Madhyamakāvatāra

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.Rigpa Shedra (January 2009). 'Introduction to the Middle Way'. Source: http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Madhyamakavatara (accessed: April 10, 2009)

Commentarial literature

• The Madhyamakāvatārabhasya is Candrakīrti's own auto-commentary to the text*.*

• The Madhyamakāvatāraṭīkā is an elaborate 11th century commentary by the Indian scholar Jayānanda*.*

• Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso (1846–1912) wrote a commentary on the Madhyamakavatara entitled: dbu ma la 'jug pa'i 'grel pa zla ba'i zhal lung dri me shel phreng; the title has been rendered into English by Duckworth (2008: p. 232) as: Immaculate Crystal Rosary and by Padmakara Translations in it is titled The Word of Chandra: The Necklace of Spotless Crystal

• Khenpo Shenga, dbu ma la 'jug pa'i 'grel mchan legs par bshad pa zla ba'i 'od zer

• Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, dbu ma 'jug pa'i 'bru 'grel blo gsal dga' ba'i me long

• Jeffrey Hopkins (1980). Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca: Snow Lion. (first five chapters based on Tsongkhapa’s commentary)

• Rendawa Shonnu Lodro (1997). Commentary on the Entry into the Middle, Lamp which Elucidates Reality, translated by Stotter-Tillman & Acharya Tashi Tsering, Sarnath, Varanasi.

English translations

• Fredrik Liland (trans) (2020). Madhyamakāvatāra (Bibliotheca Polyglotta) with Madhyamakāvatārabhasya and translations from Jayānanda's commentary.
• Geshe Rabten (translator, commentator) Stephen Batchelor (translator, editor) (1983). Echoes of Voidness, London : Wisdom Publications
• Huntington, C. W. (1989). The Emptiness of Emptiness. University of Hawaii Press
• Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Ocean of Nectar: Wisdom and Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism. London: Tharpa Publications, 1995.
• Padmakara Translation Group (2002). Introduction to the Middle Way (Candrakirti's Madhyamakāvatāra with Mipham Rinpoche's Commentary). Shambhala
• Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2003
• A translation of the Madhyamakavatara and its Auto-Commentary by Chandrakirti with additional commentary by Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche

References

References

1. Fredrik Liland (trans), Candrakīrti. "Madhyamakāvatāra (Bibliotheca Polyglotta)".
2. Rigpa Shedra (January 2009). 'Introduction to the Middle Way'. Source: [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Madhyamakavatara] (accessed: April 10, 2009)
3. '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]]''.
4. 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
5. Keown, Damien (2004). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism''. Oxford University Press.
6. Source: [https://books.google.com/books?id=68sGSKdE1OUC&dq=%22zhal+lung+dri+me+shel+phreng%22&pg=PA232] (Wednesday November 11, 2009)
7. Padmakara Translation Group (2002). ''Introduction to the Middle Way'' (Candrakirti's Madhyamakāvatāra with Mipham Rinpoche's Commentary). Shambhala {{ISBN. 978-1-57062-942-6