3. Practices of the great scope person

Question 1

What do Svatantrika Madhyamka and Prasangika Madhyamka and the lower schools think about how Nirvana and full enlightenment is reached?

Answer 1

Svatantrika Madhyamaka:
When wanting Liberation for yourself you do not require the wisdom of emptiness, you only need to see the Emptiness of the autonomous substantial reality! Not the emptiness of true existence.
If you want to attain Buddhahood you need to eradicate the cognitive obscurations as well, you need to realize the emptiness of true existence

Prasangika:
When wanting to reach Nirvana or Buddhahood you have to have the wisdom of the emptiness of objective existence, = ultimate reality!
Without that you can’t even attain Nirvana!!!

Lower schools :
To attain the fearlessness (Nirvana, or personal liberation) you only need to eradicate the afflictive obscurations and for the full enlightenment you need to eradicate the cognitive obscuration!

Question 2

What consist the english volumes of the LamRim of?

Answer 2

1 volume: small scope and middle scope
2 volume and 3rd volume for the great scope person
2 volume is about Bodhicitta and the 6 perfection general
3 volume category about the 6 perfection in particular 5 Samadi und 6 wisdom of emptiness

Question 3

What is the only liberating path and what gives the motivation?

Answer 3

Wisdom of emptiness is the only liberating path and Bodhicitta is the great motivation to drive you on to liberate from the mental defilements and to keep walking on the liberating path!

Wisdom of emptiness eradicates the mental defilements. That we need to achieve, it is the ultimate goal.