 Click to enlarge | THE ORNAMENT OF THE MIDDLE WAY: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Shantarakshitaby James Blumenthal400 pp., 6 x 9, cloth. #ORMI - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $24.47 Published by Snow Lion Shantarakshita's The Ornament of the Middle Way is among the most important Mahayana Buddhist philosophical treatises to emerge on the Indian subcontinent. In many respects it represents the culmination of more than 1,300 years of philosophical dialogue and inquiry since the time of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. Shantarakshita set forth the foundation of a syncretic approach to contemporary ideas by synthesizing the three major trends in Indian Buddhist thought at the time (the Madhyamaka thought of Nagarjuna, the Yogachara thought of Asanga, and the logical and epistemological thought of Dharmakirti) into one consistent and coherent system. More ... |
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