This thesis therefore critically investigates the relationship between analysis and insight in the Prasangika Madhayamika. To be more specific, it tries to ascertain whether analysis is a only a necessary condition for the generation of insight, or a necessary and/or sufficient condition for the generation of insight. As was said above, this question was not asked by the Madhyamika, nor has it been asked by Western scholars; with the exception of Fenner. To answer this question, a logico-psychological model will be developed in chapter two which describes the mechanics and dynamics of insight generation.
Title | Altering consciousness from Western psychology and Prasangika Madhyamika Buddhist theories of insight generation: cognitive dissonance, double bind, equilibration, Prasanga + a logico-psychological model for the generation of insight applied to the Geluk-ba |
Author | Dean, Colin Leslie |
Published | Gamahucher Press, West Geelong, Vic, 2002 |
Pages | 158 |
Bibliography | 148-158 |
Subject | Philosophy, Buddhist Thought and thinking |
Other Title | The relationship between analysis and insight in Madhyamika Buddhism (a logico-psychological model) |
ISBN | 1876347163 |
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