The Middle Way

A succinct, excellent presentation of Buddhist wisdom from the traditions most beloved teacher.For almost two thousand years Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities, these teachings were later incorporated into the Tibetan monastic programs which modeled their curricula on their Indian predecessors. In The Middle Way the Dalai Lama presents a brief, brilliant, and complete presentation of the ultimate view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. This is a book of teachings on the most important philosophical aspect of the Buddhist tradition by its most well-known teacher. Although it is a book about the Buddhist view the Dalai Lama teaches it in a way that can bring this profound outlook on life to any interested reader. Like his multiple books on compassion, this book is just as important and universal. The Dalai Lama is now adding his wisdom teachings to the already established recognition of his incomparable compassion.