LEADER 03852nam 22006734a 450 001 9910454058403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96587-1 010 $a9786611965877 010 $a0-226-49322-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226493220 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579735 035 $a(EBL)408552 035 $a(OCoLC)476229600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195292 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178990 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195292 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10257729 035 $a(PQKB)11758557 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408552 035 $a(DE-B1597)524008 035 $a(OCoLC)781254783 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226493220 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271866 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196587 035 $a(OCoLC)437248251 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579735 100 $a20050419d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe madman's middle way$b[electronic resource] $ereflections on reality of the Tibetan monk Gendun Chopel /$fDonald S. Lopez, Jr 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aBuddhism and modernity 300 $aIncludes English translation of Tibetan text. 311 $a0-226-49316-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. The Life -- $tChapter 2. The Text -- $tChapter 3. The Commentary -- $tChapter 4. The Author -- $tChapter 5. The Critics -- $tChapter 6. The Question of Modernity -- $tIndex of Proper Names 330 $aGendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two defining moments in modern Tibetan history: the entry into Lhasa by British troops in 1904 and by Chinese troops in 1951. Recognized as an incarnate lama while he was a child, Gendun Chopel excelled in the traditional monastic curriculum and went on to become expert in fields as diverse as philosophy, history, linguistics, geography, and tantric Buddhism. Near the end of his life, before he was persecuted and imprisoned by the government of the young Dalai Lama, he would dictate the Adornment for Nagarjuna's Thought, a work on Madhyamaka, or "Middle Way," philosophy. It sparked controversy immediately upon its publication and continues to do so today. The Madman's Middle Way presents the first English translation of this major Tibetan Buddhist work, accompanied by an essay on Gendun Chopel's life liberally interspersed with passages from his writings. Donald S. Lopez Jr. also provides a commentary that sheds light on the doctrinal context of the Adornment and summarizes its key arguments. Ultimately, Lopez examines the long-standing debate over whether Gendun Chopel in fact is the author of the Adornment; the heated critical response to the work by Tibetan monks of the Dalai Lama's sect; and what the Adornment tells us about Tibetan Buddhism's encounter with modernity. The result is an insightful glimpse into a provocative and enigmatic workthatwill be of great interest to anyone seriously interested in Buddhism or Asian religions. 410 0$aBuddhism and modernity. 606 $aMa?dhyamika (Buddhism) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMa?dhyamika (Buddhism) 676 $a294.3/923/092 676 $aB 700 $aLopez$b Donald S.$f1952-$0647459 701 $aDge-?dun-chos-?phel$cA-mdo,$f1903-1951.$0783513 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454058403321 996 $aThe madman's middle way$92218087 997 $aUNINA