Tenets Svatantrika Madhyamka (ultimate and conventional truth and analyses, classifications, acceptance, externality) Flashcards
What are the classifications of Madhyamaka?
1.Svatantrika Madhyamaka
2.Yogachara Svatantrika Madhyamaka
3.Sautrantika Svatantrika Madhyamaka
4.Prasangika Madhyamka
Definition of Madhyamaka
A Buddhist tenet holder who expounds the absence of true existence even on the level of a particle.
What do Svatantrika Madhyamakas say about the conventional and ultimate level?
Conventional level:
Everything exists on the conventional level,
Ultimate level:
Nothing exists on the ultimate level
Do Prasangika and Svatantrika accept self characteristics?
Self characteristics is something that Svatantika accept and Prasangika do not accept!
Self characteristics means intrinsic existence or objective existence!
!!!!!What are the classifications of Svatantrika?
Yogachara Svatantrika reject externality and accept self cognizant mind.
Sautrantika Svatantrika does the opposite! They accept externality and reject a self cognizing mind. s.u.
Who is Acharya Shantarakshita?
Acharya Shantarakshita is the one who truly contributed to the proliferation of the Nalanda tradition in Tibet. He was invited to Tibet in the 8th century by the Tibetan king Tetsun Deezen.
For the 2 groups of Svatantrika how does existence and existent through self characteristics relate?
For both Svatantrika Madhyamaika existence and existent through self characteristics, these 2 are synonymous.
!!!!!What is the definition of ultimate truth for Svatantrika?
Svatantrika and Prasangika have the same definition for the 2 truth. But it differs in how they are interpretated.
Definition of ultimate truth: an object (emptiness of flower) which is cognized by the direct valid cognition cognizing it by way of dissolving the appearance of duality.
Explanation:
cognized by non dual wisdom of emptiness ==» the only mind which can do that is the direct valid cognition of emptiness (it sees the object by resolving the subject object duality)
Therefore the object of the direct valid cognition, which understands emptiness must be the ultimate truth.
!!!!!What is the definition of conventional truth for Svatantrika?
Definition of conventional truth:
Object which is seen by cognizing subject and object dually
The duality is purely created by the mind. it does not come from the object.
For example:
A book in a hand is seen by the direct valid cognition, with a dualistic appearance. = conventional truth.
A book in a hand is seen by the direct valid cognition with a non dualistic appearance is the ultimate truth.
How is the conventional truth classified?
- real conventionality
- unreal conventionality
Like the rainbow, picture of a pizza or real pizza, dream flower and real flower
What ordinary people call as deceptive is unreal conventional truth and what they call as real is real conventionality
What is valid ultimate analyses and conventional ultimate analyses?
Valid Ultimate analyses:
found the Emptiness of true existence of flower ==> Ultimate truth
(through going closer to the object)
Valid Conventional analyses found a flower. ==> Conventional truth
Which are the 2 realizations of emptiness?
- conceptual realization of emptiness
- direct réalisation of emptiness
!!!!When does the realization of emptiness happen?
Realization of emptiness has to happen latest by the middle of the path of accumulation.
Earliest realization of emptiness can be even before the path of accumulation.
Realizing emptiness directly happens on the path of seeing.
The direct realization of emptiness happening on the path of seeing is synonymous with?
1.Direct realization of emptiness
2.Non dual realization of emptiness
3.Non conceptual experience of emptiness
