Chandrakï's Seven Fold Reasoning

Chandrakï's Sevenfold Reasoning - Meditation on the Selfness of Persons - By Joe Wilson

This explanation of Chadrakïti's presentation of the seven fold reasoning is based on the explanation found in the clear Exposition of the presentation Tenets, a beautiful ornament for the Meru of the Subduer's Teaching composed by Jang-kya. In this small volume, Joe Wilson includes an explanation of the context of the Sevenfold Reasoning in Buddhist philosophy as a whole.

Chandrakirti represents the Prïangika-Mïdhyamika school of philosophy, which is reviewed in the Gelugpa presentation of Sutra and Tantra as the highest system, or most correct system, for explaining phenomena and the way in which they exist. This book explores its essential and complex subject in depth for the benefit of all readers making a detailed investigation of the Buddhadharma.