Nagarjuna's Advice for Buddhists : Geshe Sopa's Explanation of Letter to a Fr...

Description: Nagarjuna's Advice for Buddhists : Geshe Sopa's Explanation of Letter to a Friend, Hardcover by Sopa, Lhundub; Newman, Beth (TRN), ISBN 1614297851, ISBN-13 9781614297857, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "A Letter to a Friend stands out among Nåagåarjuna's works because of its minimal philosophical content and limited discussion of Mahayana practices. A Letter to a Friend is a comprehensive yet brief summary of the basic ideas and practices that form thesubstrate for all forms Buddhism: in other words, the text outlines the practices common to the Hinayana-more respectfully called the âSråavakayåana-and the Mahayana in both its Sutrayana and Vajrayana forms. In that regard, it can be seen as a very early precursor of the presentation of the graduated path to awakening in a single text developed centuries later by Atiâsa (circa ), and expanded in Tibet by the master Je Tsongkhapa (1). Geshe Sopa was an exemplary Buddhist monk practitioneras well as a superlative scholar. His quiet and compassionate traditionalism drew people in; he did not blast people with charisma. He was a recognized master of his tradition and also knew how to reach a contemporary audience. His teachings on A Letter to a Friend roughly follow the commentary written by Rendawa Shonu Lodro (1). However, he added much, much more. He brought in additional material from many sources: the sutras, other texts by Nåagåarjuna, works by great Indian masters such as âSåantideva, åAryadeva, Candrakåirti, Vasubhandu and others, and from multiple works by Je Although Nåagåarjuna's text primarily teaches the common path with little emphasis on philosophy, Geshe Sopa's explanation supplements it to teach the Mahayana path and Madhyamaka philosophy"--

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