Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)

The Polemics of Shantarakshita and Kamalashila with the Mimamsakas on the Existence and Properties of Atman in "Tattvasamgraha-panjika"

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Lev Titlin
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Lev Titlin
Available Online July 2018.
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10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.5How to use a DOI?
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Shantarakshita; Kamalashila; ‘Tattvasamgraha’; ‘Panjika’; atman; purusha; self; no-self; anatman; soul; denial of self; subjectivity
Abstract

The article considers the philosophical polemics between Buddhism and Mimamsa on the problem of the existence and properties of the self as it is given in the chapter "The Polemics with the Mimamsakas on Atman" of the section "Atmapariksha" (lit. "The Study of Atman") of "Tattvasamgraha" of Shantarakshita (the 8th century) with the commentary "Panjika" of Kamalashila. According to the Mimamsakas, atman has a form of consciousness (caitanya) and exclusive and inclusive nature. Exclusive - as the seat of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, etc., which are mutually exclusive states, inclusive - as a sequence of consciousness, essentiality, good qualities, etc. Shantarakshita criticizes the position of the Mimamsakas, revealing contradictions in their internal philosophical logic.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
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978-94-6252-528-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.5How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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