The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way home simply and methodically

simply and methodically

improve our appreciation of this life

The path of trekchö is the way of directly and thoroughly cutting through the misconceptions of samsara to lay bare the primordial purity of the nature of mind

and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism

composed by the eighth-century Indian master Shantideva

The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way home simply and methodicallyThis volume presents a new English translation of the founding text of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, Nagarjunas Root Stanzas of the Middle Way, and includes the Tibetan version of the text. The Root Stanzas holds a central place in all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, as well as those in China, Japan, and Korea. It is prized for its arguments showing that things lack their own nature, and thus are empty (shunya) of inherent