Buddhapalita's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Middle Way : Buddhapalita-mulamadhya...

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Buddhapalita's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Middle Way : Buddhapalita-mulamadhyamaka-vrtti, Hardcover by Coghlan, Ian James; Buddhapalita, ISBN 1949163202, ISBN-13 9781949163209, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "A masterful translation of classic scholar Buddhapalita's breakthrough elucidation of Nagarjuna's famous Middle Way text, which has profoundly influenced generations of Buddhist philosophers. This "Buddhapalita" commentary on Nagarjuna's famous first-century text Wisdom: Fundamental Middle Way Verses-itself the foundational set of 27 philosophical critiques of almost every philosophical concept imaginable-has been considered for over a thousand years by Indian and Tibetan philosophers to be the special key that best unlocks the deep philosophical freedom from confusions and perplexities that the Middle Way (or Centrist) school seeks to provide for its students. The great Centrist Bhavaviveka (sixth century) later took issue with Buddhapalita's preferredanalytical strategy of emphasizing Nagarjuna's prasanga (reductio ad absurdum) method of reasoning to generate critical doubt to loosen the rigidity of presuppositional conviction in the philosopher seeking truth, but the peerless Chandrakirti (seventh century) conclusively defended Buddhapalita's elegant approach as most effective in opening the Middle Way for the inquiring mind to find the understanding and liberating experience of reality. The great Bengali master Atisha (eleventh century) brought Buddhapalita's

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2021
• ISBN: 9781949163209
• Condition: Fine

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