The Yogacara Philosophy of Dignaga and Dharmakirti
Introduction We would like in this article to examine one of the most difficult points in Dharmakirti's thought, his presentation of the result of valid cognition (pramana phala, tshad ma'i 'bras bu) This part of Dharmakirti's work has been mostly ignored by modern scholars. The source of this neglect is not difficult to understand, having to do both with the difficulty of the relevant passages and the bizarre feature of the position that Dignaga and Dharmakirti adopt. We are convinced, however, that these passages are quite important for understanding Dignaga's Pramana Samuccaya (PS) and Dharmakirti's two main works, the Pramana Varttika (PV) and the Pramana Viniscaya (PVin) as products of a unified intention.