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u/lvl_5_laser_lotus · 2 pointsr/Buddhism

For those that are unaware of this, here is a link to 1 star reviews on the Amazon page. A number of the posters there (and commenters in those posts) are translators themselves. They explain pretty clearly how embarrassing the Warner/Nishijima translation is.

u/gomer11 · 2 pointsr/Buddhism

It's nowhere to be found in the Charlotte area according to the online library sites. Not surprising. UNC Charlotte has it. Maybe it's time to get some student loans! Probably totally worth it.

It will come around, the book I mean. You know that Gudo Nishijima and Brad Warner just released a translation of Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom Of The Middle Way too? It might be interesting. Gudo has a slightly different take on a lot of things.

edit: Link to that book.

u/OC1p · 1 pointr/DMT

lol dude, the Mulamadhyamakakarika was written in the 2nd century in Sanskrit. The translation I am reading (arguably the most user friendly version) is tough as shit to digest. Each verse has a translation, and then that translation has a translation, and then THAT has the final "in other words" summary written by the authors of the physical book.

Here is the translation I am reading.

Keep in mind, this is pretty "advanced" Buddhism. Over the past year I've read about 8-10 books on Buddhism and Zen and Taoism, and have listened to hundreds of hours of lectures on the subject, and I have been practicing zazen. And in reading this translation of the Mulamadhyamakakarika, I feel that everything I have learned thus far is just giving me a glimpse of comprehension.