Nagarjuna S Philosophy

Author : K. Venkata Ramanan
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 410 pages
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Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788120801592

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Nagarjuna's Philosophy by K. Venkata Ramanan Pdf

This work is an exposition of the philosophic conceptions basic to Mahayana Buddhism as found in the Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra a commentary on the Prajnaparamita-sutras and traditionally attributed to Nagarjuna. The sastra the earliest and most extensive work in this field is lost in its Sanskrit original and preserved only in a Chinese translation. Meaning of Sanskrit and Chinese terms are expounded concepts are made clear and supplementary materials are supplied in the notes. The study is prefixed with a short historical account of the broad lines of Buddhist philosophy in its early stage. The aim of this work is to elucidate the meaning of the Middle Way, the way of comprehension. 'Everything stands in harmony with him who stands in harmony with Sunyata, which is not a rejection of existence or of understanding but of the misconstruction of the sense of the real or the error of misplaced absoluteness which is the origin of clinging and the root of conflict and suffering.'

Author : Krishniah Venkata Ramanan
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120802144

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Nagarjuna's Philosophy by Krishniah Venkata Ramanan Pdf

This work is an exposition of the philosophic conceptions basic to Mahayana Buddhsim as found in the Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra a commentary on the Prajnaparamita-sutras and traditionally attributed to Nagarjuna. The sastra the earlist and most extensive work in this field is lost in its sanskrit original and preserved only in a Chinese translation. Meaning of sanskrit and chinese terms are expounded concepts are made clear and supplementary materials are supplied in the notes

Author : K. Venkata Ramanan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475221605

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Nāgārjuna's Philosophy by K. Venkata Ramanan Pdf

Author : David F. Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317723233

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Emptiness Appraised by David F. Burton Pdf

Emptiness means that all entities are empty of, or lack, inherent existence - entities have a merely conceptual, constructed existence. Though Nagarjuna advocates the Middle Way, his philosophy of emptiness nevertheless entails nihilism, and his critiques of the Nyaya theory of knowledge are shown to be unconvincing.

Author : N?g?rjuna,David J. Kalupahana
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0887061486

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Nagarjuna by N?g?rjuna,David J. Kalupahana Pdf

This is a completely new translation of Nagarjuna's major work, the Mulamadhyamakakarika, accompanied by a detailed annotation of each of the verses. The annotation identifies the metaphysical theories of the scholastics criticized by Nagarjuna, and traces the source material and the arguments utilized in his refutation back to the early discourses of the Buddha. The Introduction presents a completely new hypothesisthe nature of the treatise. The work is a grand commentary on the Buddha's "Discourse to Katyayana" (Kaccayanaqotta-sutta). The concluding part of the Introduction compares the teachings of the Buddha and Nagarjuna in regard to epistemology, ontology, ethics and philosophy of language indicating how the latter was making a determined attempt to reconstruct the Buddha's teachings in a very faithful manner, avoiding the substantialist metaphysics of the scholastics. The book shows that Nagarjuna's ideas are neither original nor are they an advancement from the early Buddhist period. Nagarjuna is not a Mahayanist.

Author : Jan Westerhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199705115

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Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka by Jan Westerhoff Pdf

The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the "second Buddha." His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or "emptiness." For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally "own-nature" or "self-nature," and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.

Author : Ramanan K. Venkata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:968964965

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Nagarjuna's Philosophy by Ramanan K. Venkata Pdf

Author : K. Venkata Ramanan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:944275141

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Nagarjuna's Philosophy by K. Venkata Ramanan Pdf

Author : Ram Chandra Pandeya,Manju
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8185133433

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Nagarjuna S Philosophy Of No-Identity : Philosophical Translation by Ram Chandra Pandeya,Manju Pdf

This Book Braks New Ground For The Study Of The Philosophy Of Great Buddhist Scholar Nagarjuna. It Contains A Full Translation Of The Karikas Of The Madhyamaka-Sastra, Together With The Translations Of The Sunyata-Saptati And The Vigrahavyavartani.

