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...

Verse 45 We have been speaking about this letter that Nagarjuna, the great Indian master from the second century of the Common Era, wrote to his friend King Udayibhadra in South India. In this letter, first, Nagarjuna explained the importance of having confidence in the...

Verse 45 We have been discussing this wonderful letter that Nagarjuna wrote to his friend King Udayibhadra back in the second century of the Common Era. It’s a very old text that is the source of so many teachings. Obviously, Nagarjuna got these teachings from the Buddha’s...

Verse 45 We have been studying this wonderful letter that Nagarjuna wrote to his friend the king in which he outlines the Mahayana path. First, he explains the importance of having confidence in the teachings and six things to always keep in mind as a support for the path....

Verse 45 We have been going through this text by Nagarjuna in which he explains the main points of the Mahayana path to his friend the king in the form of a letter, although it’s written in verses. In this text, first, he explains the necessity of having confidence in the...

Verse 46 We have been going through Nagarjuna’s text, which he wrote to his friend the king in one of the kingdoms in South India. He begins this letter with an explanation of the importance of having confidence in the teachings and six things to try to continually keep in...

Verse 46 We have been looking at this letter, which Nagarjuna wrote to his friend the king.  Review Nagarjuna begins by explaining what we need as the support for our spiritual path. The first thing is confident belief. Confident belief, which is sometimes translated as...