Arya Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna Bodhisattva
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Emptiness is not Nothingness.....
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104 years old
Swayambhu, Kathmandu
India
Last Login: 12/6/2009
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| General | Nagarjuna's adroitness at magic and meditation earned him an invitation to the bottom of the ocean, the home of the serpent kingdom. While there, the prodigy initiate "discovered" the "wisdom literature" of the Buddhist tradition, known as the Prajnaparamita Sutras, and on the credit of his great merit, returned them to the world, and thereafter was known by the name Nagarjuna, the "noble serpent." | | Music | Ragas, Raginis, Putras, and other classical favorites. | | Books | Mulamadhyamakakarika, (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way) translated as The Philosophy of the Middle Way ~~~
Sunyatasaptati, (Seventy Verses on Emptiness) ~~~
Suhrllekha, (To a Good Friend) translated as Nagarjuna's Letter to King Gautamiputra ~~~
| | Heroes | Siddhartha Guatama aka Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Virtual Tibetan Buddhist Sangha, Island Buddha, Buddhism II, Ch'an!, People for Universal Peace, The Path of Dharma in maryland, Friends of the Dalai Lama, BODHISATTVA way
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Friends | | Hometown: | Southern Andhra region of India | | Body type: | 6' 2" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | East Indian | | Religion: | Buddhist | | Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn | | Education: | Post grad | | Occupation: | Philosopher/Meditator |
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Arya Nagarjuna's Companies
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Nalanda University
Bihar, Bargaon IN
Scholar/Debator
Philosophy-- Prajnaparamita
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150-250 CE
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Arya Nagarjuna ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ shanti shanti shanti. Posted at 11:36 PM Apr 4, 2009
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About me:
He was an Indian philosopher, the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism, and arguably the most influential Indian Buddhist thinker after Siddhartha Gautama Buddha himself.
His writings were the basis for the formation of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school, which was transmitted to China under the name of the Three Treatise (Sanlun) School. He is credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajnaparamita sutras, and was closely associated with the Buddhist university of Nalanda. It is said that the Buddha prophesied that someone would come after him who would clear up any confusion regarding Buddha-dharma. Nagarjuna is considered to be that person. Often called The Second Buddha, Arya [noble] Nagarjuna (2nd century CE) was from a wealthy South Indian Brahmin family. He is considered a terton (hidden-text revealer) as well as a philosopher.
The Legend of His Name
While he was seated by a lake one day, a naga came from the depths and invited him to Potala to teach the serpentine water spirits. As a parting gift, they presented him with the 12 volumes known as the Prajnaparamita Sutra. (This teaching had been entrusted to them by Ananda, the Buddha's cousin.)
He is best known for his explanation of the term shunyata (Emptiness, or Open-ness) that is developed in that treatise. The volumes are kept today still, in a temple dedicated to him in Kathmandu.
In those days, there was a terrible famine in the land that grievously affected the monks, for they were supported only by the surrounding community's generosity. Nagarjuna is said to have gone to a distant planet and returned with a Philosopher's Stone that could turn base metals into gold. With the profit he earned from that enterprise he supported the monastery for six years, but when the monks learned that he had broken a major precept by handling gold, they expelled him.
When Nagarjuna left the monastery, he went to live in the forest where he mastered all the accomplishments of the yogi. He could make detailed mandalas, prepare the ingredients for the finest incense, and practice astrology. He is believed to have encountered, and having attained the highest siddhis, subdued yakshas, ghouls and vampires.
He is also said to have found a copper casket containing the text of the Hayagriva tantra, in the Shankarakuta stupa at the Sitavana charnel ground near Bodhgaya. He is also known for his revelation of the Green Tara practice.
He established and built many temples and stupas with special clay he had received from the nagas.
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I bow down to Gautama, whose kindness holds one close, who revealed the sublime dharma in order to let go of all views. Just let it go........
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