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> [“However, there is the danger in all broad categorizations, such as the classification of Buddhist teachings as self-empty or other-empty, that they obscure or prevent attempts to look seriously at the more subtle aspects of the issues at hand. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/however-there-is-the-danger-in-all-broad-categorizations-such-as-the/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

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## More by Karl Brunnholzl

> [“Pawo Rinpoche comments that, in Tibet, the intention of the lineage of profound view is usually explained as self-emptiness, that is, as a nonimplicative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/pawo-rinpoche-comments-that-in-tibet-the-intention-of-the-lineage-of/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“One may wonder, "What is seeing the ultimate?" It means that all phenomena are not seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/one-may-wonder-what-is-seeing-the-ultimate-it-means-that-all/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [ “Hence, \[emptiness\] is also not an object of \[something like the\] cognition of Buddhas, because they do not have \[such a thing as\] cognition.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/hence-emptiness-is-also-not-an-object-of-something-like-the-cognition/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [ “Here, master Bhavya states \[this as\] the main argument, and then he formulates four autonomous reasons as the means to prove the subject property.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/here-master-bhavya-states-this-as-the-main-argument-and-then-he/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“In general, every negation must depend on the rejection of an affirmation or proposition, which means that emptiness as a nonimplicative negation is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/in-general-every-negation-must-depend-on-the-rejection-of-an/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“Therefore, everything is the illusory magical display of one's own mind. It is appearing yet delusive, and delusive while appearing. Thus, all of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/therefore-everything-is-the-illusory-magical-display-of-one-s-own/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“In brief, the very quintessence of all meditative concentrations of both the sutras and the tantras of the great vehicle is to see, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/in-brief-the-very-quintessence-of-all-meditative-concentrations-of/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“The Ornament of Sturas says: Therefore, liberation is only the exhaustion of mistakenness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/the-ornament-of-sturas-says-therefore-liberation-is-only-the/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not affected by the flaw of conceptions of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance-of-mere-consciousness-whose/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“And so-in what amounts to a deeply ironic twist of fate-Candrakirti was posthumously awarded highest honors from an orthodox scholarly tradition that could sustain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/and-so-in-what-amounts-to-a-deeply-ironic-twist-of-fate-candrakirti/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“As for the notion of Buddha nature, there is no reifying interpretation of it in any of the texts of the lineage of vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/as-for-the-notion-of-buddha-nature-there-is-no-reifying/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“Whether on the level of no analysis or with analysis, it is never justified that mind exists whereas form does not exist. Under analysis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/whether-on-the-level-of-no-analysis-or-with-analysis-it-is-never/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“To reiterate, no such divisions existed in India. Some Tibetans, such as Mikyo Dorje and Pawo Rinpoche, refused to follow either of these later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/to-reiterate-no-such-divisions-existed-in-india-some-tibetans-such-as/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“If the mere nonexistence of attention and mental engagement is taken to be "nonattention" and "mental nonengagement," it is to be analyzed in what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/if-the-mere-nonexistence-of-attention-and-mental-engagement-is-taken/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

> [“However, neither victory nor defeat comes about through the words of the other party alone. This means that if we speak the truth without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/however-neither-victory-nor-defeat-comes-about-through-the-words-of/)

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