NAGARJUNA

Little known of his life - probably Hindu brahmin family background in S India and later based at Buddhist university of Nalanda in N India. He is generally recognised as the founder of the Middle Way tradition of Buddhism, expounded in his Mula-Madhyama-Karika. On the one hand he challenges a too easily taken for granted acceptance of things. On the other, being emptied from such false consciousness is not a finally negative experience.

Life

Biography of Nagarjuna

Entry on Nagarjuna in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Entry on Nagarjuna in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Writings

Mulamadhyamakarika

Letter to a Friend

Precious Garland of Advice to a King