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Nagarjuna

Acharya Nāgārjuna (Devanagari:नागार्जुन, Tibetan: ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་ klu sgrub, Chinese: 龍樹) (ca. 150–250 CE) was an Indian philosopher who founded the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

His writings are the basis for the formation of the Madhyamaka school, which was transmitted to China under the name of the Three Treatise (Sanlun) School. He is credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajnaparamita sutras, and was closely associated with the Buddhist university of Nalanda. In the Jodo Shinshu branch of Buddhism, he is considered the First Patriarch.

Little is known about the actual life of the historical Nagarjuna. The two most extensive biographies of Nagarjuna, one in Chinese and the other in Tibetan, were written many centuries after his life and incorporate material seen by some as historically unreliable. Nagarjuna was born a Brahmin, which in his time connoted religious allegiance to the Vedas, probably into an upper-caste Brahmin family and probably in the southern Andhra region of India.

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Born c. 150
Died c. 250

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  • Cover of: Buddhist advice for living & liberation: Nāgārjuna's precious garland

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  • Cover of: Letter from a friend: a bodhisattva's advice to an Indian king on right living and the Buddhist path = The Suhr̥llekha : an epistle composed for King Śatakarṇi

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  • Cover of: The Madhyamakasastram of Nagarjuna

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  • Cover of: The confession of downfalls: The confession sutra, with commentary by Ārya Nāgārjuna ; The practice of Vajrasattva, with sādhana

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  • Cover of: Ston-pa Bcom-ldan-ʼdas la mdzad pa bcu gñis kyi sgo nas bstod-pa bźugs so.

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  • Cover of: Madhyamakavṛttiḥ.: Mūlamadhyamakakārikās (Mādhyamikasūtras) de Nāgārjuna avec la Prasannapadā commentaire de Candrakīrti

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  • Cover of: The commentary of manners called the tree of wisdom =: Slob-dpon Klu-sgrub kyis mdzad paʼi lugs kyi [b]stan bcos śes rab sdoṅ bu źes bya ba bźugs so

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  • Cover of: The dialectical method of Nāgārjuna =: Vigrahavyāvartanī

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Born c. 150
Died c. 250

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Mādhyamika (Buddhism), Buddhism, Tripiṭaka, Commentaries, Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhist Philosophy, Pratītyasamutpāda, Texts, Tibetan language, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist philosophy, Prayers and devotions, Religious life, Tales, Doctrines, History and criticism, Madhyamika (Buddhism), Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism), Buddha and Buddhism, Correspondence, Nagarjuna, active 2nd century, Spiritual life, Sunyata, Tibetan Medicine

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India, China, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet Region

People

Nāgārjuna (2nd cent), Nāgārjuna (active 2nd century), Aśvaghoṣa, Candrakīrti, Gautama Buddha, Thon-mi Sambhoṭa (fl. 632)

Time

Early works to 1800

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Alternative names

  • Acharya Nāgārjuna
  • Nāgārjuna
  • Ngrjuna
  • नागार्जुन
  • ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་
  • klu sgrub
  • 龍樹

History

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May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add names in other languages to AKAs
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import