[INDOLOGY] New book: Candrakī rti's introduction to the Middle Way. A Guide

[David and Nancy Reigle]

Dear Madhav,

Chapter 6, edited by Li Xuezhu, was published in *Journal of Indian
Philosophy*, vol. 43, 2015, pp. 1-30. It is available as open access here:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10781-014-9227-6

Chapters 1-5 are included in the edition of *Candrakīrti's
Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya, Chapters 1 to 5*, edited by Horst Lasic, Xuezhu Li,
& Anne MacDonald. Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region, no.
22, 2022. It is also available as open access, here:

https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/produkt/candrak-rti-s-madhyamak-vat-rabh-ya/99200569?product_form=3934&utm_campaign=05-04-2022%20Newsletter%20April%20%7C%20Mai%202022&utm_content=Mailing_13505114&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CleverReach

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> Dear David,
>
>      Can you please give me a reference to the publication of the six
> chapters of the Sanskrit text of the Madhyamakāvatāra? Thanks.
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Jan,
>>
>> Thank you for letting us know about this new book of yours. Regarding the
>> series it is published in, you say "These are meant to be read alongside
>> the texts themselves." Is there a particular translation of the
>> *Madhyamakāvat**ā**ra* that you correlated your book to? The several
>> that I know of were all made from the Tibetan translation, before the
>> Sanskrit original was discovered and its first six chapters were published.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David Reigle
>> Colorado, U.S.A.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM Jan Westerhoff via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>> some of you might be interested in this new book of mine, which has just
>>> come out:
>>>
>>> Candrakīrti's Introduction to the Middle Way. A Guide.
>>>
>>> Oxford University Press 2024, 296 pages, ISBN: 9780197612347.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://global.oup.com/academic/product/candrakrtis-introduction-to-the-middle-way-9780197612347?cc=us&lang=en#
>>>
>>> This volume is part of the "Oxford Guides to Philosophy" series, a set of
>>> volumes introducing classical philosophical texts. These are meant to be
>>> read alongside the texts themselves; my commentary focuses on the
>>> philosophical content of the text, using Candrakīrti's
>>> auto-commentary as the main explicatory resource.
>>>
>>> From the blurb:
>>>
>>> Candrakīrti's Introduction to the Middle Way
>>> (Madhyamakāvatāra) is a central work of Buddhist philosophy for
>>> two reasons. First, it provides an introduction to Madhyamaka, one of the
>>> three major philosophical schools of Buddhist thought (the other two
>>> being
>>> Abhidharma and Yogācāra). Second, within Madhyamaka,
>>> Candrakīrti's text occupies a very prominent role. This is primarily
>>> due to its enormous influence in Tibet, where Candrakīrti's work
>>> became the main entry-point into the study of Madhyamaka thought. While
>>> the historical importance of the Introduction to the Middle Way for
>>> understanding a major section of Buddhist thought is evident, what makes
>>> it particularly interesting for students is the role it plays as an
>>> 'introduction'. It is one of Candrakīrti's earlier works and
>>> presents
>>> a comprehensive guide to the key philosophical ideas and problems of
>>> Madhyamaka thought.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Jan Westerhoff
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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