The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani

by Jan Westerhoff

Book Overview

Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is an essential work of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical literature. Written in an accessible question-and-answer style, it contains Nagarjuna's replies to criticisms of his philosophy of the "Middle Way." The Vigrahavyavartani has been widely cited both in canonical literature and in recent scholarship; it has remained a central text in India, Tibet, China, and Japan, and has attracted the interest of greater and greater...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199732701
• ISBN13: 9780199732708
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"