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Bhāvaviveka
Bhāvaviveka (also ‘ Bhāvya’ and ‘ Bhāviveka’; c.500–70 CE). Major Indian philosopher of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism.
A major mark of Bhāvaviveka's thought is the division of reality into ultimate truth (paramārthasatya) and conventional truth (samvṛtisatya), by which self-existence (svabhāva) is asserted as a conventional truth but not as an ultimate one. Bhāvaviveka's principal works are the Prajñāpradīpa (Light of Wisdom), which is a commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mulamadhyamakākarikās, and the Madhyamakahṛdayakārikās (Verses on the Essence of the Middle Way), with his own commentary the Tarkajvāla (Blaze of Reasoning), which assesses the brahmanical systems. |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Bhāvaviveka." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Bhāvaviveka." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Bhvaviveka.html JOHN BOWKER. "Bhāvaviveka." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Bhvaviveka.html |
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Bhāvaviveka
Bhāvaviveka (c.490–570). A noted Indian Madhyamaka philosopher, also known as Bhavya, who wrote a number of important works, including the Tarka-jvālā, refuting other contemporary Buddhist and non-Buddhist doctrines. His method of argumentation is characterized by the use of standard syllogisms (svatantra) derived from the Buddhist school of logic in contrast to the reductio ad absurdum (prasaṅga) method of argument favoured by the later philosopher Candrakīrti.
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Bhāvaviveka." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "Bhāvaviveka." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Bhvaviveka.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "Bhāvaviveka." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Bhvaviveka.html |
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