About the Book: Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature
Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature offers an engaging philosophical
overview of Tibetan Buddhist thought. Integrating competing and complementary
perspectives on the nature of mind and reality, Douglas Duckworth reveals the
way that Buddhist theory informs Buddhist practice in various Tibetan
traditions. Duckworth draws upon a contrast between phenomenology and ontology
to highlight distinct starting points of inquiries into mind and nature in
Buddhism, and to illuminate central issues confronted in Tibetan Buddhist
philosophy. This thematic study engages some of the most difficult and critical
topics in Buddhist thought, such as the nature of mind and the