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''' | '''Introduction to the Middle Way''' (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra; Tib. ''Uma la Jukpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma la 'jug pa'') - [[Chandrakirti]]'s classic commentary on the meaning of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]]''. It is also a commentary on the ''[[Sutra of the Ten Bhumis]] (Dashabhumika-Sutra)''. | ||
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*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/madhyamakavatara.html A translation of the Madhyamakavatara and its Auto-Commentary by Chandrakirti with additional commentary by Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche] | *[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/madhyamakavatara.html A translation of the Madhyamakavatara and its Auto-Commentary by Chandrakirti with additional commentary by Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche] | ||
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Introduction to the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra; Tib. Uma la Jukpa; Wyl. dbu ma la 'jug pa) - Chandrakirti's classic commentary on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika. It is also a commentary on the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika-Sutra).
Structure
The text has eleven chapters, corresponding to the ten bhumis and the state of buddhahood.
Translations
English
- Geshe Rabten, Echoes of Voidness, translated and edited by Stephen Batchelor, Wisdom, 1983
- Huntington, C.W., The Emptiness of Emptiness, University of Hawaii Press, 1989
- Introduction to the Middle Way with Mipham Rinpoche's Commentary, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala, 2002
- Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2003
French
- Louis de la Vallée Poussin: Madhyamakavatara par Candrakirti, Bibliotheca Buddhica IX. Osnabrück, Biblio Verlag, 1970.
Commentaries
- Jeffrey Hopkins, Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1980 (first five chapters based on Tsongkhapa’s commentary)
- Rendawa Shonnu Lodro, Commentary on the Entry into the Middle, Lamp which Elucidates Reality, translated by Stotter-Tillman & Acharya Tashi Tsering, Sarnath, Varanasi, 1997.