Verse 33 We have been looking at this text by the great Indian master Nagarjuna, which is a letter that he wrote to his friend  King Udayibhadra. In this letter, he gives advice to the king about how to follow the Buddhist path, particularly the Mahayana path to...

Verses 34–35 We have been discussing the letter that Nagarjuna wrote to King Udayibhadra, his friend, in South India. We have seen that this letter basically covers the Mahayana path. It’s advice, practical advice, for the king. It could be divided in many, many different...

Verses 36–37 We have been discussing and looking at this wonderful letter that Nagarjuna wrote to his friend King Udayibhadra. It’s one of two very famous letters that he wrote; the other is the Precious Garland. In this text, Letter to a Friend, Nagarjuna gives, first,...

Verses 38–40 We have been going through Letter to a Friend, which Nagarjuna wrote to King Udayibhadra. We saw that the text can be divided in many ways. One way is to divide it into an introductory section in which Nagarjuna summarizes the main points and, then, into a main...

Verses 41–44 We have been covering the text, which in Sanskrit is called Suhrllekha, and in English, Letter to a Friend, that Nagarjuna wrote for his friend the king in South India, in which he speaks about the Mahayana path. According to the outline that we’ve been following,...

Verse 4 We started last week this text by Nagarjuna, Letter to a Friend, or Friendly Letter, which Nagarjuna wrote for King Udayibhadra. We saw that there are many ways of dividing this text into outlines and that it's very difficult to say that any one outline is better than...

Verse 45 We have been going through this letter by Nagarjuna that he wrote to his friend, a king in South India, as general advice concerning how to follow the Mahayana spiritual path. We have seen that the text has many different ways of dividing it; different Tibetan authors...

Verse 45 We have been going through this letter that Nagarjuna wrote to his friend the King Udayibhadra. In it, after an explanation on having confidence in the six things to keep in mind as a support for the path, Nagarjuna explains the essence of the path, which, according...

Verse 45 We have been looking at this early Indian Mahayana text, Letter to a Friend, that Nagarjuna wrote. In it, he explains the Mahayana path to his friend King Udayibhadra. He starts this, first of all, by explaining having confidence in the teachings and then, the six...

Verse 45 We are discussing this great text of Nagarjuna, Letter to a Friend. In it, he starts with an explanation of the importance of having confidence in the teachings and the six things to always keep in mind as a support for the path. Then he explains the essence of the...