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'''Nagarjuna''' [Skt.] - one of the six great commentators (the ‘[[Six Ornaments]]’) on the Buddha’s teachings, the great scholar Nagarjuna (c.150-250) is revered as an unsurpassed master by all Buddhist schools. His teachings provide the foundation for the [[Madhyamika]] School, which propounds the ‘Middle Way’ philosophy, accepted as the highest [[view]] within the [[sutrayana]]. He was also the revealer of the [[Prajñaparamita]] [[Sutra]]s, the core teaching of the second turning of the wheel of the Dharma. | '''Nagarjuna''' [Skt.] - one of the six great commentators (the ‘[[Six Ornaments]]’) on the Buddha’s teachings, the great scholar Nagarjuna (c.150-250) is revered as an unsurpassed master by all Buddhist schools. His teachings provide the foundation for the [[Madhyamika]] School, which propounds the ‘Middle Way’ philosophy, accepted as the highest [[view]] within the [[sutrayana]]. He was also the revealer of the [[Prajñaparamita]] [[Sutra]]s, the core teaching of the second turning of the wheel of the Dharma. | ||
See also [[Collection of Middle Way Reasoning]]. | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | [[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | ||
Revision as of 06:30, 22 February 2007
Nagarjuna [Skt.] - one of the six great commentators (the ‘Six Ornaments’) on the Buddha’s teachings, the great scholar Nagarjuna (c.150-250) is revered as an unsurpassed master by all Buddhist schools. His teachings provide the foundation for the Madhyamika School, which propounds the ‘Middle Way’ philosophy, accepted as the highest view within the sutrayana. He was also the revealer of the Prajñaparamita Sutras, the core teaching of the second turning of the wheel of the Dharma.
See also Collection of Middle Way Reasoning.