Nagarjuna, Buddhism's most important philosopher
Subtitle: plain English translations and summaries of Nagarjuna's essential philosophical works
By: translated from Sanskrit with commentaries by Richard H. Jones
Publisher: Jackson Square Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781451539790
Subjects: Buddhist literature; Translations into English; Mādhyamika (Buddhism); Early works to 1800
Other titles: Nagarjuna; Vigrahavyāvartanī.; Mula-Madhyamaka-Karikas.
Description: Translation into plain English with commentaries of the Mula-Madhyamaka-Karikas, the Vigraha-vyavartani with Nagarjuna's commentary, and part of the Ratnavali.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Text: The fundamental verses of the Middle Way (the Mula-Madhyamaka-Karikas); title: Overturning the objection (the Vigraha-vyavartani); title: Nagarjuna's commentary on overturning the objections; title: Selections from Jewel Garland of advice (Ratnavali); title: Summary of Seventy Verse on Emptiness (Shunyata-saptati-karikas); title: Summary of Pulverizing the Categories (Vaidalya-prakarana) ; II. Commentaries: Commentary on Commentary on Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way; title: Commentary on Overturning the Objections; title: Essay: Emptiness, the philosophy of Nagarjuna; title: Twelve key Sanskrit terms for understanding Nagarjuna.