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  • Published: 1 July 2003
  • ISBN: 9781570629990
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

The Sun of Wisdom

Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way



The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way was written in the second century and is one of the most important works of Nagarjuna, the pioneering commentator on the Buddha's teachings on the Madhyamika or Middle Way view. The subtle analyses presented in this treatise were closely studied and commented upon by many realized masters from the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Using Nagarjuna's root text and the great modern master Ju Mipham's commentary as a framework, Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso explains the most important verse from each chapter in the text in a style that illuminates for modern students both the meaning of these profound teachings and how to put them into practice in a way that benefits both oneself and others.

  • Published: 1 July 2003
  • ISBN: 9781570629990
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso is a noted scholar and teacher who was born in Eastern Tibet in 1935. After completing this early training, he spent five years wandering throughout Eastern and Central Tibet undertaking extensive solitary retreats in caves. When he reached Tsurphu Monastery, he received instruction from the head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the 16 th Karmapa, who later named him a khenpo, which is a title of scholastic mastery. In 1977 he came to the West to teach Tibetan language and Buddhism. Know for his highly engaging teaching style, Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso has been traveling and teaching in the West ever since, placing an emphasis on the careful training of Westerners.

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