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Buddhist advice for living & liberation : Nāgārjuna's precious garland
- Title
- Buddhist advice for living & liberation : Nāgārjuna's precious garland / analyzed, translated, and edited [by] Jeffrey Hopkins.
- Author
- Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century.
- Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BQ2872.E5 H66 1998 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Hopkins, Jeffrey.
- Description
- 283 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality. In the Precious Garland he offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals."--BOOK JACKET. "The book includes a detailed analysis of attachment to sensual objects as a preparation for realization of the profound truth that, when realized, makes attachment possible."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Ratnāvalī. English
- Alternative Title
- Ratnāvalī.
- Buddhist advice for living and liberation
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268).
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Analysis. 1. Nagarjuna's Biography from Tibetan Sources: The Importance of Altruistic Persons in Cosmic Time. 2. Advice for Living. 3. Advice for Liberation. 4. Compassion and Wisdom in Public Policy. 5. The Vehicles -- Pt. 2. Precious Garland of Advice for a King. 1. High Status and Definite Goodness. 2. The Interwoven. 3. Collections for Enlightenment. 4. Royal Policy. 5. Bodhisattva Deeds -- Pt. 3. Tibetan Text.
- ISBN
- 1559390859 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 97018937
- OCLC
- ocm36865633
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries