Page, T.

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English Phonetics	Tony Page

Dates

Birth:	1957
Place of birth:	London, England

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About

PhD University

Oxford University

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy (German/Austrian Literature) at the University of Oxford, 1988; First Class Honours B.A. in German/French Language and Literature from the University of London; University; Freiburg University; Vienna University

Biographical Information

Dr. Tony Page is lecturer in English Literature in the School of Humanities, Bangkok University. He received his Ph.D. in Austrian/German Literature from Oxford University, England, where he also pursued a special interest in Buddhist philosophy. He received his First Class Honours B.A. in German/French Language and Literature from the University of London. He is the author of three books on Buddhist philosophy, and two books on the scientific invalidity of animal experimentation. He is one of the UK’s leading researchers on the Buddhist scripture, the Mahāyana Mahāparinirvāna Sūtra, of which scripture he is the English-language editor and upon which he has lectured at the University of London. (Source Accessed April 28, 2020)

Publications

• Vivisection Unveiled: An Expose of the Medical Futility of Animal Experimentation (Jon Carpenter, Oxford 1997)

• Buddhism and Animals: A Buddhist Vision of Humanity's Rightful Relationship with the Animal Kingdom (UKAVIS, London 1999)

• Buddha and God (Nirvana Publications, London 2000)

• Buddha-Self: The 'Secret' Teachings of the Buddha in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra (Nirvana Publications, London 2003)

• The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra in 12 Volumes (as editor) (Nirvana Publications, London 1999-2000)

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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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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Full Name

Tony Page

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.