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'''Bhāvaviveka''' ([[Wyl.]] ''legs ldan 'byed''), aka '''Bhāviveka''' (''snang bral'') or '''Bhavya''' (''skal ldan'') (c.500-570), was a sixth century master of the [[Svatantrika]] school of [[Madhyamika]]. He was critical of [[Buddhapalita]]’s interpretation of [[Nagarjuna]]’s classic work ''[[The Root Verses on the Wisdom of the Middle Way]]'', because he believed Buddhapalita should have put forward independent logical arguments, rather than simply pointing out the flaws in others’ positions. The great master [[Chandrakirti]] later defended Buddhapalita’s approach and sought to refute Bhavaviveka. | '''Bhāvaviveka''' (Tib. [[ལེགས་ལྡན་འབྱེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''legs ldan 'byed''), aka '''Bhāviveka''' (སྣང་བྲལ་, ''snang bral'') or '''Bhavya''' (སྐལ་ལྡན་, ''skal ldan'') (c.500-570), was a sixth century master of the [[Svatantrika]] school of [[Madhyamika]]. He was critical of [[Buddhapalita]]’s interpretation of [[Nagarjuna]]’s classic work ''[[The Root Verses on the Wisdom of the Middle Way]]'', because he believed Buddhapalita should have put forward independent logical arguments, rather than simply pointing out the flaws in others’ positions. The great master [[Chandrakirti]] later defended Buddhapalita’s approach and sought to refute Bhavaviveka. | ||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 1 February 2011
Bhāvaviveka (Tib. ལེགས་ལྡན་འབྱེད་, Wyl. legs ldan 'byed), aka Bhāviveka (སྣང་བྲལ་, snang bral) or Bhavya (སྐལ་ལྡན་, skal ldan) (c.500-570), was a sixth century master of the Svatantrika school of Madhyamika. He was critical of Buddhapalita’s interpretation of Nagarjuna’s classic work The Root Verses on the Wisdom of the Middle Way, because he believed Buddhapalita should have put forward independent logical arguments, rather than simply pointing out the flaws in others’ positions. The great master Chandrakirti later defended Buddhapalita’s approach and sought to refute Bhavaviveka.
Writings
- Heart of the Middle Way and its auto-commentary, Blaze of Reason (Skt. Tarkajvāla)
- Madhyamakārtha saṁgarha
- Prajñāpradīpa
Further Reading
- David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981
- David Seyfort Ruegg, 'On the Authorship of Some Works Ascribed to Bhā(va)viveka/Bhavya' in The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2010
- Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.