Tsongkhapa · Theology

The Two Wings

The signature of Tsongkhapa's whole synthesis: awakening requires two wings held in union - the profound view of emptiness and the vast method of compassion, and equally study and practice, sutra and tantra. Neither wing flies alone.

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You learned that Tsongkhapa made the union of wisdom (the profound view of emptiness) and method (vast compassion and bodhisattva conduct) the signature of his synthesis, that he applied the same principle to study and practice and to sutra and tantra, that he held either wing pursued alone cannot reach buddhahood (wi…

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