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Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna
The Philosophy of the Middle Way
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| Author(s) : Kalupahana, David J |
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| Want this item sent to you today? Place your order by 14:00 (UK time) and we will despatch this item to you today. | | ISBN : 812080774X | | EAN : 9788120807747 | | Cover : Hardback | | Pages : 430 | | Size : 224 x 145mm | | Publisher : Motilal Barnasidass | | Published : 1991 |
Category : Emptiness/Tenets
Category 2 : Mahayana Buddhism: General
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Synopsis:
A translation with a different slant of Nagarjuna's major work, the Mulamadhyamakakarika, from the Chinese and Sanskrit. The author, Sri Lankan scholar Kalupahana, claims Nagarjuna was not a Mahayanist and presents a completely new hypothesis about the nature of the treatise. Kalupahana argues that Nagarjuna's main work is actually a grand commentary on the Buddha's Discourse to Katyayana, the Kaccayanaqotta sutta. The concluding part of the introduction compares the teaching of the Buddha and Nagarjuna in regard to epistemology, ontology, ethics and philosophy of language indicating how the latter was making a determined attempt to reconstruct the Buddha's teachings in a very faithful manner, avoiding the substantialist metaphysics of the scholastics.
"The book represents a bold, new and independeent approach to the problem of Nagarjuna's philosophical stance and provides a readable and stimulating addition to the already existent literature on the subject. The index to the Karika and the general index appended to the work increase its research value for the serious investigators and students of Buddhist thought." Journal of the Oriental Institute.
"Kalupahana relies on one verse to argue that the entire Mulamadhyamakakarika is a grand commentary on the Discourse to Katyayana. While this sutta is clearly important for Nagarjuna, nothing in the text justifies this global interpretation. The range of topics Nagarjuna considers far exceeds the scope of that sutta, and no other passage from that sutta is mentioned in the Mulamadhyamakakarika." Prof.Jay L.Garfield. |
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