Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction
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Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction
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The Svātantrika–Prāsaṅgika distinction is a doctrinal distinction made within Tibetan Buddhism between two stances regarding the use of logic and the meaning of conventional truth within the presentation of Madhyamaka. Svātantrika is a category of Madhyamaka viewpoints attributed primarily to the 6th-century Indian scholar Bhāviveka. Bhāviveka criticised Buddhapalita’s abstinence from syllogistic reasoning in his commentary on Nāgārjuna. Following the example of the influential logician Dignāga,
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Doctrinal distinction within Tibetan Buddhism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svatantrika%E2%80%93Prasa%E1%B9%85gika_distinction
date created:
2005-09-19T16:54:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T06:28:18Z
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