Chandrakirti
Author of Madhyamakāvatāra
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Works by Chandrakirti
The Moon of Wisdom: Chapter Six of Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way with Commentary from the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo… (2006) 30 copies
Introduction to the middle way : Candrakti's Madhyamakata ; with commentary by Ju Mipham (1701) 7 copies
Analysis of going and coming: The second chapter of Candrakirti's Clear words, a commentary on Nagarjuna's… (1976) 6 copies
Analysis Of Going And Coming 2 copies
Madhyamakavatara 2 copies
Prasannapadā 1 copy
Slob-dpon Zla-ba-grags-pas mdzad paʾi dbu ma la ʾjug paʾi sems bskyed drug pa dang deʾi bshad pa… (2016) 1 copy
Associated Works
Nagarjuna's Reason Sixty (Yuktisastika) with Candrakirti's Commentary (Yuktisastikavrrti) (Treasury of the Buddhist… (2007) — Commentary — 16 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 600
- Date of death
- c. 650 CE
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- India
- Education
- Nalanda University
- Organizations
- madhyamaka school of Buddhism
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Lucid exposition of the middle way : the essential… by Mervyn Sprung
Translated from the Sanskrit by Mervyn Sprung in collaboration with T.R.V. Murti and U.S. Vyas. Translator's introduction. Glossary. Bibliography. Dust jacket. 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.
"The relative and the ultimate do not exclude each other; and it should be understood that it is precisely due to their own nature (emptiness) that conventional phenomena are able to appear."
p. 214
Wonderful! :)
p. 214
Wonderful! :)
More than the work itself, I found the introduction so revealing, and well written. I'm no linguist and cannot speak for the quality of the translation. The genre is typically pedagogical, and a little verbose for my modern bent. Scholars of Indian sastra usually rewrite the whole doctrine according to their understanding, as if it was the only thing you'd ever need to read. It can be a bit tiring for someone just looking for differences, but the material is infinitely profound. If I had nothing else to read, I'd read it over and over again. Five stars for the introduction.… (more)
This work clarifies the Madyamaka (Madyamika) more fully than any work I know of. Of course, I only know works in English. But I do know the larger proportion of those available, which isn't to say that I'm an "expert." But I have an opinion about nearly everything.
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