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Theory of Two Truths in Tibet Tibetan philosophers argue that
the two truths theory is not only core ontological doctrine as
it is understood within the Indian Buddhist thought, it also
makes the central theory behind epistemology and soteriology.
The Indian Buddhist schools are named after the theories of the
two truths they each upheld as in the entry on the theory of the
two truths in India. The same cannot be said about the schools
of thought in Tibet. All Tibetan philosophers and the
schools—Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya, and Gelug—they established are
self-confessed followers of the Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka school of
thought, and follow Candrakīrti closely. Tibetans agree that
Candrakīrti is the undisputed authority in commenting and
interpreting Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka theory of the two truths.
The Tibetan Prāsaṅgikas however disagreed, debated and fought
fiercely amongst themselves concerning many philosophical
questions. Who is the Prāsaṅgika? Does the