Makidono, T.

Makidono, T. on the DRL

Authors of English Works

Tomoko Makidono

English Phonetics	Tomoko Makidono

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Secondary Affiliation

University of Hamburg

Current projects

She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk. The tentative title of her PhD thesis is “A Contribution to the Understanding of the Practice Lineage in Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka.”

Education

MA in South Asian Area Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London M. Litt. in Sanskrit Language and Literature, Kyoto University, Japan
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Publications

• 2012. "The Turning of the Wheel of Mantrayāna Teachings in the Rnying ma rgyud 'bum dkar chag lha'i rnga bo che by Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita 'Gyur med tshe dbang mchog grub.” Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, vol. 13, 2012, pp. 149-186.

• 2011. “Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita’s Doxographical Position: The Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po).” Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, vol. 12, pp. 77–119.

• 2011. “An Entrance to the Practice Lineage as Exemplified in Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita’s Commentary on Sa skya Paṇḍita’s Sdom gsum rab dbye.” Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, vol. 22, November 2011, pp. 215–242.

• 2011. “Nāgārjuna’s six-syllabled mantra oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ in the bsTan ’gyur: A Text and a Translation of the Āryalokeśvaraśaḍakṣarasādhana.” Acta Tibetica et Buddhica, vol.4, pp. 1–22.

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• Makidono, T. on the DRL
• Makidono, T. on the LIB
• Makidono, T. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

Tomoko Makidono received an MA in South Asian Area Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and an M. Litt. in Sanskrit Language and Literature from Kyoto University, Japan. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk. The tentative title of her PhD thesis is “A Contribution to the Understanding of the Practice Lineage in Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka.” Her main research interests lie in the practice lineages (sgrub brgyud) of what is known as Madhyamaka of Extrinsic Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma), particularly as found in the writings of Kaḥ-thog-dge-rtse Mahāpaṇḍita (1761–1829). She is also interested in devotional forms of Buddhism in general, including the Buddhist concepts of Pure Land across South and East Asia. From September 2008 to September 2009 she conducted field research in Nepal, and since then went several times back for shorter periods of field research. (Source Accessed Feb 18, 2020.)

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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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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.

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).

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.