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The Madhyamika or Middle Way, a school of Buddhist thought that originated in India in the second or third century, was a decisive influence on the subsequent development of Mahayana Buddhism. In a new approach to its study, The emptiness of Emptiness reconsiders the central doctrine of emptiness and shows that the Madhyamika critique of all philosophical views is both subtler and more radical that most Western interpretations indicate. Building on earlier ...
The Madhyamika or middle way, a school of Buddhist thought that originated in India in the second century, was a decisive influence on the subsequent development of Mahayana Buddhism. In a new approach, this book reconsiders the central doctrine of emptiness and shows that the Madhyamika critique of all philosophical views is both subtler and more radical than most western interpretations indicate. Building on earlier research into Sanskrit and Tibetan sources, ...