{"product_id":"nagarjunas-wisdom-a-practitioners-guide-to-the-middle-way-1","title":"Nagarjuna's Wisdom: A Practitioner's Guide to the Middle Way (1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the Mulamadhyamakakarika the way the Dalai Lama teaches it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNagarjuna’s Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, or as it’s known in Tibetan, Root Wisdom, is a definitive presentation of the doctrines of emptiness and dependent arising, and a foundational text of Mahayana Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Barry Kerzin, personal physician to the Dalai Lama, presents this fundamental work in a digestible way, using a method favored by His Holiness: focusing on five key chapters, presented in a specific order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* First we explore the twelve links of dependent origination, in Nagarjuna’s chapter 26, to learn why and how we cycle through samsara.\u003cbr\u003e* Then we examine the self that cycles to discover that, in fact, there is no inherently existent self, based on Nagarjuna's chapter 18.\u003cbr\u003e* We then enter an analysis of the four noble truths, based on chapter 24, to understand how conventional reality is understood.\u003cbr\u003e* Next, an investigation of the Tathagata shows the reader that even emptiness is empty in chapter 22.\u003cbr\u003e* Finally, Nagarjuna re-emphasizes the pervasiveness of emptiness in his first chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus, Dr. Kerzin walks us through Nagarjuna’s masterwork and lets the great teacher introduce us to Buddhist philosophy, step by step—deepening our understanding, enhancing the way we practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Outpost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45967366455343,"sku":"9781614294993","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bcafitnessshop.com\/products\/nagarjunas-wisdom-a-practitioners-guide-to-the-middle-way-1","provider":"BCA Fitness shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}