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| − | Gorampa Sonam Senge (1429-1489) was an important philosopher in the [[Sakya]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He was the author of a vast collection of commentaries on [[sutra]] and [[tantra]] whose work was influential throughout [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He instituted the formal study of logic in the Sakya tradition and established one of the definitive Tibetan understandings of [[Prasangika]] [[Madhyamika]]. He was the student of Rongtön. He founded the Thupten Namgyal Ling monastery in Tanag. | + | [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]] (1429-1489) was an important [[philosopher]] in the [[Sakya]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He was the author of a vast collection of commentaries on [[sutra]] and [[tantra]] whose work was influential throughout [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He instituted the formal study of [[logic]] in the [[Sakya tradition]] and established one of the definitive [[Tibetan]] understandings of [[Prasangika]] [[Madhyamika]]. He was the [[student]] of [[Rongtön]]. He founded the [[Thupten Namgyal Ling]] [[monastery]] in [[Tanag]]. |
| − | ==Philosophic views== | + | ==[[Philosophic]] [[views]]== |
| − | One of his most important and popular works is 'Distinguishing the Views' (Tibetan: ལྟ་བའི་ཤན་འབྱེད, Wylie: lta ba'i shan 'byed) in which he argues for his view of [[Madhyamaka]]. He and other Sakya teachers classify themselves as presenting the "Freedom from Proliferation" (Wylie: spros bral, Tibetan: སྤྲོས་བྲལ་) Madhyamaka. | + | One of his most important and popular works is 'Distinguishing the [[Views]]' ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|ལྟ་བའི་ཤན་འབྱེད}}, [[Wylie]]: lta ba'i [[shan 'byed]]) in which he argues for his view of [[Madhyamaka]]. He and other [[Sakya]] [[teachers]] classify themselves as presenting the "Freedom from {{Wiki|Proliferation}}" ([[Wylie]]: [[spros bral]], [[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|སྤྲོས་བྲལ་}}) [[Madhyamaka]]. |
| − | A critic of both [[Dolpopa]] and [[Je Tsongkhapa]], he joined into the polarized [[Prasangika]] and [[Svatantrika]] debate at that time, but he attempted an allegedly 'moderate' position between the 'extremes' he saw in their opposing views. Dolpopa disregarded the distinction between Prasangika and Svatantrika and considered them a later elaboration that damages the non-conceptual view of the ultimate. Gorampa sides more closely with Tsongkhapa that a distinction is reasonable to make and he also critiques the traditional [[Svatantrika]] approach. However, he disagreed with Tsongkhapa's "Eight Difficult Points" and instead posited his own sixteen points of distinction between the two views. | + | A critic of both [[Dolpopa]] and [[Je Tsongkhapa]], he joined into the polarized [[Prasangika]] and [[Svatantrika]] [[debate]] at that time, but he attempted an allegedly 'moderate' position between the 'extremes' he saw in their opposing [[views]]. [[Dolpopa]] disregarded the {{Wiki|distinction}} between [[Prasangika]] and [[Svatantrika]] and considered them a later [[elaboration]] that damages the [[non-conceptual]] view of the [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]]. [[Gorampa]] sides more closely with [[Tsongkhapa]] that a {{Wiki|distinction}} is reasonable to make and he also critiques the [[traditional]] [[Svatantrika]] approach. However, he disagreed with [[Tsongkhapa's]] "Eight Difficult Points" and instead posited his [[own]] sixteen points of {{Wiki|distinction}} between the two [[views]]. |
| − | Of particular note in his characterization, he does not agree with [[Tsonghkapa]] that the Prasangika and Svatantrika methods produce different results nor that the Prasangika is a "higher" view. He does also critique the Svatantrika approach as having too much reliance on logic, because in his view the component parts of syllogistic logic are not applicable in the realm of the ultimate. But this critique is constrained to the methodology, and he believed both approaches reach the same ultimate realization. | + | Of particular note in his characterization, he does not agree with [[Tsonghkapa]] that the [[Prasangika]] and [[Svatantrika]] methods produce different results nor that the [[Prasangika]] is a "higher" view. He does also critique the [[Svatantrika]] approach as having too much reliance on [[logic]], because in his view the component parts of {{Wiki|syllogistic}} [[logic]] are not applicable in the [[realm]] of the [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]]. But this critique is constrained to the [[Wikipedia:scientific method|methodology]], and he believed both approaches reach the same [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]] [[realization]]. |
Revision as of 19:56, 19 February 2015
Gorampa Sonam Senge (1429-1489) was an important philosopher in the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the author of a vast collection of commentaries on sutra and tantra whose work was influential throughout Tibetan Buddhism. He instituted the formal study of logic in the Sakya tradition and established one of the definitive Tibetan understandings of Prasangika Madhyamika. He was the student of Rongtön. He founded the Thupten Namgyal Ling monastery in Tanag.
Philosophic views
One of his most important and popular works is 'Distinguishing the Views' (Tibetan: ལྟ་བའི་ཤན་འབྱེད, Wylie: lta ba'i shan 'byed) in which he argues for his view of Madhyamaka. He and other Sakya teachers classify themselves as presenting the "Freedom from Proliferation" (Wylie: spros bral, Tibetan: སྤྲོས་བྲལ་) Madhyamaka.
A critic of both Dolpopa and Je Tsongkhapa, he joined into the polarized Prasangika and Svatantrika debate at that time, but he attempted an allegedly 'moderate' position between the 'extremes' he saw in their opposing views. Dolpopa disregarded the distinction between Prasangika and Svatantrika and considered them a later elaboration that damages the non-conceptual view of the ultimate. Gorampa sides more closely with Tsongkhapa that a distinction is reasonable to make and he also critiques the traditional Svatantrika approach. However, he disagreed with Tsongkhapa's "Eight Difficult Points" and instead posited his own sixteen points of distinction between the two views.
Of particular note in his characterization, he does not agree with Tsonghkapa that the Prasangika and Svatantrika methods produce different results nor that the Prasangika is a "higher" view. He does also critique the Svatantrika approach as having too much reliance on logic, because in his view the component parts of syllogistic logic are not applicable in the realm of the ultimate. But this critique is constrained to the methodology, and he believed both approaches reach the same ultimate realization.
Source
Wikipedia:Gorampa
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