Ornament of the Middle Way

Shantarakshita, author of the Madhyamakalankara

Madhyamakalankara (Skt. Madhyamālaṃkāra; Tib. Uma Gyen; wyl. dbu ma rgyan) - The Ornament of the Middle Way 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.

Tibetan Commentaries

• Mipham Rinpoche, Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha (dbu ma rgyan gyi rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs bla ma dgyes pa'i zhal lung)

English Translations of Tibetan Commentaries

• Mipham Rinpoche and Shantarakshita, Adornment of the Middle Way, Shambhala Publications, 2005

• Ju Mipham Rinpoche and Thomas H. Doctor, Speech of Delight, Snow Lion Publications, 2004

• Blumenthal, James, The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Shantarakshita, Snow Lion, 2004