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Tsongkhapa-s-Qualms-About-Early-Tibetan-Interpretations-of-Madhyamaka-Philosophy
In LTC, Tsongkhapa identifies four main premises of the "no-thesis" view.
that (i) critical reasoning that enquires into the question of whether or no?
things exist in terms of their intrinsic being, negates all phenomena; (ii) phenomena such as production, cessation, etc.
cannot be objects of valid cognitions for it has been stated in the Madhyamaka scriptures that percept_ ions like visual, auditory, olfactory and so on cannot be accepted as valid; (iii) phenomena such as production, cessation, etc.
cannot be accepted as existent even on the conventional level for the reason that negates production on the ultimate level also negates it on the conventional level as well; and (iv) there is nothing that does not fall into the categories of existence, nonexistence, both, and neither, and all these four possibilities have been revealed to be untenable.
Tsongkhapa subjects these four premises to detailed criticism in LTC, pp.
23-89.
For Khedrup-Je's critique of the "no-thesis" view, see Cabez6n
(1992), pp. 102-112.
41. Interestingly, a number of writers on Madhyamaka in modern scholarship
appear to share the view that the Madhyamika literally has no views of his own. For example, B. K. Matilal characterises the Prasangika-Madhyamaka's standpoint as "non-committal. " See Matilal (1971), p. 164.
42. Ruegg (1983), Thurman (1984), Napper (1989), Williams (1985), and Cabez6n (1994).
43. dBu ma pa'i khyad chos gcig po de khyed kyis bkag pa yin noll LTC, p. 36. Tsongkhapa wrote in eloquent praise of the Buddha in verse called rTen 'breI bstod pa ("In praise of dependent origination"), TKSB, Vol. kha. This piece is a celebration of Tsongkhapa's realisation of the profound convergence between emptiness and dependent origination.
44. Rang gi ngo bos med na med par 'dod par gsal te . . . LTC, p. 38.
45. IHa bdud tu babs pa. LTC, p. 33.
46. LTC, p. 38: de Itar ji srid du myu gu la sogs pa mams yod par 'dod pa de sris du
ranggingobosgrubpa'i yodparsmralaranggingosbosgrubpagtanmedna gtan med du smra na ni mtha: gnyis su ! tung bar gdon mi za bas dngos por smra ba'i go lugs dang khyad med pa yin tel
47. dBu ma pa la med pa pa'am chad Ita ba zhes zer roll LTC, p. 40.
48. LTC, p. 88: des na rgud pa thams cad kyi rtsa ba ni rang bzhin sgro 'dogs pa'j rna rig pa yin lal de dang 'dzin stangs dngos su 'gal ba'j sgo nas de druns 'byin pa ni rang bzhin med pa'am bdag med pa rtogs pa'i shes rab nyag gcig yin . . . Tsongkhapa cites
seen as so antithetical to Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka. He suggests an interest- ing reading of the view whereby a distinction is drawn between an assertion made for the sake of others (gzhan ngo la bltos pa'i khas len) and an assertion from one's own perspective (rang ngo'i khas len). See dBu ma klu sgrub dgongs rgyan, pp. 323-355. Although dBu ma klu sgrub dgongs rgyan does not mention
from CS to make this point. 49. LTC, p. 48.
50. Nai(lSviibhtivyanirvrttau sviibhiivyal]'! hi prasiddha1! 1 syiitll VV, 26b. Rang bzhin med pa nyid log nail rang /Jzhin nyid du rab grub 'gyurll Quoted in LTC, p. 43.
51. Gendun Chophel (1903-1951) argues that the "no-thesis" view need notbe
52. 53.
54.
TSONGKHAPA'S QUALMS 23
its source, this distinction of two types of assertion seems to be based on Rongton Sheja Kunrig. See, for example, his dBu ma la 'jug pa'i mam bshad nges don mam nges, p. 72. RongtOn identifies three types of thesis: 1) thesis that is accepted for the sake of others under special circumstances, 2) thesis accepted both by oneself and others, and 3) thesis accepted only by oneself. I have explored this "negative" approach in detail elsewhere, i. e. Jinpa (1998). For a detailed study of this "constructive" approach, see Jinpa (1997), chapter 5.
