The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (389 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
3.29Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Bh
vaviveka
(also ‘Bh
vya’ and ‘Bh
viveka’;
vaviveka(also ‘Bh
vya’ and ‘Bhviveka’;c.
500–70 CE).
Major Indian philosopher of the
Madhyamaka
school of Buddhism.
A major mark of Bh
vaviveka's thought is the division of reality into ultimate truth (
param
rthasatya
) and conventional truth (
samv
tisatya
), by which self-existence (
svabh
va
) is asserted as a conventional truth but not as an ultimate one.
Bh
vaviveka's principal works are the
Prajñ
prad
pa
(Light of Wisdom), which is a commentary on
N
g
rjuna's
Mulamadhyamak
karik
s
, and the
Madhyamakah
dayak
rik
s
500–70 CE).
Major Indian philosopher of the
Madhyamaka
school of Buddhism.
A major mark of Bh
vaviveka's thought is the division of reality into ultimate truth (param
rthasatya) and conventional truth (
samv
tisatya), by which self-existence (
svabh
va) is asserted as a conventional truth but not as an ultimate one.
Bh
vaviveka's principal works are thePrajñ
pradpa(Light of Wisdom), which is a commentary on
N
grjuna'sMulamadhyamak
kariks, and the
Madhyamakah
dayakriksOther books
The Frangipani Hotel: Fiction by Violet Kupersmith
The Trojan Colt by Mike Resnick
An Invitation to Seduction by Lorraine Heath
Wicked Love (Wicked White Series Book 3) by Michelle A. Valentine
Fit to Kill by James Heneghan
Death Runs in the Family by Haven, Heather
Because This Is Forever by Hart, Lena
Ammonite Planets (Omnibus): Ammonite Galaxy #1-3 by Gillian Andrews
Alma by William Bell
Stay Beautiful by Trina M. Lee