The best available translation of the मूलमध�?यमिककारिकाः. There are a number of bugs with McCagney's translation, not least of which her frankly silly campaign to translate शून�?यता as "openness" instead of the traditional, accepted, popular, and more literally accurate "emptiness." But, other than that she has fewer axes to grind than most translators of the MMK, and while she makes some errors and some poor choices, it is, on the whole, an extremely useful and relatively accessible translation, and her introduction is excellent -- providing a competent and comprehensive overview of Nagarjuna's historical context and some of the issues in Nagarjuna scholarship. ( )