Nāgārjuna's advice for Buddhists : (Record no. 2575)

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Classification number 294.3/444
Edition number 23/eng/20220711
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sopa, Geshe Lhundub,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Nāgārjuna's advice for Buddhists :
Remainder of title Geshe Sopa's explanation of a letter to a friend /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Geshe Lhundub Sopa, with Beth Newman.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Somerville :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Wisdom Publications,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2023.
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Extent xi, 399 pages :
Other physical details portrait ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
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Content type term text
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Why Read This Book? -- 2. General Advice -- 3. Advice Primarily for Laypeople -- 4. The Way to Eliminate Desire -- 5. The Qualities that Accompany Wisdom -- 6. Advice for People Who Desire Spiritual Goals -- 7. The Practices to Attain Spiritual Goals -- 8. Using Your Human Life -- 9. Developing Aversion to Samsara -- 10. Aspects of the Path Common to All Vehicles -- 11. The Uncommon Path -- Appendixes: 1. The root verses of A Letter to a Friend -- 2. English Translations of A Letter to a Friend root text and commentaries -- 3. Five Obstacles to Developing Śamatha and Their Eight Antidotes -- 4. The Seventeen Levels of the Corporeal Realm -- 5. The Seven Branches of the Path to Enlightenment -- 6. The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Summary, etc. "A Letter to a Friend stands out among Nāgārjuna's works because of its minimal philosophical content and limited discussion of Mahayana practices. A Letter to a Friend is a comprehensive yet brief summary of the basic ideas and practices that form the substrate for all forms Buddhism: in other words, the text outlines the practices common to the Hinayana-more respectfully called the Śrāvakayāna-and the Mahayana in both its Sutrayana and Vajrayana forms. In that regard, it can be seen as a very early precursor of the presentation of the graduated path to awakening in a single text developed centuries later by Atiśa (circa 982-1055), and expanded in Tibet by the master Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Geshe Sopa was an exemplary Buddhist monk practitioner as well as a superlative scholar. His quiet and compassionate traditionalism drew people in; he did not blast people with charisma. He was a recognized master of his tradition and also knew how to reach a contemporary audience. His teachings on A Letter to a Friend roughly follow the commentary written by Rendawa Shonu Lodro (1349-1412). However, he added much, much more. He brought in additional material from many sources: the sutras, other texts by Nāgārjuna, works by great Indian masters such as Śāntideva, Āryadeva, Candrakīrti, Vasubhandu and others, and from multiple works by Je Tsongkhapa.15 Although Nāgārjuna's text primarily teaches the common path with little emphasis on philosophy, Geshe Sopa's explanation supplements it to teach the Mahayana path and Madhyamaka philosophy"--
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nāgārjuna,
Dates associated with a name active 2nd century.
Title of a work Suhr̥llekha.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Religious life
General subdivision Buddhism.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Buddhist priests
Geographic subdivision India
Form subdivision Correspondence.
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Personal name Newman, Beth,
Relator term author.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Sopa, Geshe Lhundub.
Title Nāgārjuna's advice for Buddhists
Edition First edition.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Somerville : Wisdom Publications, 2023
International Standard Book Number 9781614297857
Record control number (DLC) 2022019367
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