Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes

Maitreya

Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes (Skt. Madhyāntavibhāga; Wyl. dbus mtha' rnam 'byed) — one of the five treatises of Maitreya.

Outline

The text has five chapters:

1. Characteristics (mtshan nyid)
2. Obscurations (sgrib pa)
3. Reality (de kho na)
4. Cultivating antidotes (gnyen po bsgom pa)
5. The unsurpassed vehicle (theg pa bla na med pa)

Translations

• Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Snow Lion, 2007

Commentaries

• Vasubandhu, Commentary on Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya)
• Sthiramati, Madhyāntavibhāga-ṭikā

External Links

• Tibetan texts of Khenpo Shenga's and Ju Mipham's commentaries