Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t1.4

v1.c7.s6.t1.4

From 1747, 1carn skya III rol pavi rdo rje (1717～1786) started writing Lcang Skya Grub Mthav. The publication of this book aroused great repercussion in Tibetan Buddhist academia, and had a positive impact, especially for promoting the development of Grub Mthav doctrine. It was later hailed as the highest academic achievement in the research field of Tibetan Buddhist Grub Mthav doctrine. The structure of the content is: Firstly, it illustrated the mistakes of ancient Indian Samkhya, Brahma, Nārāyaṇa, Vicara, Maheśvara, Vaisheshika, Nyaya and other heretic factions from a critical perspective; secondly, standing on Buddhist viewpoints, separately stated all the thoughts and viewpoints of Sarvāsti-vāda, Sautrāntika, Vijñāptimātratā and Madhyamika; taking the logic relationship between causes, principles and results as a theoretical starting point, widely cited the teachings of Nagarjuna, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Aryadeva, D従ってnāga, Dharmakirti and Tsongkhapa, demonstrated the coherence and differences between the principles of four Buddhist sects, focussed on expounding Buddhist thought of svātantrika and Prasaṅgika.