THE FOUR BUDDHIST TENET SYSTEMS

Source: Jetsun Chogyi Gyeltsen's Presentation of Tenets

SCHOOL

SUB-SCHOOLS
PRASANGIKA (Consequence)

PROPONENT
A person propounding Mahayana tenets who does not accept true existence e en con entionally

ILLUSTRATION OF PERSON
!he "ere #$% which is i"puted in dependence on the &i e aggregates

MADHYAMIKA (Middle Way) SVATANTRIKA

(Autono"y)

SAUTRANTIKA SVATANTRIKA (Sutra Autono"y) YOGACARA SVATANTRIKA ('ogic Autono"y)

!he "ental consciousness

FOLLOWERS OF REASONING A person propounding Mahayana )ollowers o& *har"a+irti%s Se en !reatises on ,alid Cognition tenets who does not assert external CITTAMATRA o-.ects -ut does accept truly (Mind (nly) FOLLOWERS OF SCRIPTURE existent sel&/cognition )ollowers o& Asanga%s )i e !reatises on the Grounds FOLLOWERS OF REASONING

!he "ere "ental consciousness !he "ind/-asis/o&/all !he "ental consciousness !he continuu" o& the aggregates ,arious assertions: the "ere collection o& the &i e aggregates5 the continuu" o& the aggregates5 the "ental consciousness

SAUTRANTIKA )ollowers o& *har"a+irti%s Se en !reatises on ,alid Cognition tenets who asserts -oth sel&/ cognition1 and truly existent (Sutra) FOLLOWERS OF SCRIPTURE
)ollowers o& ,asu-andhu%s Treasury of Manifest Knowledge external o-.ects

A person propounding 0inayana

VAIBHASIKA (Great 2xposition)

13 su-/schools

A person propounding 0inayana tenets who does not accept sel&/ cognition -ut does accept truly existent external o-.ects

The definiti n f !"#id $e#f-% &ni'in& (e)%e(ti n is: a new and non/decepti e cognition that is &ree &ro" conceptuality5 is only inwardly directed and -ears the aspect o& an apprehending/su-.ect6 4 !he di ision into 13 su-/schools: Ma.ority Co""unity5 (ne Con ention5 7roponents o& World/!ranscendence5 Much 0earing5 7roponents o& $"putation5 Monu"ent (nes5 2astern Mountain (nes5 Western Mountain (nes5 A-iding )ir"ly5 7roponents o& the 2xistence o& All5 ,atsiputra )ollowers5 *har"ottara )ollowers5 8hadrayana )ollowers5 Mahasa""ata )ollowers5 Great !eaching5 *har"agupta )ollowers5 9ashyapa )ollowers and :ttara )ollowers6 ;Maps of the Profound (0op+ins) pages 41</41=>