Sublime

My middle way and your middle way are not the same middle way. For instance, my style is to be casual and soft-edged and laid-back. For me to do what usually would be called strict practice is still pretty relaxed, because I do it in a relaxed way.

Mahayana philosophy proposes a drastic but effective answer which is the theme of a class of literature called Prajna-paramita, or “wisdom for crossing to the other shore,” a literature closely associated with the work of Nagarjuna (c. A.D. 200), who ranks with Shankara as one of the greatest minds of India.