Geluk presentations of Madhyamika contend that innate ignorance erroneously superimposes a certain look and feel onto reality. This illusory impression is called “the object to be negated” (dgag bya,pratiSedya) and, in the Prasangika-Madhyamika School, “inherent existence” or “own- being” (rangbzhin, svabhava). This article examines both Candrakirti's (6th–7th C.E.) identification of the object to be negated—“non-dependence on another”—and Dzong-ka-ba’s claim that this is the same as “established by way of own entity” (rang gi ngo bos grub pa). Also discussed are six separate definitions of “dependence” allowed in Dzong-ka-ba’s Geluk system. Finally, in an appendix following the body of this work, I present my translation of an annotation from Nga-wang-bel-den’s Annotations for (Jamyang- shay-ba’s) “Great Exposition of Tenets,” which addresses these issues.
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Abstract 29 Introduction 29 Part One: Non-Dependence According to Ngawang-Bel-Den 30 1.1 Qualm One 31 1.2 Qualm Two 32 1.3 Qualm Three 34 1.4 Qualm Four 35 Part Two: Non-Dependence for CandrakƯrti and Dzong-ka-ba 36 Concluding Remarks 42 Appendix: Nga-wang-bel-den's Annotation ta —Delineation of the Object of Negation, A Self of Phenomena 43 Bibliography 47 Works by Modern Authors 48
