Candrakīrti

Chandrakirti ( 7th century ) was an important Indian philosopher of Mahayana Buddhism and commentator of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna in the period of early Indian Middle Ages. Particularly well known is his Madhyamakavatara ( Tib. dbu ma la 'jug pa; "entry into the Middle Way ").

Translations of Madhyamakavatara

• Geshe Rabten ( translator, commentator ) Stephen Batchelor ( translator, editor) (1983). Echoes of voidness, London: Wisdom Publications
• Huntington, W. C. (1989). The Emptiness of Emptiness. University of Hawaii Press
• Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Ocean of Nectar: Wisdom and Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism. London: Tharpa Publications, 1995.
• Padmakara Translation Group ( 2002). Introduction to the Middle Way ( Candrakirti 's Madhyamakavatara with Mipham Rinpoche 's Commentary ). Shambhala
• Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti 's Madhyamakavatara with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, edited by Alex Trisoglio, Khyentse Foundation, 2003