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BL
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1031588
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b785958
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| Uniform Title
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Slob-dpon ʼphags pa Klu-sgrub kyi Bśes paʼi spriṅ yig gi mchan ʼgrel źal rgyun bdud rtsiʼi zegs ma skyabs rje bkaʼ ʼgyur rin po cheʼi gsuṅ.English.
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Nagarjuna's letter to a friend : : with commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche /\ translated by the Padmakara Translation Group.
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| Publication Statement
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Ithaca, N.Y. :: Snow Lion Publications,, ©2005.
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208 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1559392274
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: 9781559392273
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| Notes
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Root text: Suhr̥llekha (in Sanskrit); commentary: Slob dpon ʼphags pa klu sgrub kyi bśes paʼi spriṅ yig gi mchan ʼgrel źal rgyun bdud rtsiʼi zegs ma skyabs rje bkaʼ ʼgyur rin po cheʼi gsuṅ (in Tibetan).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Nagarjuna's Letter to a friend -- Kangyur Rinpoche's commentary on the Letter to a friend -- Structural outline.
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| Abstract
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"The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna (1st - 2nd century A.D.) wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a letter of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition. Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the whole Mahayana path, combining a practical approach to daily conduct with a theoretical exposition of the different stages leading to enlightenment. It has thus been an ideal source for many of Tibet's great scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path." "In addition to the commentary, this book presents the original poem in the Tibetan and in a new English translation that attempts to emulate Nagarjuna's lines of metric verse. Also included are Kangyur Rinpoche's structural outline (sa bchad), a Tibetan line index to enable students to locate quotations used in other Tibetan works, and full notes and glossary."--Jacket.
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Nāgārjuna,active 2nd century., Suhr̥llekha.
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Buddhism-- Doctrines.
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Buddhist priests-- India, Correspondence.
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Religious life-- Mahayana Buddhism.
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Buddhism-- Doctrines.
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Buddhist priests.
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Religious life-- Mahayana Buddhism.
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Suhr̥llekha (Nāgārjuna)
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India.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3/444
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| LC Classification
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BQ5385.N333K56 2005
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| Added Entry
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Klong-chen Ye-shes-rdo-rje,Bkaʼ-ʼgyur Rin-po-che.
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Nāgārjuna,active 2nd century.
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