The Panchen Lama's Debate Between Wisdom and the Reifying Habit By Panchen Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen
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| Management number | 233423265 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$12.21 | Model Number | 233423265 | ||
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The Debate Between Wisdom and the Reifying Habit is the principal philosophical work of the renowned first Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). The text is an original Tibetan masterpiece popular among philosophers of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism and is styled as a sustained debate between shes rabs (wisdom) bdag 'dzin (the reifying habit). It is a literary tour de force, being structured as a philosophical comedy that exploys the tension between the two protagonists as a dramatic resource. The text represents not only the topics but also the form of Tibetan philosophical culture, and its wit and dynamic literary structure will earn for it a place among the texts of world-class literature. Read more
| ISBN10 | 812083951X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-8120839519 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Dimensions | 9.45 x 5.51 x 0.79 inches |
| Item Weight | 11.9 ounces |
| Print length | 224 pages |
| Publication date | July 1, 2014 |
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