The
undamental
Wisdom
of the
Middle Way
Nagarjuna s
alamadhyamakakarika
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY
JAY
L. GARFIELD
New York Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
995
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Nagarjuna,
2nd cent.
[Madhyamakakarika.
English Sanskrit} The·
fundamental
wisdom
of
the
middle way :
Niigił rjuna·s
Mlilamadhyamakakarika
Translation
and
commentary
by Jay L. Garfield. p. cm. ISBN 0-19-509336-4
(pbk.);
ISBN
0-19-510317-3
cloth)
1.
MAdhyamika
(Buddhism)-Early
works
to
1800.
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Garfield, Jay
L„
1955-.
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1995
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I dedicate this work with profound gratitude and respect to the Most
Ven
Professor Samdhong Rinpoche: scholar educator statesman public servant and shining exemplar
o
monastic life.