| Title | : | Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Kyabje Kangyur & Padmakara Translation Group |
| Release | : | 2006-01-18 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Buddhism, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Poetry |
| Size | : | 4340777 |
| 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. |
