The arguments are very elegant and tightly formulated. The commentary and annotations are on par with the best Buddhological work now being done.--The Reader's Review
Author(s): Dharmakirti (author), rGyal tshab rje (author), Roger R. Jackson (editor, translator and annotations)
Series: Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 572
Cover......Page 1
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Contents II......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Dedicatory......Page 15
Ackowledgements......Page 16
Part One – Truth and Argument in Buddhism......Page 18
1. Upaka's Shrug and the Sermon at Sarnath......Page 20
2. Truth......Page 28
3. Religious Truth......Page 36
4. Truth in Buddhism......Page 44
A. Some Buddhist Revisionists......Page 45
B. "Correspondence Theory" in Buddhism......Page 47
C. Buddhist Pragmatism......Page 53
D. Coherence and Incoherence: How to Make Sense of Nothing......Page 56
A. Samsāra and Nirvāna......Page 66
B. The Truth of Suffering......Page 69
C. The Truth of Origination......Page 70
D. The Truth of Cessation......Page 72
E. The Truth of Path......Page 76
A. Three Arguments against Religious Argument......Page 82
B. Arguments against Argument in Buddhism......Page 86
7. Pre-Dharmakīrti Defenses of the Buddhist World-View......Page 90
8. The Turn to Epistemology and Logic......Page 100
9. Dharmakīrti: Life, Work, and Influence......Page 110
10. Basic Assumptions of Dharmakīrti's Thought......Page 118
11. Dharmakīrti's Defense of the Buddhist World-View......Page 128
12. On Evaluating Dharmakīrti's Arguments......Page 138
Part Two – About the Translation......Page 148
1. Scholarship on Dharmakīrti......Page 150
2. rGyal tshab rje and His World-View......Page 154
3. The Translation: Whys and Wherefores......Page 160
Part Three – A Translation of rGyal tshab rje's Commentary on the Pramānasiddhi Chapter of Dharmakīrti's Pramānavārttika......Page 166
1. Introductory......Page 168
A. The Definition of Authority......Page 176
B. Omniscience and the Definition of Authority......Page 189
C. A Refutation of Theism......Page 194
D. Why the Buddha Is an Authority......Page 215
A. Introductory......Page 222
B. Why the Body Is Not Mind's Substantial Cause......Page 245
C. Why the Body Is Not Mind's Special Cooperative Condition......Page 262
A. Parts and Wholes......Page 270
B. Atoms and Breaths......Page 290
C. Summary......Page 297
D. Answering Objections......Page 301
A. His Infinite Accustomation to Compassion......Page 310
B. The Buddha as Teacher, Sugata and Savior......Page 319
6. The Four Noble Truths in General......Page 340
A. The Nature of Suffering......Page 352
B. Suffering and the Humors......Page 354
C. Suffering and the Elements......Page 363
8. The Truth of Origination......Page 380
A. Proving Liberation and Omniscience......Page 390
B. Aspects of Cessation......Page 399
A. A Refutation of Skepticism: The Natural Purity of Mind......Page 414
B. Self and Suffering......Page 428
C. A Refutation of Vaiśesika Soteriology......Page 435
A. A Refutation of Sāmkhya Soteriology......Page 450
B.. A Refutation of Theist-Ritualist Soteriology......Page 458
C. A Refutation of Jaina Soteriology......Page 469
12. Conclusions......Page 478
Appendix: rGyal tshab rje's Text-Divisions......Page 490
Glossary......Page 504
Bibliography......Page 518
A......Page 536
B......Page 539
C......Page 541
D......Page 545
E......Page 547
F......Page 549
G-H......Page 550
I......Page 551
J-K......Page 552
L......Page 553
M......Page 554
N......Page 556
O......Page 557
P......Page 558
Q-R......Page 561
S......Page 563
T......Page 568
U......Page 570
V-W......Page 571
Y-Z......Page 572
