Essence of True Eloquence
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Essence of True Eloquence (T. legs bshad snying po). A text by Tsongkhapa on the view of emptiness.[1]
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- It is the most famous of the five texts that Tsong kha pa wrote on the view of emptiness (sunyata). In it, he explores the categories of the provisional (neyārtha) and the definitive (nītārtha) as they are presented in the Yogācāra (Cittamātra), *Svātantrika, and *Prāsaṅgika schools.[1]
And also:
- Among his works on Madhyamaka, Legs bshad snying po is considered the most daunting, called his iron bow and iron arrow. Just as it is hard to pull an iron bow to its full extent, but if one can, the arrow will travel far, in the same way, the words—not to mention the meaning—of this text are difficult to understand but, when understood, are said to yield great insight.[1]
Translations
- Robert Thurman (translator), "Essence of True Eloquence", in The Central Philosophy of Tibet, Princeton University Press. 1991. Publisher's page
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. legs bshad snying po
External links
Tsongkhapa, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
