Powers, J.

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John Powers

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

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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

John Powers

Affiliation

The Australian National University Faculty with the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories

Education

B.A. HolyCross

M.A. McMaster

Ph.D. Virg.

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Dr. John Powers B.A. (HolyCross); M.A. (McMaster); Ph.D. (Virg.); The Australian National University Faculty with the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories is a specialist in Asian religions with a specific focus on Buddhism, India and Tibet. His teaching program includes the courses 'Mysticism'; 'Modern Hindu Thought'; 'India: Emerging Giant'; and 'Buddhism'.

His latest publication is History As Propaganda: Tibetan Exiles versus the People's Republic of China. Amongst his publications are An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Snow Lion Publications, 1995); (with J. Hopkins) Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Charlottesville, VA, 1990); The Yogacara School of Buddhism: a Bibliography (Metuchen, NJ, 1991); and, (with J. Fieser) Scriptures of the World's Religions (1997).

He is a member of the American Academy of Religion; the American Philosophical Association; the Association of Asian Studies; the International Association for Ladakh Studies; the International Association of Tibetan Studies; the Asian Studies Association of Australia; and the International Association of Buddhist Studies. source

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.