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Nāgārjuna. Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way

27 threads · one per chapter
1Investigation of Conditionspratyayaparīkṣā2Investigation of the Traversed and the Untraversedgatāgataparīkṣā3Investigation of the Sense Faculties, Beginning with the Eyecakṣurādīndriyaparīkṣā4Investigation of the Skandhasskandhaparīkṣā5Investigation of the Elementsdhātuparīkṣā6Investigation of Desire and the One Who Desiresrāgaraktaparīkṣā7Investigation of the Conditionedsaṃskṛtaparīkṣā8Investigation of Action and the Agentkarmakārakaparīkṣā9Investigation of the Prior Existentpūrvaparīkṣā10Investigation of Fire and Fuelagnīndhanaparīkṣā11Investigation of the Prior and Posterior Limitspūrvāparakoṭiparīkṣā12Investigation of Sufferingduḥkhaparīkṣā13Investigation of the Formationssaṃskāraparīkṣā14Investigation of Conjunctionsaṃsargaparīkṣā15Investigation of Own Naturesvabhāvaparīkṣā16Investigation of Bondage and Liberationbandhanamokṣaparīkṣā17Investigation of Karma and Its Fruitkarmaphalaparīkṣā18Investigation of the Selfātmaparīkṣā19Investigation of Timekālaparīkṣā20Investigation of the Assemblagesāmagrīparīkṣā21Investigation of Arising and Ceasingsaṃbhavavibhavaparīkṣā22Investigation of the Tathāgatatathāgataparīkṣā23Investigation of Distortionsviparyāsaparīkṣā24Investigation of the Noble Truthsāryasatyaparīkṣā25Investigation of Nirvāṇanirvāṇaparīkṣā26Investigation of the Twelve Linksdvādaśāṅgaparīkṣā27Investigation of Viewsdṛṣṭiparīkṣā

Each chapter is laid out as a forum thread: Nāgārjuna states his thesis, the opponent objects, and the rest of the chapter answers in one long reply. The verses are genuine and stand in their own order — nothing has been added.

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