The adornment of the middle way
Subtitle: Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with commentary by Jamgon Mipham
By: translated by the Padmakara Translation Group.
Contributors: Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, 'Jam-mgon 'Ju, 1846-1912.; Comité de traduction Padmakara.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Śāntarakṣita, -- 705-762
Work titles: Madhyamakālaṅkāra.
Description: "Madhyamaka, or the Middle Way, is accepted by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism as the most profound expression, in philosophical terms, of emptiness, the true nature of phenomena. Emptiness is the basis on which the whole of Mahayana practice is founded, from the mind-training meditations on bodhichitta to the advanced yogas of tantra and dzogchen. The Madhyamaka tradition, inaugurated by Nagarjuna and dominant in India for over a thousand years, remains a vibrant force in Tibetan Buddhism." "Shantarakshita's view, quintessentially expressed in the Madhyamakalankara, effects a synthesis between the Madhyamaka of Nagarjuna, the Mind-Only teachings traced back to Asanga, and the logico-epistemological tradition of Dignaga and Dharmakirti. This work marks the final stage in the evolution of Madhyamaka and was the last major development of Buddhist philosophy in India."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Gift of Henry G. Schwarz.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-429) and index.

Translated from the Tibetan.