Buddha-nature, mind, and the problem of gradualism in a comparative perspective: On the transmission and reception of Buddhism in India and Tibet by David Seyfort Ruegg (PDF)

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Extensive typological and structural studies in Indian religions and philosophies, or in the traditions of Buddhism, have been few. Little attention has been given to the problems in intercultural transmission raised by the spread of Indian thought and civilization northwards and eastwards, and even less to discovering comparable elements in the different Indian religious and philosophical traditions. In this book the author investigates a pair of themes in Buddhist thought by considering, in historical and comparative outline, their treatment in some traditions of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. He refers also to parallels in non-Buddhist Indian thought and in Chinese Buddhism. The two themes are ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’ in the twin realms of soteriology and gnoseology.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author David Seyfort Ruegg is Professor of Tibetan and Tibetan Studies at the University of Hamburg.

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⭐Ruegg’s work is a great synthesis of information derived from primary and secondary sources, and explores the ways in which important themes of Indian Buddhist thought (buddha-nature, conceptions of mind and enlightenment) were interpreted and adapted in the complex cultural matrix of early Buddhist Tibet. A must-read for anyone wanting a deeper take on the cultural history of Tibetan Buddhism, or the history of Tibetan Buddhist philosophical interpretations!

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