Nagarjuna
c. 150-230 CE
Telugu: నాగార్జున
Chinese: 龍樹 Longshu (Dragon Tree)
Tibetan: Klu Sgrub
c. 150-230 CE
Telugu: నాగార్జున
Chinese: 龍樹 Longshu (Dragon Tree)
Tibetan: Klu Sgrub
Indian Buddhist, seer, considered one of the most
important Indian Buddhists in its history.
founder of the Madyamaka School of mahayana
Buddhism
closely associated with the Buddhist Nalanda University
of northern India
wrote in Sanskrit, not Pali
many scholars think his writings were written by others
at a later date.
Mula Madhyamaka Karika (Fundamental Verses of the
Middle Way)
his Three Treatises School (Ch., Sanlun) was
transmitted to China
Zen genealogy considers Nagarjuna to be the 14th
Indian Zen Patriarch, in the lineage from Mahakashyap
(1st) to Bodhidharma (28th).
important Indian Buddhists in its history.
founder of the Madyamaka School of mahayana
Buddhism
closely associated with the Buddhist Nalanda University
of northern India
wrote in Sanskrit, not Pali
many scholars think his writings were written by others
at a later date.
Mula Madhyamaka Karika (Fundamental Verses of the
Middle Way)
his Three Treatises School (Ch., Sanlun) was
transmitted to China
Zen genealogy considers Nagarjuna to be the 14th
Indian Zen Patriarch, in the lineage from Mahakashyap
(1st) to Bodhidharma (28th).
| There has been a great man in India, a very rare being: men like him you can count on your fingers. His name was Nagarjuna. He has contradicted everything. He has debated against everything. He has criticized all theories. And people were puzzled. They would ask: Okay, whatsoever you say is okay, but what is your standpoint? He would say: I don't have any standpoint. I am here just to destroy theories, I don't have a theory to replace them with. Whatsoever is your theory – Come! And I will criticize it and destroy it. But don't ask for a substitute because I have none. You become empty, that's perfect, there is no need to do anything... --Osho Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol. 3, ch. 5 |
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