Heart of the Middle Way
The Heart of the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamaka-hṛdaya; Wyl. dbu ma’i snying po) is a Madhyamika treatise by Bhavaviveka. Its auto-commentary is called the Blaze of Reason (Tarkajvāla).
Quotations
ཡང་དག་ཀུན་རྫོབ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་སྐས། །
མེད་པར་ཡང་དག་ཁང་ཆེན་གྱི། །
སྟེང་དུ་འགྲོ་བར་བྱ་བ་ནི། །
Trying to reach the great mansion
Of the authentic nature of reality
Without the steps of the authentic relative
Is not an approach the wise should take.[1]
- Bhāvaviveka, Heart of the Middle Way, III, 12
Further Reading
- Malcolm David Eckel, Bhaviveka and His Buddhist Opponents: Chapters 4 and 5 of the verses on the Heart of the Middle Way (Madhyamakahrdayakarikah), Harvard Oriental Series, 2009
