Ahmad, Z.

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Zahiruddin Ahmad

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Rab Jyung

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About

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Zahiruddln Ahmad was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia. He is the author of several books on Tibetan history, including China and Tibet, 1708-1959 (Oxford University Press, 1960); Tibet and Ladakh: A History (Chatto & Windus, 1963); Sino-Tibetan Relations in the 17th Century (Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1970); Life of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Vol. IV, Part I (International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 1999); An introduction to Buddhist Philosophy in India and Tibet (International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 2007); The Song of the Queen of Spring (International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 2008); and The Historical Status of China in Tibet (Aditya Prakashan, 2012). He is also the author of numerous articles on Tibetan history and related subjects.

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.