Publisher's Note Translator's Note Contents Part One: Wish Fulfilling Meru vii ix INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION OF MADHYAMAKA 2 I. Definition of the Middle Path 2 II. Explanation of the Defined Term 2 A. Identification of Extremes 2 1. Identification in General 3 2. Identification in this Case 3 3. Refutation of Objections 5 B. Identification of the Path 5 C. Establishment of the Path as "The Middle" 6 DISCUSSION OF V ARIOUS TYPES OF MADHYAMAKA 7 III. Divisions of the Basis of Definition 7 A. Brief Presentation of Divisions 7 1. The Nature of Divisions 7 2. The Sources of Divisions 7 3. Showing Others' Assertions as Narrow 8 THE ORIGINATION OF MADHYAMAKA IN INDIA 9 B. Extensive Explanation 9 1. How Madhyamaka Treatises were Composed 9 THE SPREADING OF MADHYAMAKA IN TIBET 21 2. I-:ow Madhyamaka Treatises Came to Tibet 21 CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 31 3. Concluding [the Text] with a Little Refutation and Establishment 31
Part Two: Drop of Nectar of Definitive Meaning I. The Way of Entering the Great Mansion of Defifnitive Meaning through Acceptance of the False Truth 38
II. The Way of Entering the Great Mansion of Definitive Meaning through Acceptance of the Ultimate Truth 40 A. How to Practice at the Time of Severing Conceptual Elaborations by the View 40 B. How to Proceed at the Time of Applying Conventions by Know ledge-Expressions of Aryas 40 Part Three: Great Ship of Discrimination that Sails into the Ocean of Definitive Mea:nillg~ I. Brief Presentation 44 II. Extensive Explanation 44 A. How the Prasangika and Svatantrika Branches Diverged 45 B. The Explanation of the Differences of their Tenets 46 1. The Presentation of My Own Tradition 46 2. Refutation of Traditions of Others 49 Appendices: An Outline Notes Glossary Bibliography 54 57 86 99
