Unique Tenets of The Middle Way Consequence School

by Daniel Cozort

According to Tibetan traditions, the Indian Buddhist Prasangika-Madhyamika school is the one that represents the final true thought of the Buddha. Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School presents and analyzes the issues that separate that school from the other principals schools of Buddhism—issues such as the existence (or non-existence) of an external world the way in which karma and reincarnation operate the nature of consciousness the nature of time and the status of Arhats (enlightened but not omniscient beings). Parts Two and Three of the book are annotated translations of Tibetan texts that are used as source books in monastic education.

632 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Dr. Daniel G. Cozort is professor of religion at Dickenson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he teaches Indian religions. He received his Ph.D. in the History of Religions from the University of Virginia and has studied with Tibetan lamas there and in India. He has worked extensively on Tibetan presentations of the Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamika and Gelugpa schools.