On Voidness: A Study on Buddhist Nihilism PDF
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A Study on Buddhist Nihilism FERNA 'DO TOLA CARI\-lEN DR.AGONETTI BUDDHIST TRADITION SERIES Edited by ALEX WAYMAN Editorial Advisory Board J. W. DEJONG KATSUMI MIMAKI CHR. LINDTNER MICHAEL HAHN LOKESH CHANDRA ERNST STEINKELLNER VOLUME 23 ON VOIDNESS A Study on Buddhist NihUism FERNANDO TOLA CARMEN DRAGONE'ITI MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED •DELHI Firsl Edilitm: Delhi, 1995 C> MOflLAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED All Rights Reserved ISBN: 81-2011-1061-9 Also available at: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS 41 U.A. Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110 007 120 Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Madras 600 004 16 St. Mark's Road, Bangalore 560 001 Ashok Rajpath, Patna 800 004 Chowk, Varanasi 221 001 PRINTED IN INDIA BY JAINENDRA PRAKASH JAIN AT SHRI JAINENDRA PRESS, A-45 NARAINA, PHASE I, NEW DELHillO 028 AND PUBLISHED BY NARENDRA PRAKASH JAIN FOR MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED, BUNGALOW ROAD, DELHI110 007 To the memory of T.R.V. Murti, The great Indian scholar, whose book The Central Philosophy of Buddhism did so much to promote the studies on Midhyamika Philosophy Foreword The translation team of F. Tola and C. Dragonetti has treated the readers to a veritable feast to the eye of Miidhyamika treatises by the celebrated Niigiirjuna. While these treatises have previously been translated by other scholars, the importance of these works justifies this publication by a team that devotes intelligent and sensitive labor to these issues. DoubtlessTolaandDragonettiarecorrectintreatingNiigiirjuna's 'absolute' as voidness. But this is not a nihilistic position, since for Niigiirjuna illusions 'work'. And Niigiirjuna's voidness is an abun dance. The Buddhist Tradition Series proudly presents this pile of Niigiirjuna's gems. ALEJcWAYMAN Contents Foreword vii Preface xi INTRODUCTION xiii-xxxv An Indian Philosophy of Universal Contingency: Nagiirjuna'sSchool xiii The HastaviilanRrru>prakara':fa of Aryadeva and Voidness xxiii The Yulc~tikii of Nagiirjuna and Voidness xxviii The Sunyaw..ptati of Niigiirjuna and Voidness xxxii The Catustava of Niigiirjuna and Voidness xxxiii 1. THEHASTAVAlANAMAPRAKARAt:JAV~TTI OFARYADEVA 1-17 Introduction 1 Tibetan Text 6 Translation 9 2. THE YUKT1$A$'flKAKARIKA OF NAGARJUNA 19-51 Introduction 19 Tibetan Text 27 Translation 34 3. TheSUNYATASAPTATIKARIKAOFNAGARJUNA 53-99 Introduction 53 Tibetan Text 63 Translation 72 4. THECATUSTAVAOFNAGARJUNA 101-133 Introduction 101 Sanskrit Text 113 Translation 121 Appendix 135 Notes 137 Bibliography 155
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