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Sutrasamuccaya
The ''Sūtrasamuccaya'' ('Compendium of Scriptures') is a collection of excerpts from various Buddhist Sutras. The Sūtrasamuccaya is Extant literature, extant in Chinese and Tibetan versions. According to the Chinese and Tibetan traditions, this anthology is attributed to Nagarjuna. Alex Wayman (1997: p. 86) in making reference to the ''Lankavatara Sutra'' and the ''Madhyamika'' holds that: ...as the Lankavatāra-sutra is cited several times, and the Mādhyamika Nāgārjuna surely precedes this scripture, it is highly unlikely that this Sūtrasamuccaya is by Nāgārjuna. The fourth century AD is the earliest possible period for such a compendium.Wayman, Alex (1997). ''Untying the Knots in Buddhism: Selected Essays''. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. . Source(accessed: December 19, 2007) Content (1) The utmost rareness of a Buddha's appearance (2) The utmost rareness of being born a human (3) The rareness of obtaining an auspicious rebirth (4) The rareness of having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagarjuna
Nāgārjuna . 150 – c. 250 CE (disputed)was an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thinker, scholar-saint and philosopher. He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers.Garfield, Jay L. (1995), ''The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way'', Oxford: Oxford University Press. Jan Westerhoff considers him to be "one of the greatest thinkers in the history of Asian philosophy." Nāgārjuna is widely considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka (centrism, middle-way) school of Buddhist philosophy and a defender of the Mahāyāna movement. His ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā'' (Root Verses on Madhyamaka, or MMK) is the most important text on the madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness. The MMK inspired a large number of commentaries in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean and Japanese and continues to be studied today. History Background India in the first and second centuries CE was politically divided into various states, including the Kushan Empire and the Satava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
