The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way home love and compassion

love and compassion

Indian brocade

and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism

the ensuing conduct that reflects and enriches meditative experience

simply and methodically

The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way home love and compassionThis volume presents a new English translation of the founding text of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, Nagarjunas Root Stanzas of the Middle Way, and includes the Tibetan version of the text. The Root Stanzas holds a central place in all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, as well as those in China, Japan, and Korea. It is prized for its arguments showing that things lack their own nature, and thus are empty (shunya) of inherent