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Middle Way

The treatises by Nāgārjuna, Āryaveva, Candrakīrti, Buddhapālita, Śāntideva, and other Indian masters on the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophical system (Toh 3824-3980)

Middle Way

Fundamental Treatise on the Middle Way called “Wisdom”

Sixty Verses on Reasoning

Aphorisms called “The Finely Woven”

Seventy Verses on Emptiness

Verses in Refutation of Objections

A Running Commentary on “The Fundamental [Treatise on the] Middle Way,” called “Fearlessness From All”

An Exposition on “The Finely Woven”

A Running Commentary on the “Seventy Verses on Emptiness”

A Running Commentary on the “Refutation of Objections”

Twenty [Verses] on the Mahāyāna

One Hundred Words

A Running Commentary on the “One Hundred Words”

Verses on the Heart of Dependent Origination

An Explanation of “The Heart of Dependent Origination”

An Exposition called “Conceiving of the Inconceivable”

Precious Treasury of the Unborn

Passing Beyond the Mundane World

Commentary on [Nāgārjuna's] "Passing Beyond the Mundane World"

Buddhapālita’s Commentary on [Nāgārjuna’s] “Fundamental [Treatise on the] Middle Way [Called ‘Wisdom’]”

An Illustration of the Three Natures

An Exposition called “Grasping with the Hand”

A Running Commentary on the Exposition called “Grasping with the Hand”

A Verse Treatise called “The Four Hundred”

Establishing Rational Reasons for Refuting Errors

Verses of “The Extent of the Hand Exposition”

A Running Commentary on “The Extent of the Hand”

Overcoming Errors With Regard to the Middle Way

Compendium of the Essence of Exalted Wisdom

Explanations Connected to “The Compendium of the Essence of Exalted Wisdom”

“Lamp of Wisdom,” A Running Commentary on “The Fundamental [Treatise on the] Middle Way”

The Precious Lamp of the Middle Way

Verses on the Heart of the Middle Way

“The Blaze of Reasoning,” A Running Commentary on “The Heart of the Middle Way”

The Concise Meaning of the Middle Way

[A Treatise on] The Middle Way, called "Dependent Arising"

An Extensive Commentary on [Bhāviveka’s] “Lamp of Wisdom”

A Running Commentary on [Nāgārjuna’s] “Fundamental Treatise on the Middle Way” called “The Clear Words”

Entering into the Middle Way

An Explanation of “Entering into the Middle Way”

“Entering into the Wisdom of the Middle Way”

A Running Commentary on [Nāgārjuna’s] “Sixty Verses on Reasoning”

A Running Commentary on [Āryadeva’s] “Four Hundred” on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas

An Exposition of the Five Aggregates

A Running Commentary on [Nāgārjuna’s] “Seventy Verses on Emptiness”

An Explanation of [Nāgārjuna’s] “Seventy Verses on Emptiness”

Verses called “The Hammer of Reasoning”

An Explanatory Commentary on [Candrakīrti's] “Entering into the Middle Way”

Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

A Commentary on the Difficult Points Explaining [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

A Compositional Analysis of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

Settling the Points that are Difficult to Understand in [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Wisdom Chapter [of Śāntideva’s “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”]

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Wisdom and Dedication Chapters of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”]

The Concise Meaning of the Thirty-Six Points of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

The Concise Meaning of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva”

A Commentary on the Import of [Śāntideva’s] “Entering into the Deeds of a Bodhisattva” called “Clarifying the Specifics”

Verses on Distinguishing Between the Two Truths

A Running Commentary on “Distinguishing Between the Two Truths”

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Jñānagarbha's] “Distinguishing Between the Two Truths”

Verses on the Ornament for the Middle Way

A Running Commentary on “The Ornament for the Middle Way”

A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Śāntarakṣita’s] “Ornament for the Middle Way”

The Splendour of the Middle Way

An Exposition called “The Splendour of Suchness”

Proving the Naturelessness of All Phenomena

A Treatise called “The Door for Entering into the Three Bodies”

A Running Commentary on [Nāgamitra’s “Door for Entering into] the Three Bodies”

A Running Commentary on “Entering into Suchness”

A Concise Exposition of the Pith of the Middle Way System

Verses on the Falsity of Aspects

An Exposition called “The Garland of Splendour”

A Running Commentary on “The Garland of Splendour” called “The Creator of Bliss for the Mind”

Differentiating Between the Compounded and Uncompounded

Concisely Distinguishing the Different [Philosophical] Views

Verses on Distinguishing the Scriptures of the Sugata

An Explanation of “Distinguishing the Scriptures of the Sugata”

Garland of Jewels