgements|vi}}
*{{i|Source Abbreviations|xii}}
*{{i|Annotations, Diacritics and Transcription|xiv}}
*{{i|1. Introduction|1}}
**{{i|1.1 Mipham Rinpoche and the Precious Lamp of Certainty|1}}
**{{i|1.2 Outline|4}}
**{{i|1.3 The ''Precious Lamp of Certainty'': Context and Significance|5}}
***{{i|1.3.1 Dialectical Philosophy and the Great Perfection|5}}
***{{i|1.3.2 The ''Lamp'''s Purpose|9}}
***{{i|1.3.3 The ''Lamp'''s Comparative Method|11}}
**{{i|1.4 Methods and Sources|12}}
***{{i|1.4.1 Tibetan Language Sources|15}}
***{{i|1.4.2 English Language Sources|19}}
***{{i|1.4.3 Digital Sources: ACIP|24}}
**{{i|1.5 The Contributions of this Work|25}}
*{{i|2. The Life and Works of Mipham Rinpoche|32}}
**{{i|2.1 Accounts of Mipham's life|39}}
**{{i|2.2 The ''Essential Hagiography'' by mKhan chen Kun bzang dpal ldan|42}}
*{{i|3. Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview|65}}
**{{i|3.1 Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Buddhism|65}}
**{{i|3.2 Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna|66}}
**{{i|3.3 Important Teachings of Mahāyāna Scriptures|73}}
***{{i|3.3.1 Prajñāpāramitā|73}}
***{{i|3.3.2 The ''Saṃdhinirmocana'' and the "Essence Sūtras"|75}}
***{{i|3.3.3 Sources for Buddhist Hermeneutics|80}}
**{{i|3 .4 Traditions of Indian Madhyamaka|84}}
***{{i|3.4.1 Origins of Prāsaṅgika and Svātantrika Madhyamaka|84}}
***{{i|3.4.2 Yogācāra and the Yogācāra-Madhyamaka synthesis|90}}
***{{i|3.4.3 Madhyamaka and Pramāṇa|95}}
**{{i|3.5 Vajrayāna: Buddhist Tantra|101}}
***{{i|3.5.1 Indian Origins|101}}
***{{i|3.5.2 Philosophical Dimensions of Tantra|104}}
***{{i|3.5.3 Styles of Tantric Practice|115}}
*{{i|4. Tibetan Buddhist Traditions and the Great Perfection|119}}
**{{i|4.1 The Yarlung Empire and the Introduction of Buddhism|120}}
**{{i|4.2 Early Nyingma Teachers and Texts|126}}
***{{i|4.2.1 The Treasure Tradition|129}}
***{{i|4.2.2 The Great Perfection|133}}
****{{i|4.2.2.1 Origins|133}}
****{{i|4.2.2.2 The View of the Great Perfection|134}}
****{{i|4.2.2.3 The Three Classes of Great Perfection|137}}
****{{i|4.2.2.4 Great Perfection in Practice|139}}
***{{i|4.2.3 The Great Perfection in Comparative Philosophical Texts|142}}
****{{i|4.2.3.1 Ch'an and the Great Perfection in the ''bSam gtan mig sgron''|143}}
****{{i|4.2.3.2 Other Early Doxographies|147}}
**{{i|4.3 The New Translation Period and the Nyingma Tradition|152}}
***{{i|4.3.1 Rong zom Paṇḍita|156}}
***{{i|4.3.2 The Rise of Scholasticism|162}}
***{{i|4.3.3 Klong chen rab 'byams|165}}
***{{i|4.3.4 Nyingma Monasticism and the Ecumenical Movement|174}}
***{{i|4.3.5 A Nyingma Philosophy?|178}}
*{{i|5. Philosophical Distinctions of Mipham's Thought|182}}
**{{i|5.1 The Gelug Philosophical Tradition|183}}
**{{i|5.2 Theory, Practice and Ultimate Reality|188}}
**{{i|5.3 Valid Cognition and Philosophical Analysis|195}}
**{{i|5 .4 The Philosophy of Extrinsic Emptiness|204}}
**{{i|5.5 Mipham's Interpretation of Extrinsic Emptiness|211}}
**{{i|5.6 Mipham's Position on the ''Tathāgatagarbha''|220}}
*{{i|6. The Precious Lamp of Certainty|229}}
