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'''Rangtong''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rang stong'') literally means 'empty of self | '''Rangtong''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rang stong'') literally means 'empty of self. The followers of the Rangtong [[Madhyamika]] approach say that all phenomena, including the [[buddha nature]], are empty of their own essence. They therefore disagree with the [[Shentong]] approach, which, they say, falls into the extreme of [[eternalism]]. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
From the Shentong perspective, the Rangtong view falls into the extreme of [[nihilism]]. The Shentongpas say that underlying everything there must be the uncompounded luminosity of the buddha nature, as the basis for [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]] and all the qualities of enlightenment. | From the Shentong perspective, the Rangtong view falls into the extreme of [[nihilism]]. The Shentongpas say that underlying everything there must be the uncompounded luminosity of the buddha nature, as the basis for [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]] and all the qualities of [[enlightenment]]. | ||
[[Category:Madhyamika]] | [[Category:Madhyamika]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophical Tenets]] | [[Category:Philosophical Tenets]] | ||
[[Category:Schools and Lineages]] | [[Category:Schools and Lineages]] | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 4 June 2016
Rangtong (Wyl. rang stong) literally means 'empty of self. The followers of the Rangtong Madhyamika approach say that all phenomena, including the buddha nature, are empty of their own essence. They therefore disagree with the Shentong approach, which, they say, falls into the extreme of eternalism.
Criticism
From the Shentong perspective, the Rangtong view falls into the extreme of nihilism. The Shentongpas say that underlying everything there must be the uncompounded luminosity of the buddha nature, as the basis for samsara and nirvana and all the qualities of enlightenment.