Table of contents : Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Emptiness and the Middle Way in Mādhyamika 3. Chih-i on Mādhyamika 4. Middle Way-Buddha Nature as the Truth 5. Four Alternatives in Mādhyamika and Chih-i 6. Epistemic-soteriological Character of the Threefold Contemplation 7. Practical Significance of Identification 8. Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Index