The Path of the Middle Way

This course will focus primarily on what are known as the four major reasonings or arguments of the middle way. We will also use a short presentation of these arguments by Mipham as the basis for contemplation, and go very slowly and deeply through the wonderful chapter on prasangika madhyamaka from Jamgon Kongtrul’s Treasury of Knowledge. This will be a chance to deeply explore the essential view and practice of the middle way, madhyamaka.

Core Materials

  1. Source Book

  2. Responses from Karl Brunnhölzl

Supplemental Materials

  1. Excerpt from Center of the Sunlit Sky

Class Recordings

  1. July 7, 2009

  2. July 14, 2009

  3. July 21, 2009

  4. July 28, 2009

  5. August 4, 2009

  6. August 11, 2009