Knowable Objects

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+title: "Knowable Objects"
+authors:
+  - "Jamyang Loter Wangpo"
+translator: "Roger Espel Llima"
+external_url: "https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-loter-wangpo/knowable-objects-commentary"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mHQgNau1vzSibFhBLL_bqBbOgtL0B5A5/view?usp=drive_link"
+course: tibetan
+tags:
+  - epistemology 
+  - emptiness
+year: 2022 
+publisher: "Lotsawa House"
+pages: 14
+---
+
+> As long as one remains with a tenet system that accepts outer [objects], it is not tenable for the object and the [apprehending] consciousness to be of a single substance. In that case, the [object that is] the cause that casts an aspect [upon the consciousness] is called the apprehended object.
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+In this excerpt from The Word-By-Word Commentary on the Treasury of Valid Reasoning, Jamyang Loter Wangpo, an important Rime Sakya master, explains that knowable objects are those that can be apprehended by the mind. He distinguishes between object generalities and non-existent clear appearances, arguing that while both can appear to the mind, they lack substantial existence and are not valid objects of cognition. Though a non-sectarian thinker, he respectfully examines competing views from other schools, critiquing their reasoning to clarify and strengthen the Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka position.