This article is a must read in order to understand the different views/evolution of views in Buddhism:

https://stanford.library.sydney.edu.au/entries/twotruths-india/

However, it is for those who are willing to read scholarly, seemingly dry and theoretical works.

Also related:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/twotruths-tibet/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nagarjuna/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vasubandhu/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dharmakiirti/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gelukpa/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/tsongkhapa/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kukai/


https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-zen/


https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddhism-chan/


https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddhism-huayan/


https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddhism-tiantai/




P.s. I have not personally read all these articles. Many of them are on my to-read list.

One comment about the Japanese Zen article:

[10:29 AM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Issue about a mirror is always it gives people a sense of something is beyond.  Instead of bringing ppl into the relative, conventional, day to day.  Seeing the nature of the relative and conventional is the key and is where profound insights and wisdom lie.
[10:29 AM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic..
[10:31 AM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-zen/
[10:31 AM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: This is clear in Mahayana buddhism esp.

...

On Plato site in general:


[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: U read?
[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Which links? Mmk as in nagarjuna?
[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Then the tsongkhapa article?
[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Yes I read quite a lot in the past and donated🤣
[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Wow
[6:15 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Donated to where
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Almost anything u can find about tsongkhapa
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: 🤣🤣🤣
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Lol
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: There is a link
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Tsongkhapa seems to accept external reality and reject yogacara idealism
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Although ultimately is empty
[6:16 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: "external" is not the right word.
[6:17 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: When I finished compiling I will think of of to present the understanding of mmk in an unorthodox way.
[6:18 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: I don't like how it is interpreted...maybe becoz most r scholars.
[6:22 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic..
[6:22 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Wow nice
[6:23 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Most r badly presented
[6:27 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Anything u find well presented?
[6:28 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: In the Plato site?
[6:30 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: https://makeagift.stanford.edu/get/page/makeagift?noLoopSecure=y&pgnTPC=399&stp=26&olc=06448&cturl=close
[6:53 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Both plato and outside
[6:53 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Don't have
[6:54 PM, 6/4/2020] Soh Wei Yu: U mean plato?
[6:55 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: Plato is a good a great for Buddhism.  U can find anything there.  Lol
[6:56 PM, 6/4/2020] John Tan: For knowledge but not to b a book worm
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