{"product_id":"freedom-from-extremes-jose-ignacio-cabezon-9780861715237","title":"Freedom from Extremes: Gorampa's \"distinguishing the Views\" and the Polemics of Emptiness","description":"What is emptiness? This question at the heart of Buddhist philosophy has preoccupied the greatest minds of India and Tibet for two millennia, producing hundreds of volumes. \u003ci\u003eDistinguishing the Views\u003c\/i\u003e, by the fifteenth-century Sakya scholar Gorampa Sonam Senge, is one of the most important of those works, esteemed for its conciseness, lucidity, and profundity. \u003ci\u003eFreedom from Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e presents Gorampa's elegant philosophical case on the matter of emptiness here in a masterful translation by Geshe Lobsang Dargyay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorampa's text is polemical, and his targets are two of Tibet's greatest thinkers: Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug school, and Dolpopa, a founding figure of the Jonang school. \u003ci\u003eDistinguishing the Views\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Dolpopa has fallen into an eternalistic extreme, whereas Tsongkhapa has fallen into nihilism, and that only the mainstream Sakya view - what Gorampa calls \"freedom from extremes\" - represents the true middle way, the correct view of emptiness. Suppressed for years in Tibet, this seminal work today is widely regarded and is studied in some of Tibet's greatest academic institutions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorampa's treatise has been translated and annotated here by two leading scholars of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, and a critical edition of the Tibetan text on facing pages gives students and scholars direct access to Gorampa's own words. Jose Cabezon's extended introduction provides a thorough overview of Tibetan polemical literature and contextualizes the life and work of Gorampa both historically and intellectually. \u003ci\u003eFreedom from Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e will be indispensable for serious students of Madhyamaka thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jose Ignacio Cabezon, Lobsang Dargyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0861715233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861715237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.52w x 1.01d","brand":"Jose Ignacio Cabezon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44202131226879,"sku":"9780861715237","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f498a53-836f-43a5-9fc1-a2b2cf38312b.jpg?v=1691493390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedom-from-extremes-jose-ignacio-cabezon-9780861715237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}