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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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. no reviews | add a review
Introduction to the Middle Way combines the timeless devotional-scholarly poetry of Indian master Chandrakirti (ca. seventh century) with the exhaustive explanation of its meaning by Jamg#65533;n Mipham (1846-1912), whose commentary was composed eleven centuries after Chandrakirti lived. Chandrakirti is one of several Indian thinkers whose treatises were brought to Tibet and whose realized teachings about the nature of the mind are the foundation of Tibetan Buddhist thought. Hidden in his verses are the guideposts to enlightenment, composed in this way to help those students who have received instruction to commit it to memory. Mipham's commentary, presented in thorough outline form, offers a point-by-point explanation of Chandrakirti's meaning. No library descriptions found. |
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