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In his advice on social and governmental policy, Nagarjuna emphasizes education and compassionate care for all living beings, and states his oppostion to the death penalty, and appeals for charity for the homeless. Calling for the appointment of government figures who do not seek profit or fame, he advises that a selfish motivation will lead to misfortune. | In his advice on social and governmental policy, Nagarjuna emphasizes education and compassionate care for all living beings, and states his oppostion to the death penalty, and appeals for charity for the homeless. Calling for the appointment of government figures who do not seek profit or fame, he advises that a selfish motivation will lead to misfortune. | ||
==Outline== | |||
The text has five chapters: | |||
#mngon par mtho ba dang nges par legs pa | |||
#spel ma | |||
#byang chub kyi tshogs bsdus pa | |||
#rgyal po'i tshul bstan pa | |||
#byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa | |||
==Commentaries== | ==Commentaries== | ||
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===Tibetan=== | ===Tibetan=== | ||
*[[Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen]], ''dbu ma rin chen phreng ba'i snying po'i don gsal bar byed pa'' | |||
*[[Lala Sönam Chödrup]], ''dbu ma rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin po che'i phreng ba lung gi gsal byed'' | *[[Lala Sönam Chödrup]], ''dbu ma rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin po che'i phreng ba lung gi gsal byed'' | ||
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*''Nagarjuna's Precious Garland'', translated by Jeffrey Hopkins, Snow Lion Publications, 2007 | *''Nagarjuna's Precious Garland'', translated by Jeffrey Hopkins, Snow Lion Publications, 2007 | ||
*''The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King'', translated by John Dunne and Sara McClintock, Wisdom Publications, 1997 | *''The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King'', translated by John Dunne and Sara McClintock, Wisdom Publications, 1997 | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Notes on the Transmission of Nagarjuna's Ratnavali in Tibet', in ''The Tibet Journal'', Summer 1985, vol. X, No.2,4 | |||
[[Category:Texts]] | [[Category:Texts]] | ||
[[Category:Nagarjuna]] | [[Category:Nagarjuna]] | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 16 July 2008
Precious Garland – (Skt. Ratnāvalī, Wyl. rin chen phreng ba), a shastra written by Nagarjuna and belonging to his Collection of Advice.
In the Precious Garland, Nagarjuna offers advice on how to conduct our lives and how to construct social policies that reflect buddhist ideals.
The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving our condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all kinds of suffering, culminating in Buddhahood. Nagarjuna describes the cause and effect sequences for the development of happiness within ordinary life, as well as the practices that lead us to enlightenment--the practices for developing wisdom, or the realization of emptiness, and compassion. He also describes the qualities of the buddhas.
In his advice on social and governmental policy, Nagarjuna emphasizes education and compassionate care for all living beings, and states his oppostion to the death penalty, and appeals for charity for the homeless. Calling for the appointment of government figures who do not seek profit or fame, he advises that a selfish motivation will lead to misfortune.
Outline
The text has five chapters:
- mngon par mtho ba dang nges par legs pa
- spel ma
- byang chub kyi tshogs bsdus pa
- rgyal po'i tshul bstan pa
- byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa
Commentaries
Indian
- Ajitamitra, Extensive Commentary on the Ratnāvalī (Skt. Ratnāvaliṭīka; Wyl. rin po che'i phreng ba rgya cher bshad pa)
Tibetan
- Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen, dbu ma rin chen phreng ba'i snying po'i don gsal bar byed pa
- Lala Sönam Chödrup, dbu ma rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin po che'i phreng ba lung gi gsal byed
Translations
English
- Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, translated by Jeffrey Hopkins, Snow Lion Publications, 2007
- The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King, translated by John Dunne and Sara McClintock, Wisdom Publications, 1997
Further Reading
- Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Notes on the Transmission of Nagarjuna's Ratnavali in Tibet', in The Tibet Journal, Summer 1985, vol. X, No.2,4