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observes, "The reason why Tsongkhapa so vehemently argued for the superiority of Prāsaṅgika, when so much of his system accords with that of Svātantrika authors, remains a great mystery only partially solved by his | observes, "The reason why Tsongkhapa so vehemently argued for the superiority of Prāsaṅgika, when so much of his system accords with that of Svātantrika authors, remains a great mystery only partially solved by his | ||
followers' defense of his system from Taktsang Lotsawa's charge that Tsongkhapa really was a Svātantrika."<ref>Vose, ''Resurrecting Candrakīrti'', 222n78.</ref> Whether this fact is viewed in a positive or negative light depends, of course, on one's assessment of the relative validity of the Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika systems. And it need hardly be added that if the description of Tsongkhapa as a Svātantrika is perceived as a criticism, it is so only according to an alleged hierarchy of views for which Tsongkhapa was himself largely responsible. Of course, it could be argued that the system of Tsongkhapa is indeed Prāsaṅgika; and this is surely true in the sense that | followers' defense of his system from Taktsang Lotsawa's charge that Tsongkhapa really was a Svātantrika."<ref>Vose, ''Resurrecting Candrakīrti'', 222n78.</ref> Whether this fact is viewed in a positive or negative light depends, of course, on one's assessment of the relative validity of the Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika systems. And it need hardly be added that if the description of Tsongkhapa as a Svātantrika is perceived as a criticism, it is so only according to an alleged hierarchy of views for which Tsongkhapa was himself largely responsible. Of course, it could be argued that the system of Tsongkhapa is indeed Prāsaṅgika; and this is surely true in the sense that | ||
he himself understood this term. The problem is that no one, apart from the Gelugpas, share this understanding.<ref>A clear discussion ofthe Svātantrika elements in Gelugpa Prāsaṅgika can be found in Brunnhölzl, ''Center of the Sunlit Sky'', 190-91.</ref> | he himself understood this term. The problem is that no one, apart from the Gelugpas, share this understanding.<ref>A clear discussion ofthe Svātantrika elements in Gelugpa Prāsaṅgika can be found in Brunnhölzl, ''Center of the Sunlit Sky'', 190-91.</ref> | ||
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