The Middle Way: A Commentary On Santaraksita's Madhyamakalamkara - Hardcover

Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso; Thomas H. Doctor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120834135 ISBN 13: 9788120834132

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2014

Synopsis

In his Madhyamakalamkara the great Indian master, Santaraksita, reveals how the path of reasoning can lead the mind to increasingly profound insight and experience, and how the process of refining our view of reality through intelligent and open-minded enquiry can bring about complete liberation within the discovery of the natural state. Ju Mipham's illustrious commentary, highlights and explains the pithy reasoning of this classic treatise, and unfolds the expansive view of the Great Vehicle in a clear, engaging and compassionate way. Treasured dearly as "The Eyes of Ju Mipham Rinpoche," this commentary is a key element in the curriculum of many of the monastic colleges in Tibet and South Asia. Simultaneously direct and profound, it displays the hallmarks of Mipham's accomplished authorship.

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Review:

Profound and vast in meaning, ...conveys the heart practice of all accomplished knowledge-holders and reveals the single path traversed to omniscience. Containing key-points and oral instructions for all philosophies, it is like a single bridge that spans a hundred rivers. --Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Thomas Doctor has presented us with a readable and reliable translation of a major commentary on the Madhyamakalamkara by the nineteenth century rNying ma pa writer, Mi pham rgya mtsho. Although the Madhyamakalamkara is short and condensed, Mi pham's commentary is enormous in size and extremely detailed. Thomas Doctor's translation of this monumental work will be of substantial value to those who wish to better understand nineteenth and twentieth century rNying ma pa thought in its relationship with Indian sources. The book should be of benefit to historians, philosophers and practicing Buddhists alike. --Tom J.F. Tillemans, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 8120834135
• ISBN 13: 9788120834132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 801