Gelug

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Relationships with Objects
An outline of the main points of the relationships with objects in the context of the cognition theory found in the Sautrantika system according to the Gelug presentation.
in Cognition Theory
Dormant Grasping for True Existence: Gelug Madhyamaka
Grasping for truly established existence entails both projecting an appearance of such an impossible mode of existence and believing it corresponds to reality. Dormant grasping for it occurs when one or both aspects of grasping are not manifest.
in Cognition Theory
No External Phenomena: Gelug Chittamatra
An in-depth examination of the Gelug understanding of the Chittamatra (Mind-Only) assertion of the voidness of forms of physical phenomena, when objects of non-conceptual sensory cognition, deriving from a different natal source than do the consciousness and accompanying...
in The Indian Tenet Systems
Subtle and Gross Disturbing Emotions: Gelug Prasangika
Gelug Prasangika’s presentation of coarse disturbing emotions, which are based on grasping for a self-sufficiently knowable “me,” and the underlying subtle disturbing emotions, which are based solely on the automatically-arising grasping for self-established existence.
in Cognition Theory
The Gelug Prasangika & Svatantrika Views of Emptiness
Svatantrika and Prasangika are two divisions of the Madhyamaka tenet system, but according to the Gelugpa presentation, Svatantrika asserts self-established (inherent) existence, while Prasangika refutes it.
in The Indian Tenet Systems
The Uniqueness of Tsongkhapa’s Presentation of the Prasangika View
Tsongkhapa was a revolutionary reformer who reinterpreted and clarified many of the key Buddhist teachings, especially concerning the assertions of the Prasangika tenet system concerning voidness, the two truths, the two obscurations and cognition theory.
in The Indian Tenet Systems
The Two Truths: Gelug Prasangika
To attain either liberation or enlightenment, we need to cognize correctly and decisively the two truths and the inseparable voidness of both.
in The Indian Tenet Systems
Basic Features of the Gelug Chittamatra System
The basic features of the Gelug presentation of the Chittamatra system according to the textbook tradition of the 16th-century master Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen, followed by Ganden Jangtse and Sera Je Monasteries.
in The Indian Tenet Systems
The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation
The Gelug explanation of how all our problems come about because of confusion about appearances, how the mind makes appearances and what is arising and engaged with when we talk about mental activity.
in Mental Appearances
Objects of Cognition: Advanced Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations
An overview of the two general positions regarding the main points of cognition theory of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
in Cognition Theory
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