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According to the Tibetan Tsongkha pa one of the eight difficult points in understanding Madhyamaka philosophy is the way in which Prasangika Madhyamaka does not accept even conventionally that reflexivity is an essential part of awareness - that in being aware (ranging). One of the most systematic and detailed refutations of Tsongkha pa's approach to this issue can be found in the commentary to the ninth chapter of the Bodhicaryavatara by the rNying ma lama Mi ...
This volume brings together Paul William's previously published papers on the Indian and Tibetan interpretations of selected verses from the eighth and ninth chapters of the Bodhicaryavatara. In addition, there is a much longer version of the paper 'Identifying the Object of Negation', and nearly half the book consists of a wholly new essay, "The Absence of Self and the Removal of Pain', subtitled 'How Santideva Destroyed the Bodhisattva ...