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The Emptiness of Emptiness - An Introduction to Early Indian Madhyamika (Hardcover)
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The Emptiness of Emptiness - An Introduction to Early Indian Madhyamika (Hardcover)
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The Emptiness of Emptiness presents the first English translation
of the complete text of the Madhyamakavatara (Entry into the Middle
Way) a sixth century Sanskrit Buddhist composition that was widely
studied in Tibet and, presumably, in its native India as well. In
his lengthy introduction to the translation, Huntington offers a
judiciously crafted, highly original discussion of the central
philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism. He lays out the principal ideas of
emptiness and dependent origination not as abstract philosophical
concepts, but rather as powerful tools for restructuring the nature
of human experience at the most fundamental level. Drawing on a
variety of Indian and Western sources, both ancient and modern,
Huntington gradually leads the reader toward an understanding of
how it is that sophisticated philosophical thinking can serve as a
means for breaking down attachment to any idea, opinion or belief.
All of this on the Buddhist premise that habitual, unreflective
identification with ideas, opinions, or beliefs compromises our
appreciation of the ungraspable miracle that lies at the heart of
everyday, conventional reality. The author shows how the spiritual
path of the bodhisattva works to transform the individual
personality from a knot of clinging into a vehicle for the
expression of profound wisdom (prajna) and unconditional love
(karuna).
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