The Profound Reality of Interdependence: An Overview of the Wisdom Chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva...

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Douglas S. Duckworth (Professor of Religion, Professor of Religion, Temple University) Künzang Sönam

The Profound Reality of Interdependence

An Overview of the Wisdom Chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva

Douglas S. Duckworth (Professor of Religion, Professor of Religion, Temple University), Künzang Sönam, Künzang Sönam

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Oxford University Press Inc
10 September 2025

Buddhist sacred texts

The Way of the Bodhisattva, composed by the monk and scholar 'S=antideva in eighth-century India, is a Buddhist treatise in verse that beautifully and succinctly lays out the theory and practice of the Mahayana path of a bodhisattva. Over one thousand years after 'S=antideva's composition, Künzang Sönam (1823-1905) produced the most extensive commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva ever written. This book is the first English translation of Künzang Sönam's overview of 'S=antideva's notoriously difficult chapter on wisdom. The ninth chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva is philosophically very rich but forbiddingly technical, and can only be read well with a good commentary. Künzang Sönam's commentary offers a unique and complete introduction to the view of Pr=asa:ngika-Madhyamaka, the summit of Buddhist philosophy in Tibet, as articulated by Tsongkhapa. It brings 'S=antideva's text, and Tsongkhapa's interpretation of Pr=asa:ngika-Madhyamaka, into conversation with a vast Buddhist literature from India and Tibet. By articulating the integral relationship between emptiness and interdependence, this text formulates a sustained and powerful argument for emptiness as a metaphysical basis of bodhisattva ethics. This volume makes the ninth chapter accessible to English-speaking teachers and students of the Way of the Bodhisattva.

By: Künzang Sönam, Künzang Sönam
Translated with commentary by: Douglas S. Duckworth (Professor of Religion Professor of Religion Temple University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 481g
ISBN: 9780197826751
ISBN 10: 019782675X
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 10 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Part I: Translator's Introduction The Way of the Bodhisattva Life of Künzang Sönam Wisdom: The Ninth Chapter Part II: The Translation Bibliography

Douglas Duckworth is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is the author of Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition (2008) and Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings (2011). He also introduced and translated Distinguishing the Views and Philosophies: Illuminating Emptiness in a Twentieth-Century Tibetan Buddhist Classic by Bötrül (2011). He is the author of Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature (OUP 2019).

Reviews for The Profound Reality of Interdependence: An Overview of the Wisdom Chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva

All in all, this is an excellent piece of scholarship which significantly contributes to our understanding of Prasangika-Madhyamaka. * Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette, Ghent University, Religion *