Empty When Full: An introduction to the Middle Way
(But is it Full when Empty?)
In this course, we will focus on the core text for the Madhyamaka traditions in India and Tibet—the Madhyamakavatara, or The Introduction to the Middle Way, and in particular on its sixth chapter on the paramita of wisdom. To do this, we will study a number of commentarial presentations from the Tibetan tradition, primarily the following:
Introduction to the Middle Way by Chandrakirti, Chapter Six, Far Gone
Introduction by Wulstan Fletcher to The Introduction to the Middle Way
Introduction by Wulstan Fletcher to The Adornment of the Middle Way
“Middle from Beginning to End” from The Center of the Sunlit Sky by Karl Brunnholzl
The Key to the Middle Way by H.H. the Dalai Lama
Appearing Yet Empty: The Middle Way View of Shunyata by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.