Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes

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Maitreya

Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes (Skt. Madhyāntavibhāga; Wyl. dbus mtha' rnam 'byed) — one of the five treatises of Maitreya.

Outline

The text has five chapters:

  1. Characteristics (mtshan nyid)
  2. Obscurations (sgrib pa)
  3. Reality (de kho na)
  4. Cultivating antidotes (gnyen po bsgom pa)
  5. The unsurpassed vehicle (theg pa bla na med pa)

Translations

  • Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Snow Lion, 2007

Commentaries

  • Vasubandhu, Commentary on Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya)
  • Sthiramati, Madhyāntavibhāga-ṭikā

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