Author : Mark Siderits,Shoryu Katsura
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781614290612

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Nagarjuna's Middle Way by Mark Siderits,Shoryu Katsura Pdf

Winner of the 2014 Khyenste Foundation Translation Prize. Nagarjuna's renowned twenty-seven-chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika) is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. It is the definitive, touchstone presentation of the doctrine of emptiness. Professors Siderits and Katsura prepared this translation using the four surviving Indian commentaries in an attempt to reconstruct an interpretation of its enigmatic verses that adheres as closely as possible to that of its earliest proponents. Each verse is accompanied by concise, lively exposition by the authors conveying the explanations of the Indian commentators. The result is a translation that balances the demands for fidelity and accessibility.

Author : Nagarjuna
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199978595

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The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Nagarjuna Pdf

The Buddhist saint N=ag=arjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is undoubtedly the most important, influential, and widely studied Mah=ay=ana Buddhist philosopher. His many works include texts addressed to lay audiences, letters of advice to kings, and a set of penetrating metaphysical and epistemological treatises. His greatest philosophical work, the Mūlamadhyamikak=arik=a--read and studied by philosophers in all major Buddhist schools of Tibet, China, Japan, and Korea--is one of the most influential works in the history of Indian philosophy. Now, in The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, Jay L. Garfield provides a clear and eminently readable translation of N=ag=arjuna's seminal work, offering those with little or no prior knowledge of Buddhist philosophy a view into the profound logic of the Mūlamadhyamikak=arik=a. Garfield presents a superb translation of the Tibetan text of Mūlamadhyamikak=arik=a in its entirety, and a commentary reflecting the Tibetan tradition through which N=ag=arjuna's philosophical influence has largely been transmitted. Illuminating the systematic character of N=ag=arjuna's reasoning, Garfield shows how N=ag=arjuna develops his doctrine that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, that is, than nothing exists substantially or independently. Despite lacking any essence, he argues, phenomena nonetheless exist conventionally, and that indeed conventional existence and ultimate emptiness are in fact the same thing. This represents the radical understanding of the Buddhist doctrine of the two truths, or two levels of reality. He offers a verse-by-verse commentary that explains N=ag=arjuna's positions and arguments in the language of Western metaphysics and epistemology, and connects N=ag=arjuna's concerns to those of Western philosophers such as Sextus, Hume, and Wittgenstein. An accessible translation of the foundational text for all Mah=ay=ana Buddhism, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way offers insight to all those interested in the nature of reality.

Author : A. M. Padhye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X030116860

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The Framework of Nagarjuna's Philosophy by A. M. Padhye Pdf

Author : Nāgārjuna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1014789363

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Nāgārjuna’s Philosophy as Presented in the Maha-Prajñāpāramitā-Śāstra by Nāgārjuna Pdf

Author : Lindtner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
ISBN : 8120803957

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Nagarjuniana by Lindtner Pdf

Author : Tsong khapa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199881956

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Ocean of Reasoning by Tsong khapa Pdf

Tsong kha pa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. An Ocean of Reasoning is the most extensive and perhaps the deepest extant commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), and it can be argued that it is impossible to discuss Nagarjuna's work in an informed way without consulting it. It discusses alternative readings of the text and prior commentaries and provides a detailed exegesis, constituting a systematic presentation of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy. Despite its central importance, however, of Tsong kha pa's three most important texts, only An Ocean of Reasoning remains untranslated, perhaps because it is both philosophically and linguistically challenging, demanding a rare combination of abilities on the part of a translator. Jay Garfield and Ngawang Samten bring the requisite skills to this difficult task, combining between them expertise in Western and Indian philosophy, and fluency in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and English. The resulting translation of this important text will not only be a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, but will serve as a valuable companion volume to Jay Garfield's highly successful translation of The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way.