- Searching for the Self
- Cover Page
- Advance Praise for Searching for the Self
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron
- Abbreviations
- Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- 1. The Importance of Realizing the Ultimate Nature, Emptiness
- 2. The Nālandā Tradition
- 3. Introduction to the Philosophical Tenet Systems
- 4. Overview of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Tenet Systems
- 5. Comparing Assertions
- 6. Cognizing Subjects and Cognized Objects
- 7. The Importance of Realizing Emptiness
- Who Am I?
- The Root of Saṃsāra
- How Ignorance Grasps Its Object
- The Development of Afflictions in Daily Life
- Inappropriate Attention and Distorted Conceptions
- Conceptualizations and Elaborations
- Ceasing Saṃsāra
- Emptiness Is a Nonaffirming Negative
- Realizing the Selflessness of Persons and Selflessness of Phenomena
- Characteristics of Reality
- The Object of Attainment
- 8. Objects of Negation
- 9. The Middle Way View
- Settling the Object of Negation and the View of Selflessness
- Correctly Identifying the Object of Negation to Avoid the Two Extremes
- Confusing Existence with Inherent Existence and Emptiness with Nonexistence
- Madhyamaka’s Unique Quality
- Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa Are Empty and Dependent
- Mādhyamikas Are Not Nihilists
- Emptiness Exists and Is Itself Empty
- Do Mādhyamikas Have Theses?
- Abandoning the Two Extremes
- 10. The Extreme of Absolutism
- Buddhist Essentialists That Don’t Refute Enough
- What Do Śrāvakas and Solitary Realizers Realize?
- The Fundamental Vehicle and the Universal Vehicle
- Examining Our Absolutist Beliefs
- A Creator or Prior Intelligence
- The Origin of the Universe
- Self and Soul
- Misunderstanding Buddha Nature
- Causes and Effects, Permanent and Impermanent
- Buddhism and Other Religions
- Awakening and Other Spiritual Traditions
- Free Will and Predetermination
- 11. Pāli Tradition: Abandoning the Two Extremes
- 12. Pāli Tradition: Cultivating Insight Knowledge
- Coda: The Pāli Abhidharma
- Formulating a Philosophy Rooted in the Buddha’s Teachings
- The Early Abhidharmikas
- The Dharma Theory
- The Development of the Dharma Theory
- Substance and Own-Nature
- Own-Characteristic
- Designation and Concepts
- The Two Truths
- The Theory of Form
- The Theory of Smallest Particles
- The Theory of Momentariness (Instantaneous Being)
- The Theory of Time
- The Theory of Space
- The Evolution of the Abhidharma
- Some Reflections
- The Abhidharmikas and Later Indian Philosophers
- Notes
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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