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MAPS OF THE PROFOUND: Jam-yang-shay-ba's "Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality"by Jeffrey Hopkins"Maps of the Profound is a monumental achievement. Drawing on a lifetime's experience with leading figures in Tibetan oral scholarly traditions, Jeffrey Hopkins presents the most comprehensive and at the same time most detailed exploration available of Tibetan tenet systems. No other single volume opens as wide a window onto the interlocking literature of Tibet's philosophical interlocutors over the last five centuries and more, including their expansive articulation of non-Buddhist Indian systems of thought."—Anne C. Klein, Professor, Rice University; author of Knowledge and Liberation and Meeting the Great Bliss Queen "As with all of Jeffrey Hopkins' books, Maps of the Profound is a treasure trove of information and insight. An accurate and accessible translation of one of the most important texts of the "tenets" genre of Tibetan Buddhist literature, it provides the reader with a wealth of information on every aspect of classical Buddhist thought...an encyclopedia of Buddhist doctrine that should be on the shelf of every serious student of Tibetan Buddhism, seasoned scholar and beginner alike."—José Ignacio Cabezón, XIVth Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists; Buddhism, Sexuality and Gender and A Dose of Emptiness "Hopkins presents here a detailed and masterful translation and study of one of the most brilliant Tibetan minds' take on the Indian Buddhist tradition. This text examines carefully the whole range of Buddhist philosophy and hence provides an invaluable source for its study. By drawing from other texts and his own understanding, Hopkins makes available this important text and provides us with a brilliant and invaluable work, a real tour de force, that will be a must for any serious student of Buddhist philosophy."—Georges Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College; author of Recognizing Reality and The Sound of Two Hands Clapping, co-editor of The Svatantrika-Prasangika Distinction "Hopkins, a master of this genre of Tibetan literature, has produced a very clear and highly organized translation of the root text...he makes a serious contribution to scholarship by shedding light on the inter-sectarian debates that enlivened Tibetan religious discourse during the premodern period...an important work of contemporary scholarship that should not be ignored by scholars of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and related fields."—Religious Studies Review "In this encyclopedic work Hopkins offers quite an astounding exploration...[he] has been able to marshal all of his insight over a lifetime of work and bring it to bear on this overview of Buddhist philosophy.... This book shines as a new classic in the field."--Living Traditions Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor Emeritus of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia. His more than twenty-five books include Emptiness in the Mind-Only School (1999), Cultivating Compassion (2001), and, as translator-editor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's How to Practice (2002). EXPLORE THIS TITLE FURTHER... 155939207X | |
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