INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE WAY: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham, with commentary by Jamgon Mipham, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group

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INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE WAY: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham

with commentary by Jamgon Mipham, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group

A treatise on the concept of emptiness, by one of the best-known philosophers in Buddhist history. The Madhyamakavatara is considered a masterpiece of Madhyamaka (Middle Way). Mipham's commentary, in a thorough outline format, offers a point-by-point explanation.

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 to 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 Jamgon 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 Jamgon 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 was a seventh-century Indian Buddhist philosopher, revered for his interpretation of Nagarjuna's teaching on the Middle Way.

Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche(1846-1912), one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in modern times, was an important member of the Rime, or nonsectarian, movement, which did much to strengthen and preserve the entire tradition. He was a scholar of outstanding brilliance and versatility.

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