Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham

by Arya Maitreya, Jamgön Mipham (Commentary), Khenpo Shenga (Commentary)

Unraveling the subtle processes that condition our thinking and experience, Maitreya's teaching reveals a powerful path of compassionate vision and spiritual transformation.

Middle Beyond Extremes contains a translation of the Buddhist masterpiece Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes. This famed text, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Madhyāntavibhāga, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings. Maitreya is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita.
Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes employs the principle of the three natures to explain the way things seem to be as well as the way they actually are. It is presented here alongside commentaries by two outstanding masters of Tibet's nonsectarian Rim� movement, Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham.

Genres: Buddhism

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2007

Reviews

[Yontan Gyatso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't have time for a full review presently, but if you are a fan of Mipham Rinpoche, put this on your list. Not the easiest read, but does a great job laying out Buddhanature as taught by Mipham with much support from the Great Longchen Rabjam.

[Stephen Blache · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having taken a teaching on this text, I am currently doing a little contemplation and memorization of some passages. The text is a very profound and deep treatment of the nature of mind and the reality of its context in the relative and ultimate sense. A wonderful text to study with a dharma friend!