Bön Madhymaka

[Johnny Dangerous]

What are the origins of Bön Madhymaka? I know there are Bön prajnaparamita sutras, are there are also parallel philosophical works? Do Bönpos also read Nagarjuna?

[Malcolm]

What are the origins of Bön Madhymaka? I know there are Bön prajnaparamita sutras, are there are also parallel philosophical works? Do Bönpos also read Nagarjuna?

Sure they do. They also have their own Madhamaka tradition as well. In a collection of their curriculum, they study the work of Meton Sherab Ozer (dates a bit unclear, lived either in the second half of eleventh century and first part of twelfth, or in the twelfth century). He wrote a text with an autocommentary called Treatise on the Two Truths of the Middle Way.

https://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/download/digi ... rnativeNo=

[Johnny Dangerous]

Pretty interesting, thanks.