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'''Shentong''' [Tib.] ([[Wyl.]] ''gzhan stong'') - The extrinsic emptiness or “other empty” tradition of [[Madhyamika]],
'''Shentong''' [Tib.] ([[Wyl.]] ''gzhan stong'') - The extrinsic emptiness or “other empty” tradition of [[Madhyamika]],
which is most closely associated with the [[Jonang]] school of Tibetan Buddhism, maintains that the [[absolute]] is not empty of itself (''rang tong'') but is empty of all other relative phenomena. ''See also'' [[rangtong]].
which is most closely associated with the [[Jonang]] school of Tibetan Buddhism, maintains that the [[absolute]] is not empty of itself (''rang tong'') but is empty of all other relative phenomena. ''See also'' [[rangtong]].
==Further Reading==
*[[Taranatha]], ''The Essence of Other Emptiness'', Snow Lion, 2007


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Revision as of 10:29, 4 July 2008

Shentong [Tib.] (Wyl. gzhan stong) - The extrinsic emptiness or “other empty” tradition of Madhyamika, which is most closely associated with the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism, maintains that the absolute is not empty of itself (rang tong) but is empty of all other relative phenomena. See also rangtong.

Further Reading

  • Taranatha, The Essence of Other Emptiness, Snow Lion, 2007