GR, p. 226: 'phags pa'i gzhung 'grel tshul la rang gi mtshan nyid kyis grub pa rdul Isam med kyang/ bya byed 'thams cad bzhag pas chog pa'i 'grel tshul gyi lugs thun mong ma yin pa 'di la brtm nasi rnam par dag pa'i grub mtha' 'grel byed gzhan dang thun mong ma yin pa mang du yod tel de gang zhe na re zhig gtso lio mams brjod na/ Ishags drug las ngo bo lha dad pa'i kun gzhi mam shes dang/ rang rig 'gog lugs thun mong rna yin pa dang/ rang rgyud kyi sbyor bas phyir rgol gyi rgyud la de kho 111l nyid kyi Ita ba skyed pa khas mi len pa gsum dang/ shes pa khas len pa bzhin du. phyi rol gyi don yang khas blang dgos pa dang/ nyan rang la dngos po rang l! zhin med par rtogs pa yud pa dang/ chos kyi bdag 'dzin nljon mongs su 'jog
pa dang/ zhig pa dngos pu yin pa dang/ de'i rgyu mtshan gyis dus gsum 'jog tshul thung mong rna yin pa sags yin no//
TKSB, Vol. tsha.
BTP, p. 154.
iTa ba'i shab 'bycd, folio 1%: zhig pa dngos po pa ni chos 'di pa las phyi rol du gyur pa mu stegs bye brag pa'i grub mtha' yin gyi/ nang pa'i grub mtha' la med pas shin III mi 'thad pa'i gyms so// Taktshang Lotsawa too rejects Tsongkhapa's claim that the cL'Ssation of empirical things is a conditioned phenomenon. He arsrues that this as"ertion conctradicts Tsongkhapa's own Madhyamaka analysis whereby things, such as a pot, are shown to be untenable when subjected to critical analysis. See Taktshang, op. cit. p. 235.
Kun gzhi dang/ rang rig mi 'dod cing/ phyi don khas len pa'i t3hul yang dpyad par bya slc/. . . ITa ba'i shan 'byed, p. 28a.
Sher 'grel ke ta ka, p. 31: bde sogs rang gis nyams su myong ba yang tha snyad du ji Itar 'gog stc mi 'gog go/I des na SClns bdm grub lu 'dod pa la rang rig pa mi 'Ihad kyang bden med du 'dod pa la rang rig pa'i tha snyad shin tll 'thad par yang shes par bya stc. . . For an in-depth study of Mipham's views on reflexive aware- ness, see Williams (1998).
Taktshang, op. cit. p. 155: gzhan dbang bder! grub dang rang rig nml gyis bkag pa Ita bu'j dgag pa gang du'ang ma mdzad doll
Future studies may reveal the identity of the proponents of these views. But even at this early stage it can be surmised that Tsongkhapa's primary concern in this letter appears to be that there still remains a strong legacy of Hva- shang's views in Tibet. Samten Karmay has shown the influence of the Chinese "simultaneist" doctrine on the development of the Dzogchen thought. See Karmay (1988), chapters 3 & 4.
rNam rtog ma rig chen po ste/ Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa (op cit. folio 26b) identifies this line as a citation from the Hevafratantra.
55. 56. 57.
58.
59.
60. 61.
62.
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63. For a succinct discussion on the dispute between the proponents of "intrinsI'e
emptiness" (rang stong) and "extrinsic emptiness" (gzhan stong), see Willi7
(1989), pp. 96-109. A more extensive discussion on the dispute based
Tho. ken Chokyi Nyima's Grub mtha ' shel gyi me long, could be found in Rue n
(1963). For a contemporary polemical work defending thc "extrinsic emP I-
ness" view, see Hookham (1991).
64. Quaies, pp. 34-35.
65. Ibid. , p. 27: Kfw bas ni de Ita'i sgom de hva shang gi sgmn lugs las khyad par gtan
ma phyed do//.
66. LTC, p. 230.
67. Ibid. , pp. 227-261. . . Ibid. ,
68. DeItamayinnagnyid 'thugpologpadangrgyalbalasagspa'itsheyang .
p. 231.
69. Queries p. 37: Nyams len la rtse gcig tu gzhol 'dod kha Clg ni thos bsam la gegs 51/
'dzin par 'dug/ Yang thos bsam byed 'dod la la yang thog ma nas rang rgyud la sgom don 'tshol ba'i rtsis mi byed par gzhan smra dbab 'dod dang/ rang mkhas 'dod kyi grbags skam sgrub pa'i bsam pas kha phyir Itas su shor nas. . .
