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The '''Ornament of the Middle Way''' (Skt. ''Madhyamakālaṃkāra''; Tib. [[དབུ་མ་རྒྱན་]], ''Uma Gyen'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma rgyan'') was written by [[Shantarakshita]], the great Indian scholar who assisted Guru [[Padmasambhava]] in introducing Buddhism to Tibet and founding the famous monastery of [[Samyé]]. There is a famous commentary by [[Mipham Rinpoche]], his most comprehensive work on [[Madhyamika]], which brilliantly sets out the unique [[Nyingma]] view bringing together themes from the [[Middle Way]] and the [[Mind Only]] schools.  
The '''Ornament of the Middle Way''' (Skt. ''Madhyamakālaṃkāra''; Tib. [[དབུ་མ་རྒྱན་]], ''Uma Gyen'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma rgyan'') was written by [[Shantarakshita]], the great Indian scholar who assisted Guru [[Padmasambhava]] in introducing Buddhism to Tibet and founding the famous monastery of [[Samyé]]. There is a famous commentary by [[Mipham Rinpoche]], his most comprehensive work on [[Madhyamika]], which brilliantly sets out the unique [[Nyingma]] view bringing together themes from the [[Middle Way]] and the [[Mind Only]] schools.  


It was translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by [[Yeshe De]] under the guidance of [[acharya]] [[Shilendrabodhi]]. [[Kamalashila]]'s ''Commentary on Difficult Points'' was also translated by Yeshe De, under the guidance of [[Surendrabodhi]] and [[Prajñāvarman]].
It was translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by [[Yeshe De]] under the guidance of [[acharya]] [[Shilendrabodhi]]. [[Kamalashila]]'s ''Commentary on Difficult Points'' was also translated by Yeshe De, under the guidance of [[Surendrabodhi]] and [[Prajñavarman]].


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Shantarakshita, author of the Madhyamakalankara

The Ornament of the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamakālaṃkāra; Tib. དབུ་མ་རྒྱན་, Uma Gyen, Wyl. dbu ma rgyan) was written by Shantarakshita, the great Indian scholar who assisted Guru Padmasambhava in introducing Buddhism to Tibet and founding the famous monastery of Samyé. There is a famous commentary by Mipham Rinpoche, his most comprehensive work on Madhyamika, which brilliantly sets out the unique Nyingma view bringing together themes from the Middle Way and the Mind Only schools.

It was translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by Yeshe De under the guidance of acharya Shilendrabodhi. Kamalashila's Commentary on Difficult Points was also translated by Yeshe De, under the guidance of Surendrabodhi and Prajñavarman.

Text

    • English translation: Madhyamakalankara, in Mipham Rinpoche and Shantarakshita, Adornment of the Middle Way (Shambhala Publications, 2005), pages 49-66.

Commentaries

Indian

Tibetan

English

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

  • Kennard Lipman, A Study of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra, PhD dissertation, Saskatchewan 1979.
  • Masamichi Ichigo, Madhyamakālaṃkāra, Kyoto 1985.
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