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Yid daṅ kun gźiʼi dkaʼ baʼi gnas rgya cher ʼgrel pa legs par bśad paʼi legs par bśad paʼi rgya mdzo : Ocean of eloquence : Tsong kha pa's commentary on the yogācāra doctrine of mind by Tsong kha pa, trans. Gareth Sparham and Shotaro Iida is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is of particular interest because it shows the presence of the Yogācāra (Mind Only) school in Tibet. It is well known that the Mādhyamaka school flourished in Tibet, but less well known that Yogācāra doctrines were also studied and practiced. The former school stresses the inexpressible ultimate; the latter, the natural luminosity of mind. This is probably the best introduction to the distinctive eight consciousness systems of Yogācāra. It also makes understandable the different meanings of the profound alaya-vijnana (the storehouse consciousness, or basis of all) that is the pivotal eighth consciousness in their system. For those interested in meditation, the author's introduction explains how earlier Tibetan meditation (the method of allowing mind to look into its own pure nature) uses the eight-consciousness system. The book is remarkable in that it addresses the problem of how a person trapped within the confines of a limited and deluded personality can transcend that state and attain liberation. By his inquiry into the process of transformation, Tsong kha pa makes profound comments which will interest those who ask whether enlightenment is a gradual process or a sudd

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Author

Tsong kha pa, trans. Gareth Sparham and Shotaro Iida

Publisher

Albany: State University of New York Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791414804

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Sociology