Garfield, J.

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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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

Jay L. Garfield

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Education

B.A., Oberlin College, 1975
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1986

Affiliation

Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Smith College
Director, Five Colleges Tibetan Studies in India Program
Director, Logic Program
Professor, Graduate Faculty of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts
Professor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
Collaborateur Scientifique, Université de Lausanne

Other Information

Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy
Office: Dewey Front Parlor
Extension: 3649
Contact Details
Address: Department of Philosophy Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 USA
Phone:+1 413 585 3649
Fax:+1 413 585 3710
Secretary:+1 413 585 3642
E-mail: jgarfield@smith.edu
Phone (India) +91 98399 00490
Phone (Australia)+614 1063 8965
Personal Details
Date of Birth: November 13, 1955
Marital Status: Married, four children
Citizenship: USA, Australia
Home Address:105 January Hills RoadAmherst, MA 01002
Home Phone+1 413 548 9577

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.