Freedom from Extremes: Gorampa's "Distinguishing the Views" and the Polemics of Emptiness (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism) by Jose Ignacio Cabezon, Geshe Lobsang Dargyay year of the wood snake Lokeshvara is a compassionate hero

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Freedom from Extremes: Gorampa's "Distinguishing the Views" and the Polemics of Emptiness (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism) by Jose Ignacio Cabezon, Geshe Lobsang Dargyay year of the wood snake Lokeshvara is a compassionate heroWhat is Emptiness or Voidness? Gorampa's text is polemical, and his targets are two of Tibet's greatest thinkers: Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug school, and Dolpopa, a founding figure of the Jonang school. Distinguishing the Views argues that Dolpopa has fallen into an eternalistic extreme, whereas Tsongkhapa has fallen into nihilism, and that only the mainstream Sakya view what Gorampa calls "freedom from extremes" represents the true middle way,