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'''[[Mulamadhyamakakarika]] by [[Nagarjuna]]'''  is one of the greatest [[Middle Way]] commentary texts.
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In Tibetan: [[dbu ma rtsa ba'i tshig le'u byas pa shes rab ches bya ba]], also [[dbu ma rtsa ba'i shes rab]] or [[dbu ma rtsa she]]
 
In English: [[Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way]].
 
This text inspired a large set of commentary literature in Sanskrit, in the Tibetan, Chinese, Korean and Japanese traditions. The [[Middle Way]] philosophical schools have their basis established in this text: both the [[Svatantrika-Madhyamika]] and [[Prasangika-Madhyamika]] systems are described in this text based on scholars from either tradition.
 
== Contents ==
The text is in verse form, and has 27 chapters:
 
* Dedicatory verses
* Chapter 1: Conditions
* Chapter 2: Motions
* Chapter 3: The Senses
* Chapter 4: The Aggregates
* Chapter 5: The Elements
* Chapter 6: Desire and The Desirous
* Chapter 7: The Conditioned
* Chapter 8: Agent and Action
* Chapter 9: Prior Entity
* Chapter 10: Fire and Fuel
* Chapter 11: Initial and Final Limits
* Chapter 12: Suffering
* Chapter 13: Compounded Phenomena
* Chapter 14: Connection
* Chapter 15: Essence
* Chapter 16: Bondage
* Chapter 17: Actions and their Fruit
* Chapter 18: Self and Entities
* Chapter 19: Time
* Chapter 20: Combinations
* Chapter 21: Becoming and Destruction
* Chapter 22: Tathagata
* Chapter 23: Errors
* Chapter 24: Four Noble Truths
* Chapter 25: Nirvana
* Chapter 26: Twelve Links
* Chapter 27: Views
 
== Famous Quotes ==
* [[bdag las ma yin gzhan las min]]
* [[gang la stong pa nyid rung ba]]
 
== See Also ==
* [[The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way]], translation and commentary by [[Jay Garfield]], ISBN 0-19-509336-4
* [http://www.asianclassics.org/research_site/download/texts/tengyur/TD3824N.ACT Tibetan Original Text] from [[Asian Classics Input Project]] in [[ACIP Format]]
*[http://www.buddhistinformation.com/nargarjunas_mulamadhyamakakarika.htm Translation at Buddhist Information Web Site]
 
[[Category:Buddhist Literature]]
[[Category:Mahayana Literature]]

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