Reading week 7:

Please read the following from your Emptiness course book:

Chapter 4, Differences Between Svatantrika and Prasangika, the whole chapter: p.61 to p.75

• The Main Differences Between the Subschools of Madhyamaka p.61
• The Difference in the Line of Reasoning, p.61
• The Difference in Direct Perception, p.66
• The difference in Ultimate and Conventional Levels, p.69
• The Difference in the Understanding of Dependent Origination, p.70
• The Difference in Identifying the Two Obscurations, p.71

Supplementary reading (optional):

If you’ve got the Guy Newland book, this is where it really starts to come into use in this module.  There will be further relevant chapters in the following weeks, but for this week the main chapters that relate to your material are below.

• Introduction to Emptiness, by Guy Newland:
  • Chapter 4, Ultimate and Conventional Radio, p.39-47;
  • Chapter 5, Reliable Sources, p.48-55;
  • Chapter 8, The Two Types of Madhyamaka, p.76-85