Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Nāgārjunais widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers after Gautama Buddha. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Nāgārjuna is also credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and, in some sources, with having revealed these scriptures in the world, having recovered them from the nāgas. Furthermore, he is traditionally supposed to have written several treatises on rasayana as well as serving a term...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryIndia
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
If you desire ease, forsake learning.
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.