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Vaidyanath Mishra (11 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet.
Similarly, Jan Westerhoff notes how there is uncertainty about the attribution of Nagarjuna's works (and about his life in general). He relies on six works: MMK, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Śūnyatāsaptati, Yuktiṣāṣṭika , Vaidalyaprakaraṇa and Ratnāvalī, all of which "expound a single, coherent philosophical system," and are attributed to ...
For Zhiyi, the central principle of the Lotus Sūtra's One Vehicle is the "Threefold Truth", a doctrine he developed out of Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka philosophy which posited a twofold truth. For Zhiyi, this was the unifying principle which included all of the teachings of the Buddha's teachings and practices. [ 158 ]
Nagarjuna received the text of the Mahāvairocana Tantra directly from Vajrasattva inside an iron stupa in South India; Nagabodhi, Nagarjuna's disciple; Vajrabodhi, an Indian monk famous for translating esoteric rituals into Chinese language; Amoghavajra, Vajrabodhi's famous disciple, and expert in esoteric practices;
The Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra, known for teaching the famous mantra of Avalokiteśvara, "Om mani padme hum" and the Cundi dhāraṇī. [132] Amoghapāśa-kalparāja-sūtra (Sovereign Ritual of Amoghapāśa), which includes numerous rituals associated with the Lotus Buddha family and contains the important Mantra of Light.
Nagarjuna in China: A Translation of the Middle Treatise: Edwin Mellen Press 1995 ISBN 978-0-7734-8981-3: Kumarajiva's Chinese version with commentary by Blue Eyes. Kalupahana, David J. Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way: State University of New York Press 1986 ISBN 978-81-208-0774-7: Romanized text, translation, and commentary.
In his analysis of the Mulamadhyamikakarika, Kalupahana sees Nagarjuna's argument as rooted in the Kaccānagotta Sutta (which Nagarjuna cites by name). Kalupahana states that Nagarjuna's major goal was to discredit heterodox views of Svabhava (own-nature) held by the Sarvastivadins and establish the non-substantiality of all dharmas. [31]
There are conflicting traditions of Nagarjuna as a founder of the Mahayana sect of Buddhism, and Nagarjuna the alchemist. Chinese and Tibetan literature suggests Nāgārjuna was born in Vidarbha, and later migrated to the nearby Satavahana dynasty. One tradition is that rasasiddha Nagarjuna was born in Gujarat and was a Jain in his past life ...