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UMA CHIDUN current - The Knowledge Base

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And this is so because the fact that no object has any nature of its own is the<br />

“foundation” middle way.<br />

DE MNGON SUM DU RTOGS PA'I NYAN THOS KYI MTHONG LAM<br />

BAR CHAD MED LAM LTA BU GNYIS PA DANG,<br />

Moreover, something like the uninterrupted part of the path of seeing for a<br />

listener who is in the direct perception of this “foundation” middle way<br />

would be an example of “path” middle way.<br />

NYAN THOS KYI LHAG MED MYANG 'DAS LTA BU 'BRAS BU DBU MA<br />

YIN PA'I PHYIR,<br />

And finally, something like the nirvana of a listener where nothing is left is<br />

an example of “result” middle way.<br />

DE RNAMS KYI NANG NAS 'JUG BYA'I DBU MA NI, RJOD BYED TSIG GI<br />

DBU MA LA BYED CING,<br />

Among all these different kinds of “middle way,” the middle way we are<br />

talking about when we speak of “entering the middle way” is the middle<br />

way in the form of the words used to express it.<br />

DE YANG DBU MA'I BSTAN BCOS LA BYED PA YIN TE, DBU MA RTZA<br />

BA SHES RAB LA BYED PA'I PHYIR,<br />

And this is true because the “middle way in the form of words” referred to<br />

here is the “classical commentary on the middle way,” which itself refers to<br />

<strong>The</strong> Root Text on Wisdom.<br />

DE YIN TE RANG 'GREL LAS, DBU MA'I BSTAN BCOS LA 'JUG PAR BYA<br />

BA'I PHYIR, DBU MA LA 'JUG PA RTZAM PAR 'DOD PAS, ZHES<br />

GSUNGS PA'I PHYIR DANG,<br />

And this is true because the autocommentary says,<br />

I wanted to compose Entering the Middle Way in order to “enter

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