Chandrakirti's Sevenfold Reasoning

by Joe Wilson

This explanation of Chadrakirti's presentation of the Seven-fold Reasoning is based on theat found in the Clear Exposition of the Presentation Tenets, A Beautiful Ornament for the Meru of the Subduer's Teaching composed by Jang-kya. Joe Wilson includes an explanation of the context of the Sevenfold Reasoning in Buddhist philosophy as a whole.Chandrakirti represents the Prasangika-Madhyamika school of philosophy, viewed in the Gelugpa presentation of Sutra and Tantra as the highest, or most correct, system for explaining phenomena and the way in which they exist. This book explores this essential and complex subject in depth, for the benefit of all those who wish to make a detail investigation of the Buddhadharma.