Thoroughly Clear Intention

Thoroughly Clear Intention (dbu ma dgongs pa rab gsal). Tsongkhapa's commentary on Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra.

This work is perhaps the most influential explanation of Candrakīrti's seventh-century classic Entering the Middle Way (Madhyamakāvatāra).

Full title

• dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dgongs pa rab gsal [དབུ་མ་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་རྣམ་བཤད་དགོངས་པ་རབ་གསལ།]. [The Thoroughly Clear Intention: A Detailed Explanation of the Madhyamakāvatāra].

Translation

• Jinpa, Thupten, trans. Illuminating the Intent: An Exposition of Candrakīrti's Entering the Middle Way. By Tsongkhapa. Library of Tibetan Classics 19. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2021. Publisher Link

Further reading and partial translations

• The Thoroughly Clear Intention: A Detailed Explanation of the Madhyamakāvatāra, Bodhicitta: A Tsadra Foundation Project