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+ | |pagename=Jñānaśrīmitra | ||
+ | |PersonType=Classical Indian Authors | ||
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+ | |MainNamePhon=Jñānaśrīmitra | ||
+ | |MainNameTib=ཡེ་ཤེས་དཔལ་བཤེས་གཉེན | ||
+ | |MainNameWylie=ye shes dpal bshes gnyen | ||
+ | |MainNameSkt=Jñānaśrīmitra | ||
+ | |YearBirth=975/980 | ||
+ | |YearDeath=1025/1030 | ||
+ | |ReligiousAffiliation=Vikramaśilā | ||
+ | |TeacherOf=Maitrīpa | ||
+ | |BnwShortPersonBio=Late Indian Yogācāra philosopher and logician of the school of Dharmakīrti at Vikramaśīla monastery, born between 975 and 1000. Within the Yogācāra, he held the so-called “aspectarian” (sākāra) position regarding the nature of cognition, taking a position opposed to that of Ratnākaraśānti. He is credited as the author of twelve treatises, including an important work on apoha, the ''Apohaprakaraṇa''. In his works on logic, he upholds the interpretation of Dharmakīrti by Prajñākaragupta against the interpretation by Dharmottara. (Source: "Jñānaśrīmitra." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism'', 398. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) | ||
+ | |PosBuNayDefProv=Definitive | ||
+ | |PosBuNayDefProvNotes=[[Kano, K.]], [[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]], p. 58. | ||
+ | |PosWheelTurn=Third Turning | ||
+ | |PosYogaMadhya=Yogācāra | ||
+ | |PosYogaMadhyaNotes=Sākāravāda to be specific. | ||
+ | |PosEmptyLumin=Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature | ||
+ | |PosEmptyLuminNotes=There are different takes on what is view was: | ||
+ | *Karl includes him in the category of those assert buddha-nature to be Mind's Luminous Nature. Stating, "Jñānaśrīmitra cites ''Uttaratantra'' I.154 and RGVV and explains that real aspects are mental forms that have the nature of being appearances of lucidity (''prakāśarūpa''), which he equates with buddha nature—the tathāgata element (''tathāgatadhātu'')." [[Brunnhölzl, K.]], ''[[When the Clouds Part]]'',pp. 57-58. | ||
+ | *However, Kano suggests his view is is that buddha-nature shares features (or coincides) with emptiness and is a property (''dharma'') of the image (''ākāra''), which in turn is its possessor (''dharmin''). In this he was a precursor to Ngok's innovative equation of buddha-nature = emptiness. See [[Kano, K.]], [[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]], p. 61. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 27 November 2019
ཡེ་ཤེས་དཔལ་བཤེས་གཉེན
Wylie | ye shes dpal bshes gnyen |
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Romanized Sanskrit | Jñānaśrīmitra |
English Phonetics | Jñānaśrīmitra |
Dates
Birth: | 975/980 |
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Death: | 1025/1030 |
Tibetan calendar dates
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- Vikramaśilā
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- Maitrīpa
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- Late Indian Yogācāra philosopher and logician of the school of Dharmakīrti at Vikramaśīla monastery, born between 975 and 1000. Within the Yogācāra, he held the so-called “aspectarian” (sākāra) position regarding the nature of cognition, taking a position opposed to that of Ratnākaraśānti. He is credited as the author of twelve treatises, including an important work on apoha, the Apohaprakaraṇa. In his works on logic, he upholds the interpretation of Dharmakīrti by Prajñākaragupta against the interpretation by Dharmottara. (Source: "Jñānaśrīmitra." In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 398. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)
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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 58. |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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If "Qualified", explain: | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Yogācāra |
Notes: | Sākāravāda to be specific. |
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? | |
Position: | Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature |
Notes: | There are different takes on what is view was:
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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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