Echoes from an Empty Sky The Origin of the

The doctrine of the two truths--conventional and ultimate--evolved as early Buddhists struggled to reconcile apparent contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. Understood as a teaching on reality as opposed to merely a linguistic distinction.

John B. Buescher heads the Voice of America's Tibetan Broadcast Service to Tibet and South Asia.

Introduction

7

(4)

Ancient Indian Speculation on Language and Reality

11

(8)

The Beginnings of Grammar

11

(2)

Philosophical and Religious Issues Connected to Grammar

13

(6)

Early Buddhist Views on Language, Truth, and Interpretation

19

(12)

Denying the Preeminence of Any Particular Language

19

(2)

Searching for the Final Doctrine

21

(2)

Collecting and Standardizing the Teaching

23

(2)

The Growth of the Abhidharma

25

(6)

The Buddha's Word

31

(24)

The Truth behind the Multitude of Forms

31

(6)

The Buddha's Ultimate Word and Ultimate Truth

37

(8)

Definitive Sutras and Those Whose Meaning Must Be Drawn Out

45

(2)

The Quest for Interpretive Clarity

47

(8)

Two Truths

55

(30)

Statements or Objects? Existent or Nonexistent?

55

(7)

Two Truths and Four Truths

62

(4)

The Vaibhasika School and the Two Truths

66

(19)

A Gelukpa Presentation of the Two Truths in the "Sravaka"Schools

85

(48)

Acknowledgments

133

(1)

Abbreviations

134

(1)

Bibliography

135

(18)

Notes

153

(20)

Index

173

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Echoes from an Empty Sky The Origin of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths

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