Marked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysis, and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa's Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's comprehensive commentary on the Indian master Chandrakirti's seminal text, the Madhyamakavatara, or Entrance to the Middle Way.
THE NINTH KARMAPA WANGCHUK DORJE (1556-1603) was born in the Trewo
region of eastern Tibet and is one of the most important figures of
Tibetan Buddhism's Kagyu lineage. Most renowned for his powerful
writings on the meditation system known as Mahamudra, he also
played a vital role in ensuring the continuity of the Kagyu
lineage's long-standing tradition of academic studies.
Translator bio- TYLER DEWAR is a student of Dzogchen Ponlop
Rinpoche and lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle,
Washington. A founding member of the Nitartha Translation Network,
he serves both as an oral and literary translator and as a teacher
for Nalandabodhi, an international organization of Buddhist
centers, and Nitartha Institute, an educational organization
devoted to preserving and making accessible to the West the vibrant
tradition of Buddhist intellectual studies.
"The Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's succinct commentary on the
Madhyamakavatara is one of the finest masterpieces of the Kagyu
tradition. The remarkable translation by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
and Tyler Dewar does superb justice to this text. This is the way
an authentic translation should sound: a partnership of the pandit
and the lotsawa both working with love of their mother tongues."—E.
Gene Smith, author of Among Tibetan Texts and founder of the
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
"Anyone wishing to understand the special teachings of Middle Way
philosophy taught in the Kagyu tradition of Tibet should read The
Karmapa's Middle Way. Tyler Dewar has spend many years studying
this subject with several Kagyu masters. His intimate familiarity
with the tradition's literature and history deeply informs his
introduction and enriches his marvelous translation of Karmapa
Wangchuk Dorje's Feast for the Fortunate. This book is an
indispensable contribution to the study of Buddhist philosophy in
Tibet."—Cyrus Stearns, author of Taking the Result as the Path and
King of the Empty Plain
"It is important for our meditation to develop certainty in
emptiness. In order to gain certainty, studying the Entrance to the
Middle Way helps up completely comprehend the Prasangika view. The
Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje wrote an important and extensive
commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way called the Chariot of
the Takpo Kagyu Siddhas. The Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje then
distilled the key spiritual instruction of the Eighth Karmapa's
text into this book. I think it is wonderful that his work is now
available in English."—Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, author of Vivid
Awareness
"Of all the philosophical traditions that claim to be the Middle
Way, it is only the view of Nagarjuna, the Middle Way tradition’s
progenitor, that is universally accepted as the Middle Way.
Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara moreover is renowned in all four
schools of Tibetan Buddhism as the supreme commentary on
Nagarjuna's approach to emptiness and is considered mandatory
reading in all Tibetan Buddhist colleges. The Karmapa’s Middle Way
is a presentation of the full text of the Madhyamakavatara along
with an illuminating and at times controversial commentary by the
Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje of Tibet’s Karma Kagyü lineage. By
elucidating the intention of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje’s
Chariot of the Takpo Kagyü Siddhas, this book will provide a great
contribution to the field of Middle Way studies and enlighten
English language readers as to a unique and relatively unexplored
presentation of the vital concept of emptiness."—Dzogchen Ponlop,
author of Rebel Buddha
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