Prasangikamadhyamaka, Prāsaṅgikamadhyamaka, Prasangika-madhyamaka: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsPrāsaṅgikamadhyamaka (प्रासङ्गिकमध्यमक) (in Tibetan: dbu ma thal 'gyur) — According to Tibetan scholarly tradition, the school of Madhyamaka philosophy that (a) stresses the use of reductio ad absurdum (prasaṅga) rather than syllogistic reasoning in establishing emptiness as the nature of dharmas and (b) denies that dharmas possess inherent defining characteristics (svalakṣaṇa) even conventionally. The greatest Indian representative of the Prāsaṅgika is generally regarded to be Candrakīrti
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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