Tsongkhapa · Theology

The Object of Negation: Hitting the Exact Target

Tsongkhapa&rsquo;s precise and influential insistence that liberating insight requires identifying <em>exactly</em> what is being denied - intrinsic or inherent existence, and nothing more - because negating too much collapses into nihilism, while negating too little leaves the root of suffering untouched.

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You learned that Tsongkhapa insisted insight requires first identifying the dgag bya , the object of negation - intrinsic existence - and that erring in either direction is fatal: refute too much and you fall into nihilism (denying cause and effect), refute too little and you leave the grasping that binds you. Explain…

Leads to Aristotle.

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