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- Cataphatic Emptiness: rGyal-tshab on the Buddha-essence Theory of Asaṅga's Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā + ('''Abstract'''<br> <br> This d … '''Abstract'''<br></br><br></br>This doctoral dissertation studies the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' (''Uttaratantra''), the only surviving Indian Buddhist treatise on the Buddha-essence doctrine, by way of one of its major Tibetan commentaries, rGyal-tshab Dar-ma-rin-chen (1364-1432)'s ''Theg pa chen po rGyud bla ma'i ṭīkā''. This project consists of three parts: a special edition of the first chapter of the ''Theg pa chen po rGyud bia ma'i ṭīkā'', an English translation of the selected sections of that commentary, and a comparative analysis which follows six distinct lines of inquiry.<br> The six lines are: rGyal-tshab's doctrinal classification of the text; his critiques of absolutism, skepticism, and quietism in connection with diverse interpretations of the Buddha-essence doctrine in Tibetan traditions as well as a tentative comparison with critiques of the theory of "Original-enlightenment" in modern Chinese Buddhism; his analysis of the title of Tibetan version and the structure of the text; rGyal-tshab's</br>philosophical positions on reality, Element, and natural luminosity of the mind; his expositions of the tripartite Buddha-essence, its ten aspects, and the eighteen similes; and the notion "spiritual gene" understood by dGe-lugs-pas.<br> This comparative approach will provide a broader synthetic understanding of the role that Buddha-essence played as a doctrinal genre in Tibetan intellectual history.story.)
