Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend
With Commentary By Kangyur Rinpoche
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Buddhism
| Author: | Kyabje Kangyur | ISBN: | 9781559398503 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala | Publication: | January 18, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kyabje Kangyur |
| ISBN: | 9781559398503 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Publication: | January 18, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion |
| Language: | English |
The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a gift of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition. Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the entire Mahayana path, combining a practical approach to daily conduct with a theoretical exposition of the different stages leading to enlightenment. It has thus been an ideal source for many of Tibet’s greatest scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path.
In addition to a new English translation of the poem followed by the original Tibetan, this book includes commentary and a structural outline by the great twentieth-century scholar Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche.
The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a gift of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition. Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the entire Mahayana path, combining a practical approach to daily conduct with a theoretical exposition of the different stages leading to enlightenment. It has thus been an ideal source for many of Tibet’s greatest scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path.
In addition to a new English translation of the poem followed by the original Tibetan, this book includes commentary and a structural outline by the great twentieth-century scholar Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche.
