Madhyanta-vibhaga-karika

Madhyānta-vibhāga-kārikā (Distinguishing the Middle and the Extremes) is a key work in Yogācāra Buddhist philosophy, which was written by Maitreya-nātha. It consists of 112 verses which delineate the distinctions and relationship ("vibhāga") between the middle view ("madya") and extremes ("anta"); it contains five chapters: Attributes ("laksana"), Obscurations ("āvarana"), Reality ("tattva"), Cultivation of Antidotes ("pratipaksa-bhāvanā") and the Supreme Way ("yānānuttarya"). Along with Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian translations, the text survives in a single Sanskrit manuscript discovered in Tibet by the Indian Buddhologist and explorer, Rahula Sānkrityāyana. The Sanskrit version also included a commentary ("bhāsya") by Vasubandhu. An important sub-commentary ("tīkā") by Sthiramati also survives in Sanskrit as well as a Tibetan version.

In English Translation

The Madhyāntavibhāga-kārikā was translated into English in 2007 by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. ["Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham" by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Snow Lion Publications. Ithica: 2007. ISBN-10: 1559392703]

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