"Guy Newland is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University, where he has taught since 1988. He has authored, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism, including the three-volume translation of The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment."
"Written with illumination from a terrific scholar."-Jeffrey
Hopkins, author of A Truthful Heart
"This magnificent, readable, and thoroughly engaging work is a
modern classic in the making. It invites new practitioners and
learned scholars alike to look afresh at the dazzling array of
teachings from one of the greatest figures in the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition."-Anne Carolyn Klein , author of Meeting the Great
Bliss Queen and Unbounded Wholeness
"Introduction to Emptiness is a marvelously clear,
marvelously precise exposition of Tsong-kha-pa's understanding of
emptiness and of the two truths as presented by Nagarjuna and
Chandrakirti. . . . While the exposition is rich in technical
detail and textual reference, it is absolutely accessible to the
beginning student. It will be required reading in my Buddhist
philosophy courses."-Jay L. Garfield, author of Ocean of
Reasoning and Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way
"Understanding emptiness is the key to the most important aspects
of Buddhism-wisdom, compassion, tantra-but is difficult to teach.
Guy Newland has drawn on long experience with college students to
write a short but rich and pithy guide to emptiness that brims with
common sense and apt examples. Anyone interested in Buddhism would
benefit from reading it."-Daniel Cozort, author of Buddhist
Philosophy and Highest Yoga Tantra
"A guide that furnishes the tools and motivation for further
exploration and even the confidence to take the next step, whatever
that might be. . . . Introduction to Emptiness is an
open-armed invitation into an important and all-too-often
forbidding realm of study."-Tricycle
"Fresh and straightforward. . . . Complete and
comprehensive."-Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's
Quarterly
"Newland has written a guide that furnishes the tools and
motivation for further exploration and even the confidence to take
the next step, whatever that might be for the readers to try to
comprehend clearly the difficult subject of emptiness, which forms
the most crucial aspect of Mahayana Buddhism."-Eastern
Horizon
"Guy Newland performs a remarkable feat by presenting the complex
concept of emptiness with great clarity and lucidity. The book is
highly recommended for those who are at the initial stage of entry
into the vast realm of the Buddhist thought. It is equally useful
for those who have traversed their journey quite a bit."-Tibet
Journal
"The author makes it clear that emptiness is not a certain
spacey-ness but rather it is reality as it is. The thirteen pages
of Chapter Bullet Points is an innovative way to provide an outline
of this seminal work in Buddhist thought."-New Age
Retailer
"Newland has once again tackled the central concept of Mahayana
Buddhism in this improved presentation. The book is actually a
reworked and fine-tuned version of his earlier edition and brings
greater clarity to Tibetan Buddhism's essential philosophical
point. . . . Using contemporary examples and vivid anecdotes, the
author clearly shows us how to find the answers to what is
emptiness."-Mandala Magazine
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