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'''Madhyamaka''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dbu ma'') refers to both the state of the Middle Way, which is the freedom from all extremes, as it is said in the ''[[Samadhiraja Sutra]]'':

:"Existence and non-existence are extremes,<br>
:Purity and impurity are extremes as well,<br>
:Thus, having relinquished both extremes,<br>
:The wise do not dwell even in the middle."<br>

Madhyamaka also refers to the texts that express this ultimate meaning such as the [[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]] by [[Nagarjuna]].
 
The meaning expressed by the term Madhyamaka is, we could say, the sphere of reality ([[dharmadhatu]]), beyond all extremes.

This can then be further divided into:<br>
*the Ground Madhyamaka, the unity of the [[two truths]];
*the Path Madhyamaka, the unity of [[skilful means]] and [[wisdom]]; and
*the Fruition Madhyamaka, the unity of the [[two kayas]].

These are all beyond extremes:

*The Ground Madhyamaka, the unity of the two truths, is beyond all extremes because it is beyond the extremes of [[eternalism]] and [[nihilism]].
*The Path Madhyamaka, the unity of skilful means and wisdom, is beyond the extremes of exaggeration and denial.
*The Fruition Madhyamaka, the unity of the two kayas, is beyond the extremes of samsaric existence and the peace of [[nirvana]].

See also [[Madhyamika]] for the Middle Way philosophical tenet system and its followers.

==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche]], May 1982, London, [[St Paul’s Crescent]], 'Madhyamaka, Philosophy in Practise'. 




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