Nagarjuna

• This is the fundamental philosophical system of Nagarjuna

  Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika January 1996 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima

The most important texts

1. MMK 1: The Four Conditions ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   So ‘Mulamadhyamakakarika’ means ‘fundamental middle verses’ or ‘fundamental verses of the middle’

   four conditions as characteristics of reality · four conditions and four views · immediacy of the present · Mulamadhyamakakarika · Kumarajiva's Chinese translation · parallels between Nagarjuna and Dogen
2. Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika ●●● January 1996 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima

   I recently translated Mulamadhyamakakarika from Sanskrit into Japanese

   Nagarjuna · criticism of our civilization · denial of subjectivity and objectivity · four contents of belief · Mulamadhyamakakarika

Other texts

3. MMK 3: Cutting Through Categories ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   Nagarjuna is trying to cut through the category-based analysis of the Abhidharmas

   Stephen Batchelor · Nagarjuna as the full moon · Nagarjuna's critique of the Abhidharma · not putting forward
4. MMK 4: Constructs and the Present Moment ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   it’s a kind of denial of process, which is a big thing to deny

   combining as a false act · denial of process · same experiment in the dojo
5. Bussho ●●● Shobogenzo

   This body is just the roundness of the moon manifesting itself.

   Nagarjuna as the full moon · painted rice cake · paintings at A-iku-o-zan
6. Bussho 4: Hearing and Understanding ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

   His physical body appeared full, like the round moon, showing them the fullness of a buddha

   moments of oneness while listening · Nagarjuna as the full moon
7. MMK 2: Non-Separation ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   Although his subjects in the chapters are different, there are some kind of consistent themes that he is developing

   charge of nihilism · Mulamadhyamakakarika
8. MMK 5: Relinquishing All Views ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   I will just skim through the subjects of the remaining chapters of the MMK

   Mulamadhyamakakarika · Nagarjuna as a teacher of zazen
9. Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Bussho

   My body manifests the fullness of the moon to show you what a buddha is.

   Nagarjuna as the full moon · painted circle
10. Bussho 3: Acting in the Present Moment ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

    pictures were painted afterwards of Nagarjuna as though he were a full moon

    Nagarjuna as the full moon
11. The Concept of Now in Dogen’s Philosophy ●●● Shobogenzo · Uji

    Nagarjuna points out that our concept of time depends on our belief in the existence of “things”

    time dependent on things
12. Ikka-no-myoju 5: The Four Views ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju

    It's like a faint line traced in the sand. It's like, you know, like archaeology

    faint line traced in the sand

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