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10Candrakīrti on the Limits of Language and LogicIn Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, Wiley. 2013.Candrakīrti is known for his commentaries on the major works of Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva. This chapter examines how Candrakīrti uses language and logic to undermine people's confidence in cherished beliefs about a self and point them towards the Buddha's path and its goal the peace of nirvana that transcends the limitations of language and logic. Candrakīrti first sets out his view on the two truths in the Madhyamakāvatāra. He associates both truths with the soteriological goal of Nāgārjuna's path…Read more
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21Ethics of Tibet: Bodhisattva Section of Tsong-kha-pa's Lam Rim Chen MoJournal of the American Oriental Society 113 (2): 319. 1993.
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28Materials for the Study of Āryadeva, Dharmapāla and Candrakīrti: The Catuḥśataka of Āryadeva, Chapters XII and XIII, with the Commentaries of Dharmapāla and Candrakīrti; Introduction, Translation, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese Texts, NotesMaterials for the Study of Aryadeva, Dharmapala and Candrakirti: The Catuhsataka of Aryadeva, Chapters XII and XIII, with the Commentaries of Dharmapala and Candrakirti; Introduction, Translation, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese Texts, NotesJournal of the American Oriental Society 112 (2): 346. 1992.
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