Jeffrey Hopkins : Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism

Lama Tsong Khapa's treatise on what is definitive and interpretative in Mahayana Buddhism is one of Tibetan Buddhism's most involved and profound texts. Hopkins provides a critical translation of Lekshe Nyingpo with an extensive examination via many different commentaries, and a lengthy synopsis to aid the general reader.

"In this, his magnum opus, Jeffrey Hopkins reveals the depth and richness of the Tibetan philosophical tradition in a magisterial study of Tsong Khapa`s Essence of Eloquence, the most challenging and sophisticated work in the vast literature of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism." Donald Lopez.

"Hopkins`s detailed and exhaustive textual research will make this book the most preferred choice for serious scholars. The critical edition of the Tibetan text is extremely valuable, and the annotations - both to the translation and to other portions of the work - are superb. In short, this is a scholarly tour de force." Jose Cabezon.

"An exceptionally clear and detailed account of a central debate in Tibetan Buddhist scholastic philosophy. His study of Tsong Khapa`s approach to the Indian Mind-Only tradition greatly enriches our knowledge of Buddhist metaphysics and interpretation theory, and is consistently of unusual philosophical interest. This is Hopkins`s most important work to date and it is to be recommended to all serious readers of Buddhist and Asian philosophies, and of the history of metaphysical idealism and its critics." Matthew Kapstein.