T'ien-T'ai Buddhism and Early Mādhyamika

affirmation assertion attained bodhisattva Buddha Nature Buddhist doctrines Candrakirti chap chapter chih Chih-i Chinese chung-tao classification of Buddhist Common Doctrine concept context defilements delineated delusive mind denotes Dependent Origination devoid Dharma Body Dharma Nature discussion empirical world entities evil explicated expressive extirpation Fa-hua false views FHHI FHWC Four Alternatives function Gradual Doctrine Hurvitz i-ch'ieh identification implication Inada issue Kajiyama Kārikā Kārikā-P kuan Kumārajīva's rendition liberation life-death cycle Madhyamika means MHCK Middle Way-Buddha Nature Nāgārjuna Nature and ignorance negation negative ness nirvāṇa No-emptiness no-extirpation No-origination nothingness Perfect Doctrine Pingala Prajñā Prajñāpāramitā Provisional Name realization realm refers regard revealed samsāra Sanskrit sense sentient shih-hsiang significance soteriological speaks Sumeru śūnyatā supreme Truth sūtra tathāgata tathāgatagarbha TCTL Tendai Threefold Contemplation Threefold Truth tion Tokyo transcendence of extremes translation Tripitaka Doctrine Truth of Emptiness Twofold Truth ultimate understanding verse view of Emptiness wisdom WMCHS WMCLS WMCWS worldly yung