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Introduction to the Middle Way
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

Introduction to the Middle Way

Introduction to the Middle Way presents an adventure into the heart of Buddhist wisdom through the Madhyamika, or "middle way," teachings, which are designed to take the ordinary intellect to the limit of its powers and then show that there is more. This book includes a verse translation of the Madhyamakavatara by the renowned seventh-century Indian master Chandrakirti, an extremely influential text of Mahayana Buddhism, followed by an exhaustive logical explanation of its meaning by the modern Tibetan master Jamgön Mipham, composed approximately twelve centuries later. Chandrakirti's work is an introduction to the Madhyamika teachings of Nagarjuna, which are themselves a systematization of the Prajnaparamita, or "Perfection of Wisdom" literature, the sutras on the crucial but elusive concept of emptiness. Chandrakirti's work has been accepted throughout Tibetan Buddhism as the highest expression of the Buddhist view on the sutra level. With Jamgön Mipham's commentary, it is a definitive presentation of the wisdom of emptiness, a central theme of Buddhist teachings. This book is a core study text for both academic students and practitioners of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.

Chandrakirti's Seven Fold Reasoning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 56

Chandrakirti's Seven Fold Reasoning

CHANDRAKĪRTI'S SEVENFOLD REASONING: Meditation on the Selflessness of Persons This explanation of Chandrakīrti's presentation of the Sevenfold Reasoning is based on that found in the Clear Exposition of the Presentation of Tenets, a Beautiful Ornament for the Meru of the Subduer's Teaching composed by Jang-kya. In this small volume, Joe Wilson includes an explanation of the context of the Sevenfold Reasoning in Buddhist philosophy as a whole. Chandrakīrti represents the Prasangika-Mādhyamika school of philosophy, which is reviewed in the Gelugpa presentation of Sūtra and Tantra as the highest system, or most correct system, for explaining phenomena and the way in which they exist. This book explores its essential and complex subject in depth for the benefit of all readers making a detailed investigation of the Buddhadharma.

Introduction to the Middle Way
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 412

Introduction to the Middle Way

Introduction to the Middle Way combines the timeless devotional-scholarly poetry of the seventh-century Indian master Chandrakirti with the illuminating commentary by Jamg n Mipham, a revered Tibetan Buddhist master of the nineteenth century. Chandrakirti is one of several Indian thinkers whose treatises were brought to Tibet and whose realized teachings about the nature of the mind are the foundation of Tibetan Buddhist thought. His text, the Madhyamakavatara, is a masterpiece of the Madhyamaka ("Middle Way") school of Mahayana Buddhism. Mipham's commentary on it, presented in thorough outline form, offers a point-by-point explanation of Chandrakirti's meaning.

Ocean of Nectar
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 604

Ocean of Nectar

Ocean of Nectar is first complete commentary in English to Chandrakirti`s classic Guide to the Middle Way, one of the most important scriptures in Mahayan Buddhism and regsrded to this day as the principal text on emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality. In this long-awaited major work Geshe kelsang provides an entirely new translation of Chandrakirti`s verse masterpiece and explains with outstanding clarity the philosophical reasoning establishing Budda`s most profound view of the middle way.

The Moon of Wisdom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 532

The Moon of Wisdom

"Nagarjuna, in his seminal text The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, summarized the vast teachings of the Buddha and used logical reasoning to prove the validity of his words. Entering the Middle Way is Chandrakirti's explanation of Nagarjuna's work." "The Moon of Wisdom is a book that explains the Buddha's ultimate teachings, how to gain confidence in them, and how to put them into practice in one's own life, to the great benefit of oneself and others." "The Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje elaborates on the meaning of Chandrakirti's verses in a commentary that he proclaims to contain the key to gaining the realization achieved by all the enlightened masters of the past, present, and future."--BOOK JACKET.

Chandrakīrti's Seven Fold Reasoning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 92

Chandrakīrti's Seven Fold Reasoning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1980
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Exposition of the method of reasoning and process of the Madhyamikā school in Buddhism, based on Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra and the teachings of Lcaṅ-skya Rolpaʾi-rdo-rje, 1717-1786; includes English translation of some verses from Candrairti.

Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 301

Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-05-13
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Originally published in 1979. The Prasannapada is the explanation of the versed aphorisms of Nagarjuna which are the first and basic statement of the Buddhist philosophy of the middle way. When first published, this volume was the first attempt, in any European language, to present all the essentials of this most radical of Buddhist philosophical works. Seventeen of its twenty-seven chapters have been chosen to give an integrated statement of every aspect of its arguments and conclusions.

Indian Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy After Nagarjuna
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Indian Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy After Nagarjuna

This volume continues to trace the development of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy in India after its initiator, Nagarjuna. It consists of translations of Sanskrit texts into easily readable English for the general educated public interested in Buddhism or philosophy. Notes and separate Essays dealing with the philosophical content are also included. Presented in this volume are the central philosophical writings of the last two prominent Indian Madhyamikas and two Madhyamaka critiques of the idea of a creator God. Parts of two texts by Chandrakirti are presented: Chapter 6 of Entering the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara), and core chapters of his Clearly-worded Commentary (Prasannapada) on Nagar...

Chandrakirti's Sevenfold Reasoning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 69

Chandrakirti's Sevenfold Reasoning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1986
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Resurrecting Candrakirti
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Resurrecting Candrakirti

The seventh-century Indian master Candrakirti lived a life of relative obscurity, only to have his thoughts and writings rejuvenated during the Tibetan transmission of Buddhism. Since then, Candrakirti has been celebrated as offering the most thorough and accurate vision of Nagarjuna's view of emptiness which, in turn, most fully represents the final truth of the Buddha's teaching. Candrakirti's emptiness denies the existence of any "nature" or substantial, enduring essence in ourselves or in the phenomenal world while avoiding the extreme view of nihilism. In this view, our false belief in nature is at the root of our ignorance and is the basis for all mental and emotional pain and disturba...