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Bhaso Chakyi Gyaltsen ButCin Rinchen Drup Chak Lotsawa
Chapa Chakyi Senge
Drukp
Geluk a Kagyti
Sa so chos kyi rgyal mtshan
Bu ston rin chen grub
Chag 10 tsa ba
Phya pa chos kyi seng ge
sDe srid sangs rgyas rgya mtsho Dung dkar blo bzang 'phrin las 'Bri gong dpal 'dzin
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dGe lugs
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Dhungkar Lobsang Thrinley
Drigong Pelzin
Druk Gyalwang Chaje
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Gendun Chophd
Go Khukpa Lhatse
Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltshap Dharma Rinchen Gowo Rabjampa, Sonam Senge
dGe 'dun chos 'phd
'Gos khug pa Iha btsas
sGom chen ngag dbang grags pa
rGyal tshab dharma rill. chen
Go bo rab 'byams pa, bSod nams seng ge
]hampa Lingpa Sonam Narrtgyal Byams pa gling pa bsod nams mam rgyal
]hangchup b
Ju Mipham Gelek Namgyal Kadam
Kagyu
Karmapa Mikyo Dmic Khedrup Gelek Pelsang Khu Lotsawa
Lha Lama Yeshe b Lllbsang Phuntsok
Maja Jhangchup Tsondru Marpa Lotsawa
Neu PaDc;iita
Ngog Loden Sherap
Nyagpa Dawa Sangpo Nyingma
Patsap Nyima Drak
Pawo Tsuglak Threngwa PaDchen Lobsang Chogyen Pema Karpo, Drukpa Rendawa Zhc)nu Lodro Rinchen Sangpo, Lotsawa RongtOn Sheja Kunrik Sakya PaJ,c;iita
Shakya Chogden, Serdok PaDchen
Sumpa Yeshe Paljor Taktsang Lotsawa, Sherap
Rinchen Tashi Lhunpo
Thuken Ch6kyi Nyima Trisong Detsen
Tsalpa Kunga Dorje Tsami Lotsawa
Tselen Zhabdrung Tsongkhapa, Lobsang Drakpa Zhang Thangsakpa
Shentong
Byang chub 'od
'Ju mi pham dge legs mam rgyal dKa' gdams
dKa' brgyud
Karmapa Mi bskyod rdo lie mKhas grub dge legs dpal bzang Khu 10 tsa ba
Lha bla ma ye shes 'od
Blo bzang phun tshogs
rMa bya byang chub brtson 'grus Mar pa 10 tsa ba
Ne'u PaDc;iila
rNgog blo Idan shes rab
Nyag pa zla ba bzang po rNying ma
Pa tsab nyi ma grags
dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba PaD chan bLo bzang chos rgyan Pad ma dkar po, 'Brug pa
Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros Rin chen bzang po, 10 tsa ba Rong ston shes bya kun rig
Sa skya PaDdita
Sha kya mchog Idan, gSer mdog PaDchen Sum pa ye shes dpal 'byor
?
(1992), pp. 102-112.
41. Interestingly, a number of writers on Madhyamaka in modern scholarship
appear to share the view that the Madhyamika literally has no views of his own. For example, B. K. Matilal characterises the Prasangika-Madhyamaka's standpoint as "non-committal. " See Matilal (1971), p. 164.
42. Ruegg (1983), Thurman (1984), Napper (1989), Williams (1985), and Cabez6n (1994).
43. dBu ma pa'i khyad chos gcig po de khyed kyis bkag pa yin noll LTC, p. 36. Tsongkhapa wrote in eloquent praise of the Buddha in verse called rTen 'breI bstod pa ("In praise of dependent origination"), TKSB, Vol. kha. This piece is a celebration of Tsongkhapa's realisation of the profound convergence between emptiness and dependent origination.
44. Rang gi ngo bos med na med par 'dod par gsal te . . . LTC, p. 38.
45. IHa bdud tu babs pa. LTC, p. 33.
46. LTC, p. 38: de Itar ji srid du myu gu la sogs pa mams yod par 'dod pa de sris du
ranggingobosgrubpa'i yodparsmralaranggingosbosgrubpagtanmedna gtan med du smra na ni mtha: gnyis su ! tung bar gdon mi za bas dngos por smra ba'i go lugs dang khyad med pa yin tel
47. dBu ma pa la med pa pa'am chad Ita ba zhes zer roll LTC, p. 40.
