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Winner of the 2014 Khyenste Foundation Translation PrizeNagarjuna's renowned twenty seven chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way Mulamadhyamakakarika is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy It is the definit Simply incredible A surgical approach to the middle way with easily accessible commentary I ll be working with this book for a long time to come Lila and Alex short story. X-Rated. renowned twenty seven chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way Mulamadhyamakakarika is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy It is the definit Simply incredible A surgical approach to the middle way with easily accessible commentary I ll be working with this book for a long time to come
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As possible to that of its earliest proponents Each verse is accompanied by concise lively exposition by the authors conveying the explanations of the Indian commentators The result is a translation that balances the demands for fidelity and accessibility The translators do an excellent job of presenting the Mulamadhyamakakarika in what could be close to its original context Eschewing their own 21st century commentary the translators instead summarize and present explanations of the verses from ancient Indian commentators I very much enjoyed this approach especially because the translators could have easily doubled or tripled the length of this text to include all sorts of comparative philosophical argumentation I believe they did the right thing by letting Nagarjuna s philosophical confrontation with the Abhidharma schools speak for itself That being said I couldn t help but notice numerous possible connections between Nagarjuna s critiue of metaphysics that have parallels in modern Western philosophy in Kant and Hegel for example I m very much interested in those connections as well Beyond all that I found Nagarjuna s critiues of Abhidharma metaphysics very stimulating I had only read a few Buddhist texts and a few modern Western interpretations of Buddhism before engaging with this one and I am very glad I read it Highly recommended to anyone interested in religionphilosophy The 7 Components of Transformative Organizing Theory result is a translation that balances the demands for fidelity and accessibility The translators do an excellent job of presenting the Mulamadhyamakakarika in what could be close to its original context Eschewing their own 21st century commentary the translators instead summarize and present explanations of the verses from ancient Indian commentators I very much enjoyed this approach especially because the translators could have easily doubled or tripled the length of this text to include all sorts of comparative philosophical argumentation I believe they did the The Big Golden Book of Poetry right thing by letting Nagarjuna s philosophical confrontation with the Abhidharma schools speak for itself That being said I couldn t help but notice numerous possible connections between Nagarjuna s critiue of metaphysics that have parallels in modern Western philosophy in Kant and Hegel for example I m very much interested in those connections as well Beyond all that I found Nagarjuna s critiues of Abhidharma metaphysics very stimulating I had only NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW read a few Buddhist texts and a few modern Western interpretations of Buddhism before engaging with this one and I am very glad I Wild Man Creek (Virgin River, read it Highly The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) recommended to anyone interested in Homewrecker religionphilosophy
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Ive touchstone presentation of the doctrine of emptiness Professors Siderits and Katsura prepared this translation using the four surviving Indian commentaries in an attempt to reconstruct an interpretation of its enigmatic verses that adheres as closely
Translating a text like Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā MMK is no easy task especially since the Sanskrit text is itself often obscure
It is so important for one who takes up the onerous job of translating a text like this one of Nagarjuna to be not just familiar with the teachings but see the text as a one that provides insights to a seeker For that one must be a seeker oneself Only then can the words speak to us Nagarjuna's Mulamadhhyamakakarika is one of the de
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Я долго к этому шел Превосходный учебник буддистской абстрактной логики и только для сильных духом Комментарии порой сильно затемняют смысл говоримого самим автором так что полезнее может оказаться только чтение собственно стихов Нагардж
The Mulamadhyamakakarika is a foundational text of Mahayana Buddhism including the Mahayana branches of Tibetan Buddhism and Zen But this text is not confined to those interested in Mahayana Buddhism This is a serious book for anyone
absolutely top notch annotated translations You get not just the verses but the combined major commentaries in these verses Highly recommend to all interested in Buddhist philosophy
A really good translation of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika probably his most important work on Buddhist metaphysics Nagarjuna extended the idea of 'Shunyata' or 'Emptiness' of the Buddha to demonstrate that ultimately everything is 'empty' of an intrinsic self or essence including emptiness itself and this interpretation of Buddha's doctrine of 'Dependent Origination' led to the establishment of the Madhyamaka school of thou
This is an exceptional edition of a brilliant work of philosophy Nāgārjuna’s style is extremely dense and cryptic so Siderits and Katsura include a running commentary of every verse of his poem which they base on the fo
The translators do an excellent job of presenting the Mulamadhyamakakarika in what could be close to its original context Eschewing their own 21st century commentary the translators instead summarize and present explanatio
I must admit this was an abstruse read the first time I read it But was definitely worth reading again and again until understood A rapturous