Dignga's Investigation of the Percept

Zusatztext [A]n overall outstanding contribution to the study of Dignaga's Yogacara philosophy and its Tibetan reception in the Dge lugs pa school. The present monograph will be a starting point for any future study of the Tibetan reception of the Investigation of the Percept. Informationen zum Autor Douglas Duckworth is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University.Malcolm David Eckel is a Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University.Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor of Humanities and Head of Studies in Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies.John Powers is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.Yeshes Thabkhas is Professor Emeritus of Indian Buddhist Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies.Sonam Thakchöe is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania and Director of the University of Tasmania Buddhist Studies in India Program. Klappentext Dignaga's Investigation of the Percept is the first comprehensive study of a text and its history in Buddhist studies, from ancient India to the present day and across a range of countries and languages. The volume editors translate and study an influential epistemological work and its commentarial trajectory. Zusammenfassung Dignaga's Investigation of the Percept is the first comprehensive study of a text and its history in Buddhist studies, from ancient India to the present day and across a range of countries and languages. The volume editors translate and study an influential epistemological work and its commentarial trajectory....

[A]n overall outstanding contribution to the study of Dignga's Yogcra philosophy and its Tibetan reception in the Dge lugs pa school. The present monograph will be a starting point for any future study of the Tibetan reception of the Investigation of the Percept.

Autorentext
Douglas Duckworth is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. Malcolm David Eckel is a Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor of Humanities and Head of Studies in Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. John Powers is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. Yeshes Thabkhas is Professor Emeritus of Indian Buddhist Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. Sonam Thakchöe is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania and Director of the University of Tasmania Buddhist Studies in India Program.

Klappentext

Dign ga's Investigation of the Percept is the first comprehensive study of a text and its history in Buddhist studies, from ancient India to the present day and across a range of countries and languages. The volume editors translate and study an influential epistemological work and its commentarial trajectory.

Zusammenfassung
Dignaga's Investigation of the Percept is the first comprehensive study of a text and its history in Buddhist studies, from ancient India to the present day and across a range of countries and languages. The volume editors translate and study an influential epistemological work and its commentarial trajectory.

Inhalt

• Acknowledgments

• The Research Team

• Introduction

• Part I. Studies and Translations

• 1. The Subject Matter of Investigation of the Percept: **A Tale of Five Commentaries

• Malcolm David Eckel, Jay L. Garfield, and John Powers

• 2. Investigation of the Percept

• Dignaga

• 3. Autocommentary to Investigation of the Percept

• Dignaga

• 4. "To Please Beginners": Vinitdadeva's Subcommentary on Investigation of the Percept in its Indian Context

• Malcolm David Eckel

• 5. Subcommentary on Investigation of the Percept

• Vinitadeva

• 6. Introduction to Ornament for Dign ga's Thought in Investigation of the Percept

• Douglas Duckworth

• 7. Ornament for Dign ga's Thought in Investigation of the Percept

• Gung thang dKon mchog bstan pa'i sgron me

• 8. Ngawang Dendar's Commentary

• John Powers

• 9. Beautiful String of Pearls: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept

• Ngag dbang bstan dar

• 10. Introduction to Summary of the Essence: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept

• Jay L. Garfield, John Powers, and Sonam Thakchöe

• 11. Summary of the Essence: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept

• Yeshes Thabkhas

• Part II. Tibetan Texts

• Investigation of the Percept and Its Autocommentary: The Tibetan Texts

• 12. Investigation of the Percept (Alambana-pariksa)

• Dignaga

• 13. Autocommentary to Investigation of the Percept (Alambana-pariksa-vrtti)

• Dignaga

• 14. Subcommentary on Investigation of the Percept: The Tibetan Text
• 15. Subcommentary on Investigation of the Percept (Alambana-pariksa-tika)

• Vinitadeva

• 16. Ornament for Dign ga's Thought Regarding Investigation of the Percept: Tibetan Text
• 17. Ornament for Dign ga's Thought Regarding Investigation of the Percept (dMigs pa brtag pa'i 'grel pa phyogs glang dgongs rgyan)

• Gung thang dKon mchog bstan pa'i sgron me

• 18. Beautiful String of Pearls: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept: Tibetan Text
• 19. Beautiful String of Pearls: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept (dMigs pa brtag pa'i 'grel pa mu tig 'phreng mdzes)

• Ngag dbang bstan dar

• 20. Summary of the Essence: A Commentary on Investigation of the Percept (dMigs brtag 'grel pa snying po bsdus pa)

• Yeshes Thabkhas

• English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary

• Bibliography

• Index