{"product_id":"the-profound-reality-of-interdependence-an-overview-of-the-wisdom-chapter-of-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-paperback-1","title":"The Profound Reality of Interdependence: An Overview of the Wisdom Chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas S. Duckworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Commentaries by), \u003cb\u003eDouglas S. Duckworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eKünzang Sönam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e Way of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/em\u003e, composed by the monk and scholar Śāntideva in eighth-century India, is a Buddhist treatise in verse that beautifully and succinctly lays out the theory and practice of the Mahayana path of a bodhisattva. Over one thousand years after Śāntideva's composition, Künzang Sönam (1823-1905) produced the most extensive commentary on the \u003cem\u003eWay of the Bodhisattva \u003c\/em\u003eever written. This book is the first English translation of Künzang Sönam's overview of Śāntideva's notoriously difficult chapter on wisdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ninth chapter of the \u003cem\u003eWay of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/em\u003e is philosophically very rich but forbiddingly technical, and can only be read well with a good commentary. Künzang Sönam's commentary offers a unique and complete introduction to the view of Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka, the summit of Buddhist philosophy in Tibet, as articulated by Tsongkhapa. It brings Śāntideva's text, and Tsongkhapa's interpretation of Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka, into conversation with a vast Buddhist literature from India and Tibet. By articulating the integral relationship between emptiness and interdependence, this text formulates a sustained and powerful argument for emptiness as a metaphysical basis of bodhisattva ethics. This volume makes the ninth chapter accessible to English-speaking teachers and students of the \u003cem\u003eWay of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Duckworth\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem\u003eJamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings \u003c\/em\u003e(2011). He also introduced and translated \u003cem\u003eDistinguishing the Views and Philosophies: Illuminating Emptiness in a Twentieth-Century Tibetan Buddhist Classic by Bötrül \u003c\/em\u003e(2011). He is the author of \u003cem\u003eTibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.23 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45882414956741,"sku":"9780197826751","price":60.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/TNhdhQtvhw9780197826751_2f8edb4e-50b4-4988-b418-8368d45f3867.webp?v=1771797797","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-profound-reality-of-interdependence-an-overview-of-the-wisdom-chapter-of-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}