Nagarjuna's Letter to King Gautamiputra -­ 08 (Tibetan/Putonghua )

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche: Dharma Teachings

“Nagarjuna's Letter to King Gautamiputra" is a concise and comprehensive explanation of the fundamentals of the Buddha's teaching and of the Buddhist path to liberation. Written by the renowned sage Nagarjuna for his friend and patron Gautamiputra the then King of Andhra in the South of India, the work which contains one hundred and twenty three verses achieved great popularity first in India and then in Tibet. Though the Sanskrit original of the work is lost, the present English translation has been made from the Tibetan version preserved in the Tibetan collection. Recorded in Tibetan with Putonghua translation.