**{{i|6.1 Recapitulation of Earlier Discussions|229}}
**{{i|6.2 The Topics of the ''Lamp''|231}}
***{{i|6.2.1 The Lamp and Tsong Khapa's ''Eight Great Difficult Points''|235}}
***{{i|6.2.2 Some Observations on Topics Five, Six and Seven|241}}
**{{i|6.3 View, Meditative Practice and Ultimate Reality in the Lamp|245}}
***{{i|6.3.1 Anupakṣas and Pūrvapakṣas: An Overview|246}}
****{{i|6.3.1.1 Essential Issues and Arguments in Topics One, Three and<br>Four|248}}
****{{i|6.3.1.2 Go ram pa's Analysis of View and Meditation in the TSB|251}}
*****{{i|6.3.1.2.1 Go ram pa on the Ultimate View|253}}
*****{{i|6.3.1.2.2 Go ram pa on Meditative Practice|259}}
***{{i|6.3.2 Topic One: Philosophical View and Rational Negation|262}}
****{{i|6.3.2.1 Tsong Khapa on the Negandum and its Substratum|262}}
****{{i|6.3.2.2 Mipham's Theory of Negation|267}}
*****{{i|6.3.2.2.1 Negation and the Definition of the Ultimate|267}}
*****{{i|6.3.2.2.2 Mipham's Analysis of Negation in the MAZL|272}}
*****{{i|6.3.2.2.3 Mipham's Theory of the Ultimate: Gnosis and<br>Coalescence|280}}
***{{i|6.3.3 Topics Three and Four: Tsong Khapa and Mipham on Modal Apprehension and Analytical Reasoning|289}}
****{{i|6.3.3.1 Tsong Khapa on the Role of Conceptuality in Meditation|289}}
****{{i|6.3.3.1.1 Yon tan rgya mtsho on Modal Apprehension and<br>Analysis|294}}
*{{i|7. Ascertainment (''nges pa'') and Certainty (''nges shes''): Some Conclusions|305}}
**{{i|7.1 Mipham's Place in Tibetan Philosophy|327}}
*{{i|8. The Translation of the Precious Lamp of Certainty|338}}
**{{i|8.1 Method and Style|338}}
**{{i|8.2 Technical terms|340}}
***{{i|8.2.1 Proper Names|347}}
***{{i|8.2.2 On the Use and Disuse of Sanskrit Terms|348}}
***{{i|8.2.3 Outline of the ''Lamp'' and Khro shul 'jam rdor's Commentary|348}}
***{{i|Abbreviations and Bibliography|349}}
**{{i|8.3 Translation of The Precious Lamp of Certainty|350}}
***{{i|[Introduction]|350}}
***{{i|[Topic One]|352}}
***{{i|[Topic Three]|356}}
***{{i|[Topic Four]|360}}
***{{i|[Topic Five]|367}}
***{{i|[Topic Six]|372}}
***{{i|[Topic Seven]|380}}
***{{i|[Conclusion]|391}}
*{{i|9. A Critical Edition of the Precious Lamp of Certainty|395}}
***{{i|9.1.1 Editions Consulted|395}}
***{{i|9.1.2 Abbreviations and Bibliography|398}}
**{{i|9.2 A Critical Edition of the ''Precious Lamp of Certainty''|400}}
***{{i|[Introduction]|400}}
***{{i|[Topic One]|403}}
***{{i|[Topic Two]|407}}
***{{i|[Topic Three]|412}}
***{{i|[Topic Four]|418}}
***{{i|[Topic Five]|427}}
***{{i|[Topic Six]|434}}
***{{i|[Topic Seven]|444}}
***{{i|[Conclusion]|458}}
*{{i|10. Stainless Light: A Commentary on the Precious Lamp of Certainty|462}}
***{{i|[Topic One]|472}}
***{{i|[Topic Three]|494}}
***{{i|[Topic Four]|509}}
***{{i|[Topic Five]|532}}
***{{i|[Topic Six]|548}}
***{{i|[Topic Seven]|576}}
***{{i|[Conclusion]|608}}
*{{i|11. The Lion's Roar of the View of Extrinsic Emptiness|616}}
*{{i|12. Glossary of Technical Terms in Sanskrit, Tibetan and English|627}}
*{{i|13. Works Consulted|645}}
*{{i|14. Appendix: Explanatory Diagrams and Tables|667}}
*{{i|15. Notes to Tables|674}}
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