scholarly journals The Theory of the 5000 Years’ Duration of the True Teaching in Late Indian Buddhism

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 830-825
Author(s):  
Fumio Shōji
Keyword(s):  
Indian Buddhism

Dharmakīrti (c.600–60)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Steinkellner
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Epistemology ◽  
Buddhist Logic ◽  
Indian Buddhism ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Indian Thought ◽  
Late Works

Dharmakīrti represents the philosophical apex of the Buddhist contribution to Indian thought of the post-systematic period. On the basis of Dignāga’s late works he developed a system of epistemology with a strong emphasis on logic, propounding it both as an explanation and defence of Dignāga’s thought. His logic, particularly, was new; in order to create a system of Buddhist logic proper, it clearly established the general Indian idea that logical relations are founded in reality. Buddhist epistemology as shaped by Dharmakīrti became a strong and influential rational tradition in late Indian Buddhism and has been studied and continued in Tibet up to the present time.

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