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Gelug school, Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka, and debates on Buddha-nature | Xiamen University, Philosophy Department Q&A Session
Gelug school, Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka, and debates on Buddha-nature | Xiamen University, Philosophy Department Q&A Session
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Tathagatagarbha
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Chapters
00:00
The five major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine
00:17
Gelug school, Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka, and debates on Buddha-nature
01:03
Diversity of Tibetan Buddhist schools: names, origins, and color distinctions
02:05
Gelug school’s nuanced view on Tathāgatagarbha and historical debates
02:36
Philosophical debates and the art of reasoning in Tibetan Buddhism
03:36
Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka’s acceptance of Tathāgatagarbha and emptiness
04:00
Naming of schools: time, place, and teaching as the basis
05:00
Emptiness and Tathāgatagarbha: are they the same?
05:25
Nonduality of appearance and emptiness in Chan and Vajrayana
06:09
The union of compassion and wisdom: the essence of Buddha-nature
07:00
Mind training, meditation, and the natural arising of virtue
07:31
Tathāgatagarbha, ālaya consciousness, and the ocean analogy
08:04
Tibetan and Han Buddhism: similarities, differences, and vegetarianism
09:01
The union of bliss and emptiness: origins and misunderstandings
10:01
Confucian culture, filial piety, and the value of tradition
11:07
Reincarnation, science, and the limits of empirical proof
12:00
Tathāgatagarbha, ālaya, and the practical path to realization
13:00
Wisdom and consciousness: transformation and the path to insight
14:09
The essence and covering of Tathāgatagarbha: analogy and function
15:00
The nine analogies and the stages of realization
16:00
The future of humanity, Kṣitigarbha’s vow, and the infinity of sentient beings
17:02
Meditating on Shakyamuni Buddha: methods and meaning
18:00
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: faith, vows, and cross-tradition insight
19:00
The Jonang school, Shentong view, and the meaning of other-emptiness
20:00
The essence of Tathāgatagarbha: ultimate and conventional truth
21:00
Is Tathāgatagarbha moving or unmoving? The ocean analogy revisited
41:32
Closing: gratitude to Khenpo Sodargye