48. LTC, p. 88: des na rgud pa thams cad kyi rtsa ba ni rang bzhin sgro 'dogs pa'j rna rig pa yin lal de dang 'dzin stangs dngos su 'gal ba'j sgo nas de druns 'byin pa ni rang bzhin med pa'am bdag med pa rtogs pa'i shes rab nyag gcig yin . . . Tsongkhapa cites
seen as so antithetical to Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka. He suggests an interest- ing reading of the view whereby a distinction is drawn between an assertion made for the sake of others (gzhan ngo la bltos pa'i khas len) and an assertion from one's own perspective (rang ngo'i khas len). See dBu ma klu sgrub dgongs rgyan, pp. 323-355. Although dBu ma klu sgrub dgongs rgyan does not mention
from CS to make this point. 49. LTC, p. 48.
50. Nai(lSviibhtivyanirvrttau sviibhiivyal]'! hi prasiddha1! 1 syiitll VV, 26b. Rang bzhin med pa nyid log nail rang /Jzhin nyid du rab grub 'gyurll Quoted in LTC, p. 43.
51. Gendun Chophel (1903-1951) argues that the "no-thesis" view need notbe
52. 53.
54.
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its source, this distinction of two types of assertion seems to be based on Rongton Sheja Kunrig. See, for example, his dBu ma la 'jug pa'i mam bshad nges don mam nges, p. 72. RongtOn identifies three types of thesis: 1) thesis that is accepted for the sake of others under special circumstances, 2) thesis accepted both by oneself and others, and 3) thesis accepted only by oneself. I have explored this "negative" approach in detail elsewhere, i. e. Jinpa (1998). For a detailed study of this "constructive" approach, see Jinpa (1997), chapter 5.
GR, p. 226: 'phags pa'i gzhung 'grel tshul la rang gi mtshan nyid kyis grub pa rdul Isam med kyang/ bya byed 'thams cad bzhag pas chog pa'i 'grel tshul gyi lugs thun mong ma yin pa 'di la brtm nasi rnam par dag pa'i grub mtha' 'grel byed gzhan dang thun mong ma yin pa mang du yod tel de gang zhe na re zhig gtso lio mams brjod na/ Ishags drug las ngo bo lha dad pa'i kun gzhi mam shes dang/ rang rig 'gog lugs thun mong rna yin pa dang/ rang rgyud kyi sbyor bas phyir rgol gyi rgyud la de kho 111l nyid kyi Ita ba skyed pa khas mi len pa gsum dang/ shes pa khas len pa bzhin du. phyi rol gyi don yang khas blang dgos pa dang/ nyan rang la dngos po rang l! zhin med par rtogs pa yud pa dang/ chos kyi bdag 'dzin nljon mongs su 'jog
pa dang/ zhig pa dngos pu yin pa dang/ de'i rgyu mtshan gyis dus gsum 'jog tshul thung mong rna yin pa sags yin no//
TKSB, Vol. tsha.
BTP, p. 154.
iTa ba'i shab 'bycd, folio 1%: zhig pa dngos po pa ni chos 'di pa las phyi rol du gyur pa mu stegs bye brag pa'i grub mtha' yin gyi/ nang pa'i grub mtha' la med pas shin III mi 'thad pa'i gyms so// Taktshang Lotsawa too rejects Tsongkhapa's claim that the cL'Ssation of empirical things is a conditioned phenomenon. He arsrues that this as"ertion conctradicts Tsongkhapa's own Madhyamaka analysis whereby things, such as a pot, are shown to be untenable when subjected to critical analysis. See Taktshang, op. cit. p. 235.
Kun gzhi dang/ rang rig mi 'dod cing/ phyi don khas len pa'i t3hul yang dpyad par bya slc/. . . ITa ba'i shan 'byed, p. 28a.
Sher 'grel ke ta ka, p. 31: bde sogs rang gis nyams su myong ba yang tha snyad du ji Itar 'gog stc mi 'gog go/I des na SClns bdm grub lu 'dod pa la rang rig pa mi 'Ihad kyang bden med du 'dod pa la rang rig pa'i tha snyad shin tll 'thad par yang shes par bya stc. . . For an in-depth study of Mipham's views on reflexive aware- ness, see Williams (1998).
Taktshang, op. cit. p. 155: gzhan dbang bder! grub dang rang rig nml gyis bkag pa Ita bu'j dgag pa gang du'ang ma mdzad doll
Future studies may reveal the identity of the proponents of these views. But even at this early stage it can be surmised that Tsongkhapa's primary concern in this letter appears to be that there still remains a strong legacy of Hva- shang's views in Tibet. Samten Karmay has shown the influence of the Chinese "simultaneist" doctrine on the development of the Dzogchen thought. See Karmay (1988), chapters 3 & 4.
rNam rtog ma rig chen po ste/ Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa (op cit. folio 26b) identifies this line as a citation from the Hevafratantra.
