Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha

Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha (T. dbu ma rgyan gyi rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs bla ma dgyes pa'i zhal lung དབུ་མ་རྒྱན་གྱི་རྣམ་བཤད་འཇམ་དབྱངས་བླ་མ་དགྱེས་པའི་ཞལ་ལུང་) — Mipham Rinpoche's famous commentary on the Madhyamakalankara, written in 1876 when he was just 30 years old.

Ringu Tulku (2006) states:

This commentary by Mipham Rinpoche is often considered the most important philosophical text of the Nyingma lineage in Tibet, particularly for those who follow Mipham Rinpoche's understanding of the Shentong Madhyamaka view.

In this text, Mipham explains the views on ultimate reality of Kamalashila, Shantarakshita, and other proponents of the Svatantrika Madhyamaka school.

Criticism

The commentary was controversial, and prompted criticism from the Nyingmapa scholar called Dodrup Damchö Zangpo, who is said to have challenged Mipham Rinpoche to a debate. In response, Mipham wrote Dispelling the Doubts of Damchö (dam chos dwogs sel).

Translations

• Mipham Rinpoche and Shantarakshita, Adornment of the Middle Way, Shambhala Publications, 2005
• Ju Mipham Rinpoche and Thomas H. Doctor, Speech of Delight, Snow Lion Publications, 2004

Further reading

• Georges B. J. Dreyfus, 'Would the True Prāsaṅgika Please Stand? The Case and View of Ju Mi pham' in The Svātantrika - Prāsaṅgika Distinction, edited by Georges B. J. Dreyfus and Sara L. McClintock, Wisdom Publications, 2003
• Kennard Lipman, 'A Controversial Topic from Mipham's Analysis of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṅkāra' in Ronald M. Davidson ed. Wind Horse: Proceedings of the North American Tibetological Society, Asian Humanities Press, pp. 40-57
• Kennard Lipman, A study of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra, Phd. thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 1979. Abstract

Source

• Ringu Tulku (2006), The Ri-Me Philosophy of Jamgon Kungtrul the Great, Shambhala 

External links

• Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha, Rigpa Shedra Wiki