This course is an exposition of the Middle Way philosophical tradition based on Part One of The Center of the Sunlit Sky, expressed as the ground, path and fruition of Madhyamaka. Students explore the classification of knowable objects into the two realities and cultivate certainty in the view of emptiness of all phenomena, formulating the five great Madhyamaka reasonings. The course includes the presentation of personal identitylessness with the seven-fold analysis of the chariot.
Prerequisites: BUD 501, BUD 510, BUD 520, BUD 530
Required Text:
* Root Text: Selections from The Presentation of Madhyamaka in The Treasury of Knowledge, Nitartha Institute Publications
* Sourcebook: Commentary on The Presentation of Madhyamaka In the Treasury of Knowledge, by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, 2009, Nitartha Institute Publications
* The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyü Tradition, by Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl, 2004, Snow Lion Publications.
Prerequisites: BUD 501, BUD 510, BUD 520, BUD 530
Required Text:
* Root Text: Selections from The Presentation of Madhyamaka in The Treasury of Knowledge, Nitartha Institute Publications
* Sourcebook: Commentary on The Presentation of Madhyamaka In the Treasury of Knowledge, by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, 2009, Nitartha Institute Publications
* The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyü Tradition, by Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl, 2004, Snow Lion Publications.
