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Podcast: New Books in Buddhist Studies
Episode: Jan Westerhoff, "Candrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way: A Guide" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Description: A proponent of the Madhyamaka tradition of MahÄyÄna Buddhism, CandrakÄ«rti wrote several works, one of which, theĀ MadhamakÄvatÄra, strongly influenced later Tibetan understandings of Madhyamaka.Ā This work is the subject of Jan WesterhoffāsĀ CandrakÄ«rtiāsĀ Introduction to the Middle Way: A GuideĀ (Oxford University Press, 2024), part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series. His book situates CandarkÄ«rti and his text within Indian and Tibetan Buddhism and helps philosophical readers appreciate the textās main arguments and ideas. Chief among these is a commitment to the emptiness of all phenomena, especially but not...