Other Emptiness

Michael R. Sheehy is Director of Scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center and Research Assistant Professor in Tibetan Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia. Klaus-Dieter Mathes is Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His books include A Direct Path to the Buddha Within: Gö Lotsāwa's Mahāmudrā Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga and A Fine Blend of Mahāmudrā and Madhyamaka: Maitrīpa's Collection of Texts on Non-conceptual Realization (Amanasikāra).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Philosophical Grounds and Literary History of ZhentongKlaus-Dieter Mathes and Michael R. Sheehy1. *Bodhigarbha: Preliminary Notes on an Early Dzokchen Family of Buddha-Nature ConceptsDavid Higgins2. On the Inclusion of Chomden Rikpai Raldri in Transmission Lineages of ZhentongTsering Wangchuk3. The Dharma of the Perfect Eon: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen’s Hermeneutics of Time and the Jonang Doxography of Zhentong MadhyamakaMichael R. Sheehy4. Buddha-Nature in Garungpa Lhai Gyaltsen’s Lamp That Illuminates the Expanse of Reality and among Tibetan IntellectualsDorje Nyingcha5. Zhentong Views in the Karma Kagyu OrderKlaus-Dieter Mathes6. Buddha-Nature: "Natural Awareness Endowed with Buddha Qualities" as Expounded by Zhamar Kacho WangpoMartina Draszczyk7. "There Are No Dharmas Apart from the Dharma-Sphere": Shakya Chokden’s Interpretation of the Dharma-SphereYaroslav Komarovski8. Tāranātha’s Twenty-One Differences with Regard to the Profound Meaning: Comparing the Views of the Two Zhentong Masters Dolpopa and Shakya ChokdenKlaus-Dieter Mathes9. Zhentong Traces in the Nyingma Tradition: Two Texts from MindrolingMatthew T. Kapstein10. Zhentong as Yogācāra: Mipam’s Madhyamaka SynthesisDouglas Duckworth11. Where Buddhas and Siddhas Meet: Mipam’s Yuganaddhavāda PhilosophyDorji Wangchuk12. Along the Middle Path in the Quest for Wisdom: The Great Madhyamaka in Rime DiscoursesMarc-Henri Deroche13. The Zhentong Lion Roars: Dzamtang Khenpo Lodro Drakpa and the Jonang Scholastic RenaissanceMichael R. SheehyContributorsIndex

"This anthology is commendable for providing a comprehensive insight into the rarely known alternative version of the Madhyamaka." — Religious Studies Review"Highly accessible and informative, this book can be used as a scholarly resource as well as a textbook for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on Buddhist philosophy." — New Books Network"The book contains extremely interesting material and makes a valuable contribution to the study of Tibetan Buddhism. It will be appreciated by those interested in the development of one of the important and yet understudied of its traditions, the other emptiness tradition." — Georges B. J. Dreyfus, coeditor of The Svātantrika-Prāsaṅgika Distinction: What Difference Does a Difference Make?