The Emptiness of Emptiness: An Introduction to Early Indian Mādhyamika

by C.W. Huntington Jr., Geshe Wangchen Namgyal, C. W. Huntington, Jr., et al.

Book Overview

The Emptiness of Emptiness presents the first English translation of the complete text of the Madhyamakāvatāra (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 Mahāyāna Buddhism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824811658
• ISBN13: 9780824811655
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"