Mipham's Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection
For centuries, Dzogchen - a special meditative practice to achieve spontaneous enlightenment - has been misinterpreted by both critics and malinformed meditators as being purely mystical and anti-rational. In the grand spirit of Buddhist debate, 19th century Buddhist philosopher Mipham wrote Beacon of Certainty, a compelling defense of Dzogchen philosophy that employs the very logic it was criticized as lacking. Through lucid and accessible textural translation and penetrating analysis, Pettit presents Mipham as one of Tibet's greatest thinkers.
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Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 The Life and Works of Mipham Rinpoche
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An Overview
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41 |
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4 Tibetan Buddhist Traditions and the Great Perfection
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71 |
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5 Philosophical Distinctions of Miphams Thought
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6 The Beacon of Certainty
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Some Conclusions
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8 The Translation of the Beacon of Certainty
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Mipham's Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, the Great ... John W. Pettit No preview available - 2013 |
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Mipham's Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, the Great ... John W. Pettit No preview available - 2013 |
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Mipham's Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, the Great ... John W. Pettit No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
abandoned absolute negation according analysis analyzes anuttarayogatantra appearance and emptiness arhats Atiyoga basis Beacon Bhavaviveka bodhisattva buddha Buddhist bzang Candrakirti certainty chos coalescence commentary conceptual confidence context conventionally dang deceptive reality defined definitive dharmakaya Dharmakirti dharmas dharmata don dam dpal dzin elaborations enlightenment essence established extrinsic emptiness final first five Gelug Gelugpas gnosis gnyis Go ram gyur gzhan hzhin inherent existence inseparable ldan Madhyamaka Mahayana meaning meditation mind Mipham mtshan nature of things negandum nges nirvana nonconceptual nonelaboration nonexistence nyid Nyingma Nyingmapa object one’s pa’i Padmasambhava path perception Perfection phenomena philosophical systems position practice Prasangika pratyekabuddhas profound realization reason reflection refuting rgya rgyal rigs Rinpoche rnam Rong zom rtogs s’ravakas samsara says scholars scriptures selflessness snang stong sublime sutras Svatantrika tantras tantric tathagatagarbha teaching texts Tibet Tibetan tion tradition translated true existence truths tshad Tsongkhapa ultimate reality understanding Vajrayana vase vehicle Yogacara