Madhyamakāvatāra

The Madhyamakāvatāra (Wylie: dbu ma la 'jug-pa ) is a text by Candrakīrti (600–c. 650) on the Mādhyamaka school of Buddhist philosophy. It is a commentary on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and the Ten Stages Sutra.[1][2] As such, within the Tibetan Buddhist canon this text is classified as commentarial literature.[3]

The text

The Madhyamakāvatāra relates the Mādhyamaka doctrine of śūnyatā to the "spiritual discipline" (Sanskrit: sādhanā) of a bodhisattva. The Madhyamakāvatāra contains eleven chapters, where each addresses one of the ten pāramitās or "perfections" fulfilled by bodhisattvas as they traverse the 'ten stages' (Sanskrit: bhūmi) to buddhahood, which is the final chapter.[4][5]

Commentarial literature

English translations

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rigpa Shedra (January 2009). 'Introduction to the Middle Way'. Source: (accessed: April 10, 2009)
  2. ↑ 'Sutra of the Ten Bhumis' (Skt. Daśabhūmika-sūtra, Wyl. phags pa sa bcu pa'i mdo), the nomenclature given to the thirty-first chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra.
  3. ↑ Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim (2003) The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way ISBN 1-57062-999-4, p.168
  4. ↑ Keown, Damien (2004). A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford University Press.
  5. ↑ Rigpa Shedra (January 2009). 'Introduction to the Middle Way'. Source: (accessed: April 10, 2009)
  6. ↑ Source: (Wednesday November 11, 2009)

Further reading

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