Buddhist philosophy is concerned with defining and overcoming the limitations and errors of perception. To do this is essential to Buddhism's purpose of establishing a method for attaining liberation. Conceptual thought in this view can lead to a liberating understanding, a transformative religious experience. The author discusses the workings of both direct and conceptual cognition, drawing on a variety of Tibetan and Indian texts. The Gelukba interpretation of Dignaga and Dharmakirti is greatly at variance with virtually all other scholarship concerning these seminal Buddhist logicians.
| Author: Anne Carolyn Klein |
| Publisher: Shambhala |
| Publication Date: Jan 01, 1987 |
| Number of Pages: 288 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1559391146 |
| ISBN-13: 9781559391146 |