Nagarjuna's letter to a friend, with commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche
By: translated by the Padmakara Translation Group.
Contributors: Klong-chen Ye-shes-rdo-rje, Bkaʼ-ʼgyur Rin-po-che.; Nāgārjuna, 2nd cent.
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng; tib; san
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781559392273
Subjects: Nāgārjuna, 2nd cent; Religious life -- Mahayana Buddhism; Buddhism -- Doctrines; Priests, Buddhist -- India -- Correspondence
Description: "The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna (1st - 2nd century A.D.) wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a letter 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 whole 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 great scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path." "In addition to the commentary, this book presents the original poem in the Tibetan and in a new English translation that attempts to emulate Nagarjuna's lines of metric verse. Also included are Kangyur Rinpoche's structural outline (sa bchad), a Tibetan line index to enable students to locate quotations used in other Tibetan works, and full notes and glossary."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Root text: Suhr̥llekha (in Sanskrit); commentary: Slob dpon ʼphags pa klu sgrub kyi bśes paʼi spriṅ yig gi mchan ʼgrel źal rgyun bdud rtsiʼi zegs ma skyabs rje bkaʼ ʼgyur rin po cheʼi gsuṅ (in Tibetan).
Table of contents: title: Letter to a friend by Nagarjuna (the root text); title: The nectar-like words of the teacher by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche (the commentary)