Tibetan philosophical thought integrates relational insights from Indian Buddhism with sophisticated ethical and cosmological systems. Central to this synthesis is the interpenetration of phenomena: all elements of reality co-exist in mutually defining networks, where each instance of being carries the whole within it. Potential is thus systemic and relational, emerging from the alignment and interaction of interdependent processes.
Ethical and soteriological dimensions are inseparable from cosmology. Compassion (karuṇā) functions as a relational principle, guiding action within these networks and shaping the horizons of possibility. Human and cosmic potentials are co-actualised through mindful engagement with interdependent structures, reflecting a vision of relationality that is both normative and ontological.
Tibetan synthesis foregrounds the co-constitution of knowledge, ethics, and being. Possibility is never abstract; it is realised in practice, contemplation, and engagement with relational matrices. This system exemplifies a deeply relational conception of the cosmos, where understanding, moral action, and potentiality unfold together in a reflexive field of construal.
Modulatory voices: Tsongkhapa, Mipham.
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