The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way: The Mulamadhyamakakarika
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161180342X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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But how do we overcome duality without stepping on dualistic territory and without holding on to the hinges and railings of dualism? How do we develop the courage to shrug off even the understanding of nonduality by knowing that understanding to be just another figment of dualistic mind? This text is probably your best bet to prove just that!It is so amazing that people like Nagarjuna actually walked on this earth. "Anyone who is seriously interested in not suffering must know that duality and the dualistic mind are the root of all suffering. If you don’t read this book, it’s like being on the earth without ever noticing that there is a sky above your head."—Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist"Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika is the foundation of the Mahayana’s Middle Way teachings. I am so glad that they have accomplished this formidable task, and I hope this edition ser
He is arguably the most important, influential, and widely studied Mahayana Buddhist philosopher. NAGARJUNA, the South Indian Buddhist master who lived some six hundred years after the Buddha, founded the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
Richard said Buddhist Heart Teaching on Emptiness. If you really want to understand the truth of the Buddha's teaching, and you have the patience and brain-power to stick with it, you absolutely cannot beat Nagarjuna. There are several translations out there, and I wouldn't say this one was better or worse than the others. Every translation contributes a part of the puzzle. This version of these pithy verses is fresh and uncomplicated. The Tibetan text is included, which is really helpful if you can read it. Then you can really see what the translators were up to . The Peripatetic Reader said Conveying the Deep Meaning of Madhyamaka Buddhism. There are other translations of the Mulamadhyamakakarika. Some are prose translations, others are prose translations with commentaries of each sutra. This translation is both one of the most inspired renditions of this classic scripture of Madhyamaka Buddhism and most clearly conveys the inner meaning of its tenets. This is the definitive edition.The Mulamadhyamakakarika is grounded in paradox. Through logical syllogisms, the sutras deconstruct the elements of the sensible world and demonstrate the absence of any
It is prized for its pithy and pointed arguments that show that things lack intrinsic being and thus are “empty” (shunya). A new English translation of the founding text of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Buddhism, with the Tibetan version of the text included.The Root Stanzas holds an honored place in all branches of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as in the Buddhist traditions found in China, Japan, and Korea, because of the way it develops the seminal view of emptiness (shunyata), which is crucial to understanding Mahayana Buddhism and central to its practice. They abide in the Middle Way, free from the extremes of permanence and annihilation.