Nagarjuna
"Nagarjuna
(c. 150-250 C.E.) has held continuous attention of Buddhists
... since his own day. ... His ideas, though subtle and profound,
carried such deep understanding and implications of fundamental
Buddhist truths that they came to influence, one way or another,
all or most of the subsequent Mahayana developments in India,
China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan.
"Nagarjuna stands out as the giant among giants
who laid the foundation of religious and philosophical quests.
... He was, in short, considered to be the second Buddha. ..." —Kenneth
K. Inada, from the introduction to his book Nagarjuna.
Causation
and Change
The Non-substantiality
of Phenomena
The Nature
of Subjective Experience
The Nature
of Objective Experience
The
Nature of Ultimate Reality
Based on Nagarjuna's Verses on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika), this series carefully examines the emptiness of all phenomena and demolishes all of our common concepts of time, space, motion, identity, location, cause and effect, conditionality, sense, and self. This radical and profound, yet accessible work points directly to the truth evident in what we see and experience. His teachings form the foundation not only for Zen, but for all the Mahayana schools. All of Mahayana literature is most completely elucidated by his works.
Please note:
In this course from curriculum year 2002-03, Steve Hagen teaches using a compilation
of five translations of Nagarjuna's Verses on the Middle Way as a
text. However, Dharma Field has not been able to secure permission to sell all translations within this compilation. The following books contain the translations
to which he refers. You may find that you want
copies of your own and may benefit from the translators' commentaries.
These books have been available for purchase through online bookstores or you may order
them through your local bookstore. We do not sell these books. Also referred to in the course is Steve Hagen's translation and commentary, which are provided with the purchase of the CD course.
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Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way, translation and commentary by David Kalupahana, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, January 1999. |
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The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Mulamadhyamakakarika, translation and commentary by Jay L. Garfield, Oxford University Press, 1995 |
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Nagarjuna: A Translation of His Mulamadhyamaka Karika, Kenneth Inada, Helan International Publishing Company, 1970. Out of print, limited availability. |
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