Nagarjuna

Nāgārjuna
Nāgārjuna
नागार्जुन
	Painting of Nāgārjuna (18th century)
Born	c. 150 CE; South India
Died	c. 250 CE; India
Occupation(s)	Buddhist teacher, monk and philosopher
Philosophical work
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Eastern philosophy Indian philosophy;
School	Mahāyāna Buddhism; Madhyamaka; Pure Land Buddhism; Tiantai Buddhism;
Notable works	Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Notable ideas	Madhyamaka; Śūnyatā; Two truths doctrine;

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Nāgārjuna (Sanskrit: नागार्जुन, Nāgārjuna; c. 150 – c. 250 CE) was an Indian monk and Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher of the Madhyamaka (Centrism, Middle Way) school.^[2] He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers.^[3]

Nāgārjuna is widely considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhist philosophy and a defender of the Mahāyāna movement.^[3]^[4] His Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Root Verses on Madhyamaka, MMK) is the most important text on the Madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness. The MMK inspired a large number of commentaries in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean and Japanese and continues to be studied today.^[5]

^ Kalupahana 1994, p. 160.
^ Walser (2005) p. 1-3.
^ ^a ^b Garfield, Jay L. (1995), The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
^ Walser (2005) p. 3.
^ Garfield (1995), p. 87.

[FOOTNOTEKalupahana1994160-1] Kalupahana 1994, p. 160.

[2] Walser (2005) p. 1-3.

[Garfield-3] Garfield, Jay L. (1995), The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[4] Walser (2005) p. 3.

[5] Garfield (1995), p. 87.

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