Publication
Imprint: Berkeley, California : Dharma Publishing, c1986. Series: Tibetan Translation Series (14). Responsibility: Nagarjuna ; Chr (Christian) Lindtner. OCLC Number: 14818962. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxiii, 413 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index.
Call number
GT-B / EM / Nagar
ISBN
0898001390 / 9780898001396
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Sects/Linages: Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Description: Master of Wisdom, Six Works by Nagarjuna, translated by Christian Lindtner, gives readers access to Nagarjuna's clarifications of Sunyata, the essential insubstantiality of all phenomena, expressed in "Seventy Verses on Sunyata" and the Yuktisastikavrtti.
Complemented by Nagarjuna's writings on the meditation and moral conduct of a Bodhisattva and the inconceivable nature of the Buddha, this volume is a valuable aid for understanding the foundations of the Mahayana philosophical tradition. As enhancements to study, this book includes the romanized Tibetan text, notes and remarks by the translator, and all extant Sanskrit fragments. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: Introduction
Part I: texts and translations
Part II: editions
Part III: studies
FY1991 /
Description: Master of Wisdom, Six Works by Nagarjuna, translated by Christian Lindtner, gives readers access to Nagarjuna's clarifications of Sunyata, the essential insubstantiality of all phenomena, expressed in "Seventy Verses on Sunyata" and the Yuktisastikavrtti.
Complemented by Nagarjuna's writings on the meditation and moral conduct of a Bodhisattva and the inconceivable nature of the Buddha, this volume is a valuable aid for understanding the foundations of the Mahayana philosophical tradition. As enhancements to study, this book includes the romanized Tibetan text, notes and remarks by the translator, and all extant Sanskrit fragments. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: Introduction
Part I: texts and translations
Part II: editions
Part III: studies
FY1991 /
Physical description
xxiii, 413 p.; 27 cm
Description
Writings of the Buddhist Master N'g'rjuna. An excellent introduction to Madhyamika, Master of Wisdom contains two hymns of praise to the Buddha, two treatises on Shunyata, and two works that clarify the connection of analysis, meditation, and moral conduct. Includes Tibetan verses in transliteration and critical editions of extant Sanskrit.
Original language
Multiple languages
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