shentong
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Shentong is a Tibetan Buddhist philosophical view, especially associated with the Jonang school, that emphasizes the mind’s ultimate nature as empty of other (relative) phenomena yet endowed with inherent, luminous qualities.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Shentong | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Buddhist doctrinal position
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Madhyamaka interpretation ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophical view ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
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Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé NERFINISHED ⓘ Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso NERFINISHED ⓘ Tāranātha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Jonang
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Jonangpa tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Kagyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyingma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | self‑emptiness (rang stong) ⓘ |
| controversialWithin | Gelug school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
buddha‑nature is real and endowed with qualities
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mind’s ultimate nature is luminous and aware ⓘ relative phenomena are empty of inherent existence ⓘ ultimate reality is empty of other (gzhan stong) ⓘ ultimate reality is not empty of its own enlightened qualities ⓘ |
| debatedTopic | status of buddha‑nature as ultimate reality ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
buddha‑nature
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emptiness of other ⓘ luminous mind ⓘ tathāgatagarbha ⓘ |
| etymology | gzhan (other) + stong (empty) ⓘ |
| goalOfView | support direct realization of luminous mind ⓘ |
| historicallySystematizedBy | Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th‑century Rimé movement thinkers
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later Kagyu interpretations of buddha‑nature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indian Mahāyāna sūtras
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Tathāgatagarbha thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedView | Rangtong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originRegion | Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFamily | Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOnConventional | conventional phenomena are empty of inherent existence ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOnUltimate | ultimate truth is a positive reality with qualities ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Buddhism
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Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soteriologicalEmphasis | recognition of already‑present enlightened qualities ⓘ |
| textualBasis |
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
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Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra) NERFINISHED ⓘ tathāgatagarbha sūtras ⓘ Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| TibetanName | gzhan stong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnEmptiness |
emptiness does not negate the existence of enlightened qualities
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emptiness is understood as absence of adventitious defilements ⓘ |
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