Ocean of Eloquence: Tsong Kha Pa's Commentary on the Yogacara Doctrine of Mind (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This book is of particular interest because it shows the presence of the Yogacara (Mind Only) school in Tibet. It is well known that the Madhyamaka school flourished in Tibet, but less well known that Yogacara doctrines were also studied and practiced. The former school stresses the inexpressible ultimate; the latter, the natural luminosity of mind. This is probably the best introduction to the distinctive eight consciousness systems of Yogacara. It also makes understandable the different meanings of the profound alaya-vijnana (the storehouse consciousness, or basis of all) that is the pivo...
ISBN(s)
0791414809, 9780791414804
