The Early Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy: Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's...

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Dominic Di Zinno Sur

The Early Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy

Name: The Early Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy
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Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's Dzokchen

Dominic Di Zinno Sur

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University of Virginia Press
14 April 2026

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Tibetan Buddhism

Series: Traditions and Transformations in Tibetan Buddhism

Identifying the roots of the Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy in one seminal text

When, and why, did Tibetans first begin to practice Buddhist philosophy? What was the impetus behind this pivotal cultural development, now so inextricable from Tibetan identity? Dominic Sur illuminates this defining historical moment with his examination of the emergence of early dzokchen philosophy, a distinctive style of Buddhist thought and practice characteristic of Tibet. Sur offers a groundbreaking analysis of the form and content of Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle—Tibetan Buddhism’s first polemical apology, in which the great eleventh-century translator and polymath Rongzom ChÖkyi Zangpo presented a creative and masterful philosophical defense of authenticity and authority in Tibetan dzokchen—and documents the historical context and ideas that informed Rongzom’s foundational work. This is the authoritative intellectual history of the early Tibetan practice of Buddhist philosophy and the development of dzokchen, one that establishes Sur’s status as a leading voice in the field.

By: Dominic Di Zinno Sur
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
ISBN: 9780813954301
ISBN 10: 0813954304
Series: Traditions and Transformations in Tibetan Buddhism
Pages: 648
Publication Date: 14 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dominic Di Zinno Sur is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of History at Utah State University and the translator of Rongzom’s “Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle”: Dzogchen as the Culmination of the Mahāyāna.