Root Stanzas of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika Explained in Paperback for Modern Readers

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Language: English Item Height: 0.7 in Item Width: 5.4 in gtin13: 9781645471417 Topic: Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Buddhist, Buddhism / Sacred Writings Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated Book Title: Root Stanzas of the Middle Way : the Mulamadhyamakakarika Number of Pages: 208 Pages Item Length: 8.5 in Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781645471417 Author: Nagarjuna Publication Year: 2022 Item Weight: 9.5 Oz Genre: Religion, Philosophy

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Root Stanzas of the Middle Way : The Mulamadhyamakakarika, Paperback by Nagarjuna (COR); Padmakara Translation Group (COR), ISBN 1645471411, ISBN-13 9781645471417, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A new English translation of the founding text of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Buddhism, with the Tibetan version of the text included. The Root Stanzas holds an honored place in all branches of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as in the Buddhist traditions found in China, Japan, and Korea, because of the way it develops the seminal view of emptiness ( shunyata ), which is crucial to understanding Mahayana Buddhism and central to its practice. It is prized for its pithy and pointed arguments that show that things lack intrinsic being and thus are “empty” ( shunya ). They abide in the Middle Way, free from the extremes of permanence and annihilation.