55. 56. 57.
58.
59.
60. 61.
62.
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63. For a succinct discussion on the dispute between the proponents of "intrinsI'e
emptiness" (rang stong) and "extrinsic emptiness" (gzhan stong), see Willi7
(1989), pp. 96-109. A more extensive discussion on the dispute based
Tho. ken Chokyi Nyima's Grub mtha ' shel gyi me long, could be found in Rue n
(1963). For a contemporary polemical work defending thc "extrinsic emP I-
ness" view, see Hookham (1991).
64. Quaies, pp. 34-35.
65. Ibid. , p. 27: Kfw bas ni de Ita'i sgom de hva shang gi sgmn lugs las khyad par gtan
ma phyed do//.
66. LTC, p. 230.
67. Ibid. , pp. 227-261. . . Ibid. ,
68. DeItamayinnagnyid 'thugpologpadangrgyalbalasagspa'itsheyang .
p. 231.
69. Queries p. 37: Nyams len la rtse gcig tu gzhol 'dod kha Clg ni thos bsam la gegs 51/
'dzin par 'dug/ Yang thos bsam byed 'dod la la yang thog ma nas rang rgyud la sgom don 'tshol ba'i rtsis mi byed par gzhan smra dbab 'dod dang/ rang mkhas 'dod kyi grbags skam sgrub pa'i bsam pas kha phyir Itas su shor nas. . .
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Bhaso Chakyi Gyaltsen ButCin Rinchen Drup Chak Lotsawa
Chapa Chakyi Senge
Drukp
Geluk a Kagyti
Sa so chos kyi rgyal mtshan
Bu ston rin chen grub
Chag 10 tsa ba
Phya pa chos kyi seng ge
sDe srid sangs rgyas rgya mtsho Dung dkar blo bzang 'phrin las 'Bri gong dpal 'dzin
'Brug rgyal dbang chos lie 'Brug pa bka' brgyud
dGe lugs
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Desi Sangye Gyatso
Dhungkar Lobsang Thrinley
Drigong Pelzin
Druk Gyalwang Chaje
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Gendun Chophd
Go Khukpa Lhatse
Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltshap Dharma Rinchen Gowo Rabjampa, Sonam Senge
dGe 'dun chos 'phd
'Gos khug pa Iha btsas
sGom chen ngag dbang grags pa
rGyal tshab dharma rill. chen
Go bo rab 'byams pa, bSod nams seng ge
]hampa Lingpa Sonam Narrtgyal Byams pa gling pa bsod nams mam rgyal
]hangchup b
Ju Mipham Gelek Namgyal Kadam
Kagyu
Karmapa Mikyo Dmic Khedrup Gelek Pelsang Khu Lotsawa
Lha Lama Yeshe b Lllbsang Phuntsok
Maja Jhangchup Tsondru Marpa Lotsawa
Neu PaDc;iita
Ngog Loden Sherap
Nyagpa Dawa Sangpo Nyingma
Patsap Nyima Drak
Pawo Tsuglak Threngwa PaDchen Lobsang Chogyen Pema Karpo, Drukpa Rendawa Zhc)nu Lodro Rinchen Sangpo, Lotsawa RongtOn Sheja Kunrik Sakya PaJ,c;iita
Shakya Chogden, Serdok PaDchen
Sumpa Yeshe Paljor Taktsang Lotsawa, Sherap
Rinchen Tashi Lhunpo
Thuken Ch6kyi Nyima Trisong Detsen
Tsalpa Kunga Dorje Tsami Lotsawa
Tselen Zhabdrung Tsongkhapa, Lobsang Drakpa Zhang Thangsakpa
Shentong
Byang chub 'od
'Ju mi pham dge legs mam rgyal dKa' gdams
dKa' brgyud
Karmapa Mi bskyod rdo lie mKhas grub dge legs dpal bzang Khu 10 tsa ba
Lha bla ma ye shes 'od
Blo bzang phun tshogs
rMa bya byang chub brtson 'grus Mar pa 10 tsa ba
Ne'u PaDc;iila
rNgog blo Idan shes rab
Nyag pa zla ba bzang po rNying ma
Pa tsab nyi ma grags
dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba PaD chan bLo bzang chos rgyan Pad ma dkar po, 'Brug pa
Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros Rin chen bzang po, 10 tsa ba Rong ston shes bya kun rig
Sa skya PaDdita
Sha kya mchog Idan, gSer mdog PaDchen Sum pa ye shes dpal 'byor
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