Cracking the Walnut: Understanding the Dialectics of Nagarjuna by Thich Nhat Hanh

Cracking the Walnut introduces Nagarjuna’s teaching of the Middle Way through Thich Nhat Hanh’s commentary. It considers emptiness and interdependence as ways of looking beyond fixed ideas about existence, nonexistence and a separate self.

The book includes the Mulamadhyamakakarika alongside teachings developed during a three-month retreat. For readers ready to explore Buddhist philosophy in greater depth, with explanations that connect an influential classical text to questions arising in practice.