Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

BOOK BRIEFS

The second-century Indian Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna had it out for anyone addicted to logic. He recognized logic’s importance in the context of philosophical discourse but observed that many of his non-Buddhist contemporaries wrongly believed in the ultimate reality of their system. Even worse, to his mind, they believed that logic would liberate them from the cycle of birth and death. In (Wisdom 2018), Jan Westerhoff translates Nagarjuna’s critique of logic () and offers detailed commentary on the implications of its verses. He emphasizes that Nagarjuna’s goal in this text is to demonstrate that complex logical systems can be carefully harmonized with Buddhist teachings on emptiness, and thus

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly13 min read
Sexual Ethics And Healthy Boundaries In The Wake Of Teacher Abuse
IN MARCH 1993, a group of twenty-two Western Buddhist teachers representing different lineages met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, to discuss the transmission and adaptation of Buddhism to the West. One of their central topics
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly7 min read
Hope For The Hopeless
THE REALIZATION of one’s buddhanature is made possible only through an awakening to our limitations and inherent human imperfections. This paradoxical relationship is central to understanding the experience of awakening taught by Shinran Shonin (1173
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly1 min read
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
MELVIN MCLEOD | Editor-in-Chief ROD MEADE SPERRY | Editor SETH LEVINSON | Art Director MARIANA RESTREPO | Deputy Editor JOIE SZU-CHIAO CHEN | Reviews Editor NOEL ALUMIT, MIHIRI TILLAKARATNE, PAMELA AYO YETUNDE | Associate Editors JAIME MCLEOD, BONNIE

Related Books & Audiobooks