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'''Collection of Middle Way Reasoning''' ([[wyl.]] ''dbu ma rigs tshogs'') One of the main categories of [[Nagarjuna]]'s writings. Some say that there are five texts in the collection, others say six but there is no consensus on the identity of the sixth text.
'''Collection of Middle Way Reasoning''' (Skt. ''yuktikāya''; Tib. དབུ་མ་རིགས་ཚོགས་, ''uma rik tsok'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma rigs tshogs'') — one of the main categories of [[Nagarjuna]]'s writings. Some say that there are five texts in the collection, while others say six, but there is no consensus on the identity of the sixth text.


===The Five Texts===
===The Five Texts===
[[Khenpo Tsöndrü]] says:
[[Khenpo Tsöndrü]] says:


1) the main body-like treatise, the '''Root Verses of the Middle Way on Wisdom''' (Mulamadhyamaka-karika) that refutes groups from this (Buddhist) and other traditions.
1) the main body-like treatise, the '''[[Mulamadhyamaka-karika|Root Verses of the Middle Way on Wisdom]]''' (Mulamadhyamaka-karika) that refutes groups from this (Buddhist) and other traditions.


Then there are the two subsidiary treatises derived from this:
Then there are the two subsidiary treatises derived from this:


2) The '''Refutation of Objections''', which is an expansion of the first section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Conditions’; and
2) The '''[[Refutation of Objections]]''', which is an expansion of the first section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Conditions’; and


3) The '''Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness''', which is an expansion of the seventh section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Arising, Dwelling and Ceasing’.
3) The '''[[Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness]]''', which is an expansion of the seventh section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Arising, Dwelling and Ceasing’.


Then there are:
Then there are:


4) '''Sixty Verses on Reasoning''', which is a refutation of some within our own (Buddhist) tradition in particular; and
4) '''[[Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning]]''', which is a refutation of some within our own (Buddhist) tradition in particular; and


5) '''Crushing to Fine Powder''', which is a refutation of the establishing logic known as the ‘sixteen words and meanings of the logicians.’
5) '''Crushing to Fine Powder''', which is a refutation of the establishing logic known as the ‘sixteen words and meanings of the logicians.’
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===The Sixth Text===
===The Sixth Text===
Some scholars such as [[Butön Rinchen Drup]] (1290-1364) and [[Longchenpa]] added ''Conventional Existence'' to the other five, and some more recent scholars have added ''[[The Precious Garland]]'' (''Ratnavali''), but this is usually included among the collection of advice.
Some scholars such as [[Butön Rinchen Drup]] (1290-1364) and [[Longchenpa]] added ''Conventional Existence'' to the other five, and some more recent scholars have added ''[[Precious Garland]]'' (''Ratnavali''), but this is usually included among the Collection of Advice.


==Alternative Translations==
*Scholastic corpus (Seyfort Ruegg)
==Internal Links==
===Other Collections===
===Other Collections===
*[[Collection of Advice]]
*[[Collection of Advice]]
*[[Collection of Praises]]
*[[Collection of Praises]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/collection.html Khenpo Namdrol on the Collection of Reasoning]
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/khenpo-namdrol-tsering/madhyamakavatara-1|Khenpo Namdrol on the ''Collection of Reasoning''}}
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/prajnaparamitaprelim.html Khenpo Tsöndrü on the Collection of Reasoning]
*{{LH|topics/prajnaparamita/prajnaparamita-preliminaries|Khenpo Tsöndrü on the ''Collection of Reasoning''}}


[[Category:Texts]]
[[Category:Madhyamika Texts]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Madhyamika]]
[[Category:Nagarjuna]]

Latest revision as of 08:31, 30 December 2017

Nagarjuna

Collection of Middle Way Reasoning (Skt. yuktikāya; Tib. དབུ་མ་རིགས་ཚོགས་, uma rik tsok, Wyl. dbu ma rigs tshogs) — one of the main categories of Nagarjuna's writings. Some say that there are five texts in the collection, while others say six, but there is no consensus on the identity of the sixth text.

The Five Texts

Khenpo Tsöndrü says:

1) the main body-like treatise, the Root Verses of the Middle Way on Wisdom (Mulamadhyamaka-karika) that refutes groups from this (Buddhist) and other traditions.

Then there are the two subsidiary treatises derived from this:

2) The Refutation of Objections, which is an expansion of the first section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Conditions’; and

3) The Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness, which is an expansion of the seventh section of the Fundamental Verses on ‘Examining Arising, Dwelling and Ceasing’.

Then there are:

4) Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, which is a refutation of some within our own (Buddhist) tradition in particular; and

5) Crushing to Fine Powder, which is a refutation of the establishing logic known as the ‘sixteen words and meanings of the logicians.’

Thus there are five texts in the collection altogether.

The Sixth Text

Some scholars such as Butön Rinchen Drup (1290-1364) and Longchenpa added Conventional Existence to the other five, and some more recent scholars have added Precious Garland (Ratnavali), but this is usually included among the Collection of Advice.

Alternative Translations

  • Scholastic corpus (Seyfort Ruegg)

Internal Links

Other Collections

External Links