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The Karmapa's Middle Way: Feast for the Fortunate Book Preview
by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje, translated by Tyler Dewar
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This upcoming book, prepared under the aegis of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, is so rich in material (approximately 850 pages) that the best way to present its range is to simply print its table of contents (see sidebar). Available in May, 2008, it can be pre-ordered now, at a 20% discount.
850 pp., cloth, KAMIWA
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Marked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysis, and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa's Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's comprehensive commentary on the Indian master Chandrakirti's seminal text, the Entrance to the Middle Way.
This commentary, Feast for the Fortunate, is the Ninth Karmapa's abridgement of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje's masterpiece, the Chariot of the Takpo Kagyu Siddhas. In it readers will find previously unavailable material on the Karmapa's Middle Way view and a rare window into a philosophically charged era of Middle Way exposition in Tibetan Buddhism. In this book, Chandrakirti and the Karmapa present in precise detail the vital Buddhist concept of emptiness, through which the Mahayana path of compassionate altruism becomes complete.
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Translator's Acknowledgments
Technical Notes
INTRODUCTION
The Middle Way in India
The Middle Way in Tibet
Considerations on the Debates in this Book
An Overview of Entrance to the Middle Way
and Feast for the
Fortunate
FEAST FOR THE FORTUNATE: A COMMENTARY ON THE ENTRANCE TO THE MIDDLE WAY THAT EASILY PULLS ALONG THE CHARIOT OF THE TAKPO KAGYÜ SIDDHAS
Preamble
Lineages
The Title and Translator's Homage
The Three Causes of Bodhisattvas
Ground One—Supreme Joy
Ground Two—The Stainless
Ground Three—The Luminous
Ground Four—The Radiant
Ground Five—Difficult to Overcome
Ground Six—The Manifest
Introduction to the Teachings on Emptiness
The Consequentialist-Autonomist Distinction
The Refutation of Arising from Self
Main Refutation of Arising from Other
The Two Truths
Continuation of the General Refutation
of Arising from Other
The Refutation of the Proponents of Consciousness
The Refutation of Arising from Both
The Refutation of Causeless Arising
Conclusion to the Refutation of the Self of Phenomena
Personal Selflessness
The Sixteen Emptinesses
Ground Seven—Gone Far Beyond
Ground Eight—The Immovable
Ground Nine—Excellent Intelligence
Ground Ten—Cloud of Dharma
Qualities of the Bodhisattva Grounds
The Resultant Ground of Buddhahood
Conclusion
Appendix I: Excerpt from Lucid Words
Appendix II: Atisha's Key Instructions of the Middle Way
Appendix III: The Five Great Reasonings of the Middle Way
Appendix IV: How to Do Analytical Meditation on the Entrance to
the Middle Way: A Brief Guide
Appendix V: The Root Text of the Entrance to the Middle Way
Appendix VI: Isolated Section Headings of Feast for the Fortunate
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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More about the book . . .
"Of all the philosophical traditions that claim to be the Middle Way, it is only the view of Nagarjuna, the Middle Way tradition's progenitor, that is universally accepted as the Middle Way. Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara, moreover, is renowned in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism as the supreme commentary on Nagarjuna's approach to emptiness and is considered mandatory reading in all Tibetan Buddhist colleges. The Karmapa's Middle Way is a presentation of the full text of the Madhyamakavatara along with an illuminating and at times controversial commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje of Tibet's Karma Kagyu lineage. By elucidating the intention of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje's Chariot of the Takpo Kagyu Siddhas, this book will provide a great contribution to the field of Middle Way studies and enlighten English language readers as to a unique and relatively unexplored presentation of the vital concept of emptiness."—Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, author of Mind Beyond Death
"Anyone wishing to understand the special teachings of Middle Way philosophy taught in the Kagyu tradition of Tibet should read The Karmapa's Middle Way. Tyler Dewar has spent many years studying this subject with several Kagyu masters. His intimate familiarity with the tradition's literature and history deeply informs his introduction and enriches his marvelous translation of Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's (1556-1603) Feast for the Fortunate. This book is an indispensable contribution to the study of Buddhist philosophy in Tibet."—Cyrus Stearns, author of Taking the Result as the Path and King of the Empty Plain
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More about the authors . . .
The Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1556-1603), was a prolific author on a wide range of sutra and tantra topics and is most renowned in the Kagyu tradition for his instructions on Mahamudra.
Tyler Dewar lives in Seattle, WA.
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