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'''Praise of Dharmadhatu''' (Skt. Dharmadhātustava; [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa'') – a [[shastra]] written by [[Nagarjuna]] concerning the intention of the third turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
[[Image:Nagarjuna17.JPG|frame]]'''Praise of Dharmadhatu''' (Skt. ''Dharmadhātustava''; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་བསྟོད་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa'') – a [[shastra]] written by [[Nagarjuna]] concerning the intention of the [[Three Turnings|third turning of the Wheel of Dharma]]. It belongs to Nagarjuna’s [[Collection of Praises]].
 
This text is primarily about [[buddha nature]]—called [[dharmadhatu]] in this context. Nagarjuna shows how buddha nature exists in all beings, is temporarily obscured, and can be revealed in its full bloom. The emphasis is on the actual experience of mind's vivid wakefulness.
 
==Tibetan Text==
*{{SL|876a46b1-c4d3-4c25-8eab-818ca94fed34|Sakya Library}}
 
==Translations==
*''In Praise of Dharmadhatu'', by Nagarjuna with commentary by the [[Rangjung Dorje|Third Karmapa]], translated by Karl Brunnholz, Snow Lion Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-1559392860


This text belongs to Nagarjuna’s [[Collection of Praises]].


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Praise of Dharmadhatu (Skt. Dharmadhātustava; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་བསྟོད་པ་, Wyl. chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa) – a shastra written by Nagarjuna concerning the intention of the third turning of the Wheel of Dharma. It belongs to Nagarjuna’s Collection of Praises.

This text is primarily about buddha nature—called dharmadhatu in this context. Nagarjuna shows how buddha nature exists in all beings, is temporarily obscured, and can be revealed in its full bloom. The emphasis is on the actual experience of mind's vivid wakefulness.

Tibetan Text

Translations

  • In Praise of Dharmadhatu, by Nagarjuna with commentary by the Third Karmapa, translated by Karl Brunnholz, Snow Lion Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-1559392860