Chandrakirti

About The Author

Chandrakirti was a seventh-centruy Indian Buddhist monk and philospner revered for his interpretation of Nagarjuna's teachings on the Middle Way. He belonged to the  monastic university of Nalanda, at that time one of the greatest educational institutions in the world. 

Books by Chandrakirti

The Reason Sixty

With the Reason Sixty Commentary, Second Edition

By Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti
Translated by Joseph J. Loizzo
Presents two key Indian Buddhist philosophical masterpieces that integrate the Buddhist ethos of wisdom and compassion, with their profound relevance to contemporary thought clarified by a renowned scholar of contemplative science.
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The Esoteric Community Tantra with The Illuminating Lamp

Volume I: Chapters 1–12

By Great Vajradhara and Chandrakirti
Translated by John R. Campbell and Robert Thurman
A new presentation of Tantra with its most renowned commentary by one of the foremost translator/scholar teams of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
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