Freedom from extremes
Subtitle: Gorampa's "Distinguishing the views" and the polemics of emptiness
By: José Ignacio Cabezón and Geshe Lobsang Dargyay.
Contributors: Cabezón, José Ignacio, 1956-; Lobsang Dargyay.; Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seṅ-ge, 1429-1489.
Series: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Mādhyamika (Buddhism) -- Early works to 1800; Sa-skya-pa (Sect) -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Work titles: Lta baʾi śan ʾbyed theg mchog gnad kyi zla zer.
Description: Fifteenth-century Buddhist scholar Gorampa challenged his contemporaries' thinking about the fundamental concept of "emptiness," pioneering an approach that avoided what he critiqued as the traps of eternalism and nihilism. Freedom from extremes is his powerful polemic on the subject. This critical edition of a book renowned for its conciseness, lucidness, and profundity provides students and scholars with direct access to Gorampa's own words. The authors offer illuminating context in an extensive introduction on his life and work, along with an overview of Tibetan polemical literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

English translation with parallel romanized Tibetan text.
Table of contents: title: Distinguishing the views of emptiness: moonlight to illuminate the main points; title: Of the supreme path; title: Thematic subdivisions of the text; title: Three ways of understanding the Madhyamaka; title: The refutation of Dol po pa; title: The refutation of Tsong kha pa; title: The middle way as freedom from extremes.