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Dharmottara
Tibetan-preserved works by Dharmottara in the Buddhist epistemological tradition.
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Texts
Commentary on Establishing Momentariness — DharmottaraDharmottara's own auto-commentary on his Establishing Momentariness (D4253), explaining phrase by phrase how valid cognition proves that all conditioned things perish the instant they arise. First English translation. Complete text: folios 259a-275a.Establishing Momentariness — DharmottaraDharmottara's rigorous defense of the Buddhist doctrine that all conditioned phenomena perish the instant they arise — one of the most contested propositions in Indian philosophy.Establishing the Other World — DharmottaraDharmottara's proof that consciousness survives the body — a compact philosophical argument for rebirth from the Pramana tradition. First English translation from Tibetan.Examination of Valid Cognition — DharmottaraDharmottara's definitive treatise on what makes cognition valid — not mere grasping, but the determination that enables practical attainment. First English translation from Classical Tibetan.Examination of Valid Cognition, Part One — DharmottaraThe first part of Dharmottara's investigation into what makes cognition valid — the foundational question of Buddhist epistemology. First English translation from Classical Tibetan.Treatise on Exclusion — DharmottaraDharmottara's foundational treatise on the Buddhist apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning — arguing that words denote their objects not positively but by excluding what is other. From the Pramāṇa section of the Degé Tengyur.