Ναγκαριούνα

Ο Ναγκαριούνα (नागार्जुन (प्राचीन दार्शनिक, 150 - 250) θεωρείται ευρέως ένας από τους σημαντικότερους φιλοσόφους βουδιστές μετά τον Σιντάρτα Γκαουτάμα. Μαζί με τον μαθητή του Āryadeva, θεωρείται ο ιδρυτής της σχολής Madhyamaka του Βουδισμού Μαχαγιάνα. Στο Ναγκαριούνα επίσης πιστώνεται η ανάπτυξη της φιλοσοφίας των Prajñāpāramitā και με βάση ορισμένες πηγές, το ότι αποκάλυψε γραφές στον κόσμο, που είχε ανακτήσει από τους Nagas (άνθρωποι-φίδια). Επιπλέον, υποτίθεται ότι έχει γράψει αρκετές πραγματείες περί rasayana καθώς και ότι ήταν επικεφαλής του Nālandā.

Βιβλιογραφία
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Ramanan, K. Venkata (1966), Nāgārjuna's Philosophy. Charles E. Tuttle, Vermont and Tokyo. Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. 1978. (This book gives an excellent and detailed examination of the range and subtleties of Nagarjuna's philosophy.)
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Walser, Joseph (2002), Nagarjuna And The Ratnavali: New Ways To Date An Old Philosopher, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 25 (1-2), 209-262
Walser, Joseph (2005),Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. New York: Columbia University Press.
Westerhoff, Jan (2010), The Dispeller of Disputes: Nāgārjuna's Vigrahavyāvartanī. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Westerhoff, Jan (2009), Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka. A Philosophical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Παραπομπές

Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι
 Nagarjuna: a bibliography
 Overview of traditional biographical accounts
 Online version of the Ratnāvalī (Precious Garland) in English μετάφραση από τον Prof. Vidyakaraprabha και Bel-dzek
 Online version of the Suhṛllekha (Letter to a friend) in English μετάφραση από τον Alexander Berzin
 Nārāgjuna vis-à-vis the Āgama-s and Nikāya-s Byoma Kusuma Nepalese Dharmasangha
 ZenEssays: Nagarjuna and the Madhyamika
 Mula madhyamaka karika online Tibetan and English version translated by Stephen Batchelor

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