Letter from a Friend : A Bodhisattva's Advice to an Indian King on Right Living and the Buddhist Path
, by Nagarjuna, Arya; Dharmamitra, BhikshuNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781935413066 | 1935413066
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/28/2009
In this volume, Bhikshu Dharmamitra presents his translations of the three earliest editions of Arya Nagarjuna's "Letter from a Friend" (Suhrllekha), a work on the layman's practice of the Buddhist path. This text was written by Nagarjuna in the form of a letter of spiritual counsel to the early Indian monarch, King Satakarni. These three editions were produced in the middle part of the first millennium by Tripitaka Masters Gunavarman, Sanghavarman, and Yijing. English translations and notes by Bhikshu Dharmamitra, a translator of numerous classic works from the Indian and Chinese Buddhist traditions. This volume includes facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.