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Madhyamaka and Yogacara

Jay L. Garfield , Jan Westerhoff

Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. WhileMadhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the...

Twelve Examples of Illusion

Jan Westerhoff

Tibetan Buddhist writings frequently state that many of the things we perceive in the world are in fact illusory, as illusory as echoes or mirages. In Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff offers an engaging look at a dozen illusions--including magic tricks,...

The Dispeller of Disputes

Jan Westerhoff

Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is an essential work of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical literature. Written in an accessible question-and-answer style, it containsNagarjuna's replies to criticisms of his philosophy of the "Middle Way." The Vigrahavyavartani has been...

Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka

Jan Westerhoff