Verses 109-111 We are going through this text by Nagarjuna, a great Indian master who lived in the second century of this era, which he wrote to his friend the king in South India, describing the Buddhist path. In this, Nagarjuna starts, first of all, with a general,...

Verses 109-111 In this text, Letter to a Friend – just to remind us of the outline and the place we are at in the outline, which is always helpful for keeping the whole context of the text in mind – Nagarjuna explains to his friend the king the path to liberation, which if one...

Verses 109-111 We are studying Letter to a Friend, this text by the great Indian author Nagarjuna, which he wrote to his friend the king and in which he outlines the main points of the path to liberation and enlightenment. After an introduction, Nagarjuna goes into the main...

Verses 109-111 In our discussion of Letter to a Friend by Nagarjuna we have – to review again – spoken about how Nagarjuna first discusses the basic framework for approaching the teachings and then the main part of the teachings, which, according to the outline we are...

Verse 4 We have been looking at this text by Nagarjuna, a letter that he sent to his friend, King Udayibhadra, in which Nagarjuna gives general advice for following the Mahayana path. We have covered the introductory verses, and have been speaking about verse four, which...

Verses 109-111 We are studying a very important and early text in Mahayana Buddhism written by the great Indian master Nagarjuna in approximately the second century of the Common Era, called Letter to a Friend, which he wrote to his friend the king of a kingdom in South India....

Verses 109-112 We are continuing our study of this text, Letter to a Friend, by Nagarjuna, which he wrote to his friend the king, explaining the path to liberation and enlightenment. In it, after an introductory presentation of what is important in the study, Nagarjuna...

Verses 113–115 We have been going through Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend. We have seen that Nagarjuna, in writing this letter to a king, first, gives some general advice about the main points of the path and, then, presents the path, according to Mipam’s commentary, in terms...

Verses 115–123 We are in the final verses of Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend that Nagarjuna, this great Indian master who lived in the second century of the Common Era in South India, sent to his friend who was the king of the most powerful kingdom of that time. In it, he...

Last time, we finished this very early text in the history of Indian Buddhism, a letter that the great Indian master Nagarjuna wrote to his friend the king of a kingdom in South India. This was written probably in the second century of the Common Era. We see that, although...