{"id":198,"date":"2022-09-24T00:13:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T00:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2024-08-22T23:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:14:53","slug":"madhyamaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhyamaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<p>Welcome to the Madhyamaka Resource Section of the James A. Blumenthal Library at Maitripa College. These resources are not intended to be a comprehensive source of all knowledge on this vast topic &#8211; rather, they are inspired from Tsong-kha-pa\u2019s quest to understand Madhyamaka. They are meant for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Madhyamaka by engaging with the Great Indian Treatises.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:2%;--awb-padding-right:2%;--awb-padding-bottom:2%;--awb-padding-left:2%;--awb-bg-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-bg-color-hover:#f1f1f1;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:8.64%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:8.64%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h5><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\u201cAn indispensable prerequisite for insight is to use the wisdom gained through study and reflection to develop knowledge of reality. For without a decisive view of how things exist, you cannot develop insight that knows the real nature, emptiness. <\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Moreover, if you do not rely upon the treatises by authoritative trailblazers commenting on the Budddha\u2019s thought, you are like a blind person headed towards danger without a guide. Hence, you must rely on accurate commentaries on the Buddha\u2019s thought.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">(Tsong-kha-pa. 2002. \u201cFulfilling the Prerequisites for Insight.\u201d In The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment Volume 3, 111-112. Snow Lion Publications.)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.32%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.32%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"21.7833px\"><em>Please explore using the links below and contact the JABL Librarian with any questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: left\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"21.7833px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/madhyamaka-overview\/\">Madhyamaka Overview<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"21.7833px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/tsong-kha-pas-life-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tsong-kha-pa\u2019s Life &amp; 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