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The Dispeller of Disputes. Nagarjuna's "Vigrahavyavartani".
Jan Westerhoff
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Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRES. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
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 numbers of Western readers. In The Dispeller of Disputes, Jan Westerhoff offers a clear new translation of the Vigrahavyavartani, taking current philological research and all available editions into account, and adding his own insightful ... Read more
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 numbers of Western readers. In The Dispeller of Disputes, Jan Westerhoff offers a clear new translation of the Vigrahavyavartani, taking current philological research and all available editions into account, and adding his own insightful ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199732708
SKU
V9780199732708
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About Jan Westerhoff
Jan Westerhoff is Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Durham
Reviews for The Dispeller of Disputes. Nagarjuna's "Vigrahavyavartani".
...Westerhoff's commentary is lucid, philosophically engaging, and included ample references for the serious student of Indian or Western philosophy.
Karin Meyers, Center for Buddhist Studies
Karin Meyers, Center for Buddhist Studies