Mulamadhyamakakarika
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also MMK · Verses on the Root of the Middle Way · Madhyamaka Karika
Summary
The Mulamadhyamakakarika, the MMK, is Nagarjuna’s work whose title means the fundamental verses of the middle. Its chapters take up different subjects but develop some consistent themes; Nishijima translated it from Sanskrit into Japanese, and Mike went through it chapter by chapter in the summer sesshin of 2008.
Part of ↑ Nagarjuna
Includes ↓ Kumarajiva's Chinese translation ↓ Stephen Batchelor
Main theme
I recently translated Mulamadhyamakakarika from Sanskrit into Japanese
1Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika January 1996 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima
So ‘Mulamadhyamakakarika’ means ‘fundamental middle verses’ or ‘fundamental verses of the middle’
2MMK 1: The Four Conditions Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika
Although his subjects in the chapters are different, there are some kind of consistent themes that he is developing
3MMK 2: Non-Separation Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika
I will just skim through the subjects of the remaining chapters of the MMK
4MMK 5: Relinquishing All Views Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika
Also in the narrower keywords
Stephen Batchelor +1 text
This is where Stephen Batchelor’s rather poetic rendering of some of the MMK is very nice
MMK 3: Cutting Through Categories Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika