{"id":219,"date":"2022-09-24T04:23:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-11-04T21:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:08:43","slug":"source-treatises-of-madhyamaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Madhyamaka Treatises"},"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-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>We acknowledge all the scholars and translators who have made it possible for us to engage with these Treatises in a way that Tsong-kha-pa did. We thank them from the depths of our hearts for helping to keep the practice and transmission of Dharma alive.<\/p>\n<p>Tsong-kha-pa relied primarily on the works of N\u0101g\u0101rjuna, \u0100ryadeva, Buddhap\u0101lita and C\u0101ndrakirti to understand Madhyamaka. Most of the works of Tsong-kha-pa on Madhyamaka mainly refer to these scholars. Tsong-kha-pa also refers to Bh\u0101vaviveka, Kamala\u015bila and \u015aantarak\u015bita while articulating the distinction between Svat\u0101ntrika Madhyamaka and Pras\u0101ngika Madhyamaka.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background 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-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--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\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/nagarjuna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna<\/a><br \/>\n(active 2nd century)&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u0f40\u0fb3\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f92\u0fb2\u0f74\u0f56\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/bhavaviveka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bha\u0304vaviveka<\/a><br \/>\n(c.490-570)<br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f63\u0fa1\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f7a\u0f51\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/santaraksita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita<\/a><br \/>\n(705-762)<br \/>\n\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f5a\u0f7c\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--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-3\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/aryadeva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A\u0304ryadeva<\/a><br \/>\n(active 3rd century)&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u0f60\u0f55\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f63\u0fb7\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/candrakirti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candrak\u012brti<\/a><br \/>\n(c.570\u2013c.650)<br \/>\n\u0f5f\u0fb3\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/kamalasila\/\">Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la<\/a><br \/>\n(active 713-763)<br \/>\n\u0f54\u0f51\u0fa8\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f44\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f5a\u0f74\u0f63\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--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-4\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/buddhapalita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buddhapa\u0304lita<\/a><br \/>\n(c. 470-?)<br \/>\n\u0f66\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0f90\u0fb1\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/santideva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S\u0301a\u0304ntideva<\/a><br \/>\n(active 7th century)<br \/>\n\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f63\u0fb7\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/atisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At\u012b\u015ba<\/a><br \/>\n(982-1054)<br \/>\n\u0f68\u0f0b\u0f4f\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f64\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f5b\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f54\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f61\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f66\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><hr>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">Madhyamaka Resources Quick Links<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madhyamaka Home Page<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/madhyamaka-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madhyamaka Overview<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/tsong-kha-pas-life-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tsong-kha-pa\u2019s Life &amp; Works<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/nalanda-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nalanda Masters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/source-treatises-of-madhyamaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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