Maps of the Profound: Jamyang Shayba's Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality

In the Tibetan cultural region, schools of non-buddhist and buddhist Indian philosophy were systematized and compared in texts called presentation of tenets in order to get a handle on the plethora of philosophical systems inhereited from India. Religious Studies Review An important work of contemporary scholarship that should not be ignored by scholars of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and related fields. "In the Tibetan cultural region, schools of non-Buddhist and Buddhist Indian philosophies were systematized and compared in texts called "presentation of tenets" in order to get a handle on the plethora of systems inherited from India. Focal topics and issues of these schools are studied in order to stimulate inquiry and to encourage development of an inner faculty capable of investigating appearances so as to penetrate their reality." "Now a book by Jeffrey Hopkins culminating forty years of Tibetan studies presents the deeper explanation you always wanted - a fascinating and even thrilling opening of horizons to understand what is behind appearances. Hopkins brings his complete translation of Jam-yang-shay-ba's Root Text on Tenets to life through weaving together copious extracts from Jam-yang-shay-ba's own commentary and from the Mongolian savant Nga-wang-bel-den's lucid annotations. Reading Maps of the Profound, you will find yourself in the land of insight."--Jacket Contents ......Page 4 Charts ......Page 6 Detailed Outline ......Page 7 Preface ......Page 31 BACKGROUND ......Page 40 1. Presentations of Tenets......Page 41 2. Do All Buddhist Schools except the Consequence School Actually Assert that Persons are Findable Under Analysis?......Page 57 ROOT TEXT OF TENETS......Page 63 Presentation of Tenets: Lion’s Roar Eradicating Error, Precious Lamp Illuminating the Genuine Path to Omniscience......Page 64 GREAT EXPOSITION OF TENETS: COMMENTARY ON THE ROOT TEXT OF TENETS......Page 95 Explanation of Tenets: Sun of the Land of Samantabhadra Brilliantly Illuminating All of Our Own and Others’ Tenets and the Meaning of the Profound [Emptiness], Ocean of Scripture and Reasoning Fulfilling All Hopes of All Beings......Page 97 Perspective of the Treatise......Page 1056 Backnotes......Page 1064 Bibliography......Page 1096 Index......Page 1121 Maps of the Profound is a monumental achievement. Drawing on a lifetime's experience with leading figures in Tibetan oral scholarly traditions, Jeffrey Hopkins presents the most comprehensive and detailed exploration available of Tibetan tenet systems.