Vinitadeva

Tibetan-preserved commentaries by Vinitadeva on Buddhist epistemology and Dharmakirti-Dignaga reasoning.

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  • Commentary on the Examination of Relations — VinitadevaA word-by-word commentary on Dharmakirti's Examination of Relations, systematically demonstrating that no form of relation — dependence, blending, mutual regard, conjunction, inherence, or causation — truly exists as a real entity. First English translation from Classical Tibetan.
  • Commentary on the Examination of the Object — VinitadevaVinītadeva's commentary on Dignāga's root text on what constitutes the object of cognition — a foundational text in Buddhist epistemology arguing that atoms and aggregates cannot be the true objects of perception, and that the object is internal to consciousness. First English translation.
  • Commentary on the Proof of Other Mind-streams — VinitadevaVinītadeva's word-by-word commentary on Dharmakīrti's proof that other mind-streams exist — first English translation from Classical Tibetan.