{"id":350,"date":"2021-04-27T02:08:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T02:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=350"},"modified":"2024-07-06T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T17:54:30","slug":"phl304-madhyamaka-philosophy-a-dose-of-emptiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/phl304-madhyamaka-philosophy-a-dose-of-emptiness\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL304 Madhyamaka Philosophy: A Dose of Emptiness"},"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:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--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\"><p><em>(2 credits)<\/em>&nbsp; A continuation of the Madhyamaka I course, in which the exploration and debate of the philosophy and practice of Madhyamaka, or the \u201cMiddle Way\u201d is deepened and refined.<\/p>\n<p>The primary reading text for this course will be Khedrup Je\u2019s <em>Dose of Emptiness (stong thun chen mo)<\/em>, a detailed critical exposition of the theory and practice of emptiness as expounded in the three major schools of Mahayana philosophy, as well as its commentaries. 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