Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD, served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than thirty-five books, he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program in Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.
"No comparable work exists on this topic, which is highly important
but indeed specialized. Enhanced by an extensive bibliography,
comprehensive notes, and an English/Tibetan/Sanskrit glossary,
which researchers will appreciate, this work is best suited for
academic and Buddhist religious collections."—Library Journal
"Offers a fascinating exploration of how provocative issues about
reality are refined and debated by Tibetan
scholar-practitioners."—Eastern Horizon "Provide[s] a synopsis of
the rich heritage of commentary and debate in the monastic
tradition of Tibet and central Asia...also opens up Dzong-ka-ba's
rich synthetic and scholastic insights into the whole of Buddhism
to greater critical inquiry. . . . Hopkins' work will be a treasure
trove for students of Buddhism for years to come."—Wordtrade
"Written especially for advanced scholars of Buddhism and its
sacred texts and featuring a delineation of the different
approaches through which the Mind-Only School interprets
scriptures. Absorption in No External World can be read as a
stand-alone book or as the final volume in the author's trilogy on
Mind-Only."—Wisconsin Bookwatch
"In this volume, Hopkins presents opinions on crucial issues from
twenty-two commentaries on Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence,
considered by his followers to be so challenging that it is called
his steel bow and steel arrow: hard to pull but powerful when one
succeeds. The careful analysis with which these scholar-yogis probe
the issues provides an avenue into patterns of thought that
constitute the environment of the text over this long period of
intense interest to the present day. Hopkins' lively style draws
the reader into the drama, revealing horizons of transformative
meaning. This is without question the finest and most complete
discussion of the renowned Mind-Only School and its Tibetan
Context."—Anne C. Klein, author of Knowledge and Liberation:
Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology in Support of Transformative
Religious Experience
"An exceptionally clear and detailed account of a central debate in
Tibetan Buddhist scholastic philosophy."—Matthew Kapstein,
professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Chicago
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