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This essay discusses the philosophical ideas of Tsongkhapa, who is considered to be one of the most important Tibetan Buddhist thinkers of the Middle Ages. Tsongkhapa's philosophy is based on the idea of the Middle Way, which is a path that avoids the extremes of either self-indulgence or self-mortification. He also believes that reason can be used to understand the reality of the everyday world, and that the self does not exist in the same way that we traditionally understand it. This essay discusses the concepts of reality and self in Tsongkhapa's philosophy, and how he tries to reconcile these ideas with religious experience.
The work explores the historical and intellectual context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the critical issues related to questions of development and originality in Tsongkhapa's thought. It also deals extensively with one of Tsongkhapa's primary concerns, namely his attempts to demonstrate that the Middle Way philosophy's deconstructive analysis does not negate the reality of the everyday world. The study's central focus, however, is the question of the existence and the nature of self. This is explored both in terms of Tsongkhapa's deconstruction of the self and his reconstruction of person. Finally, the work explores the concept of reality that emerges in Tsongkhapa's philosophy, and deals with his understanding of the relationship between critical reasoning, no-self, and religious experience.
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