Knowledge—Root of the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā)
Online Course Summary

Knowledge—Root of the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā) is Nāgārjuna’s seminal work on Madhyamaka philosophy. Nāgārjuna, the founder of the Madhyamaka school, uses this text to refute the views of those who claim there is anything at all that can be said to be truly real. Specifically, he refutes those who subscribe to the views of the other Indian schools of his day, and also those among his fellow Buddhists who subscribe to a view that there is ultimately something real. Generally speaking, we can count ourselves among those whom he refutes, and through study of this text we can challenge ourselves to take his reasoned arguments to heart, and to question our fixed thinking about the world.

The course is taught by Khenpo Jampa Donden, a Tibetan Khenpo (Professor) at Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery, and translated into English by Catherine Dalton, a Translator and Lecturer at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute Centre for Buddhist Studies. Supplementary materials were created by Joanne Larson, also a Translator and Lecturer at RYI/CBS.

• Instructor: Khenpo Jampa Donden
• Translator: Catherine Dalton