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'''Madhyamakavatara''' (Tib. ''Uma la Jukpa'' | '''Madhyamakavatara''' (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra; Tib. ''Uma la Jukpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma la 'jug pa'') ''Introduction to the Middle Way''. [[Chandrakirti]]'s classic commentary on the meaning of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]]''. It is also a commentary on the ''Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dasabhumika-Sutra)''. | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
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Madhyamakavatara (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra; Tib. Uma la Jukpa; Wyl. dbu ma la 'jug pa) Introduction to the Middle Way. Chandrakirti's classic commentary on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika. It is also a commentary on the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dasabhumika-Sutra).
Structure
The text has eleven chapters, corresponding to the ten bhumis and the state of buddhahood.
Translations
English
- Huntington, C.W., The Emptiness of Emptiness, University of Hawaii Press, 1989
- Introduction to the Middle Way with Mipham Rinpoche's Commentary, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala, 2002
- Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2003
French
- Louis de la Vallée Poussin: Madhyamakavatara par Candrakirti, Bibliotheca Buddhica IX. Osnabrück, Biblio Verlag, 1970.
Commentaries
- Jeffrey Hopkins, Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1980 (first five chapters based on Tsongkhapa’s commentary)
- Rendawa Shonnu Lodro, Commentary on the Entry into the Middle, Lamp which Elucidates Reality, translated by Stotter-Tillman & Acharya Tashi Tsering, Sarnath, Varanasi, 1997.