{"product_id":"the-sublime-continuum-and-its-bo-jiang-9781949163247","title":"The Sublime Continuum and Its Explanatory Commentary: With the Sublime Continuum Supercommentary - Revised Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore an in-depth explanation of buddha nature and self-emptiness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe original \u003ci\u003eSublime Continuum Explanatory Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e was written by Noble Asanga to explain the verses received from the bodhisattva Maitreya in the late fourth century CE in northern India. Here it is introduced and presented in an original translation from Sanskrit and Tibetan, with the translation of an extensive Tibetan \u003ci\u003eSupercommentary\u003c\/i\u003e by Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364-1432), whose work closely followed the view of his teacher, Tsong Khapa (1357-1419). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contemporary scholars have widely misunderstood the Buddhist Centrist (\u003ci\u003eMadhyamaka\u003c\/i\u003e) teaching of emptiness, or selflessness, as either a form of nihilism or a radical skepticism. Yet Buddhist philosophers from Nagarjuna on have shown that the negation of \u003ci\u003eintrinsic\u003c\/i\u003e reality, when accurately understood, affirms the supreme value of \u003ci\u003erelative\u003c\/i\u003e realities. Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen, in his \u003ci\u003eSupercommentary\u003c\/i\u003e, elucidates a highly positive theory of the buddha nature, showing how the wisdom of emptiness empowers the compassionate life of the enlightened, as it is touched by its oneness with the truth body of all buddhas. With his clear study of Gyaltsap's insight and his original English translation, Bo Jiang completes his historic project of studying and presenting these works from Sanskrit and Tibetan in both Chinese and, now, English translations, in linked publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bo Jiang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949163245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949163247\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\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.90d","brand":"Bo Jiang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070243729663,"sku":"9781949163247","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b1413be-0540-4810-9eff-c8c7c7e16390.jpg?v=1685429205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sublime-continuum-and-its-bo-jiang-9781949163247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}