Splitting the Middle: A History of Middle Way Reasoning

Discover how Patsab Nyima Drak created the foremost form of Buddhist philosophy, the Prasangika interpretation of the Middle Way, from the works of the famed Indian philosopher Candrakirti.

This book traces how Buddhist philosophers Bhaviveka and Candrakirti (ca. sixth–seventh centuries) understood key Buddhist epistemological questions: how to prove the central Middle Way claim that all things are empty of intrinsic nature, the correct use of svatantra inference, and the role of arguments b...