The Foundational Standpoint of Mādhyamika Philosophy

The Foundational Standpoint of Mādhyamika Philosophy
Author: Gadjin M. Nagao
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1989-03-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438414072

The Madhyamika philosophy of Nagarjuna articulates the basic Mahayana insights in two themes: the identity of emptiness-dependent co-arising, and the two truths. In The Foundational Standpoint of Madhyamika Philosophy, Gadjin M. Nagao, one of the foremost Buddhist scholars in the world, presents an in-depth interpretation of this foundational philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism. In this book, the author has culled data from Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Western sources, a rare feat which only a few scholars are capable of accomplishing. The translation is faithful, readable, and masterful.

Mādhyamika and Yogācāra

Mādhyamika and Yogācāra
Author: Gadjin M. Nagao
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1991-01-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780791401873

Nagao invariably focuses on the core of Mahāyāna Buddhism--the path of the Bodhisattva, the doctrine of śūnyatā, and the system of Trisvabhāva are explained. Important technical terms used in the Mahayana textual tradition, whose exact understanding is imperative for the study of Mahāyāna Buddhism, are skillfully presented, making the book indispensable to scholars of Buddhist studies.

Mādhyamika and Yogācāra

Mādhyamika and Yogācāra
Author: Gadjin M. Nagao
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1991-01-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438414064

Nagao invariably focuses on the core of Mahāyāna Buddhism--the path of the Bodhisattva, the doctrine of śūnyatā, and the system of Trisvabhāva are explained. Important technical terms used in the Mahayana textual tradition, whose exact understanding is imperative for the study of Mahāyāna Buddhism, are skillfully presented, making the book indispensable to scholars of Buddhist studies.

Emptiness Appraised

Emptiness Appraised
Author: David F. Burton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-10-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317723236

Emptiness means that all entities are empty of, or lack, inherent existence - entities have a merely conceptual, constructed existence. Though Nagarjuna advocates the Middle Way, his philosophy of emptiness nevertheless entails nihilism, and his critiques of the Nyaya theory of knowledge are shown to be unconvincing.