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> it's really a crime that people like Nāgārjuna aren't covered in standard courses. I think I'd find a "standard course" (e.g. 1 term) on Nagarjuna deeply uns
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> it's really a crime that people like Nāgārjuna aren't covered in standard courses.
I think I'd find a "standard course" (e.g. 1 term) on Nagarjuna deeply unsatisfying. He's often presented as the inventor of Buddhist logic, but I don't think prajnaparamita makes a lot of sense as a philosophical system. Nagarjuna was a meditator's meditator, and his system of "logic" was supposed to rid the mind of conceptual thought.
Also, one course wouldn't really cut it; people spend lifetimes studying prajnaparamita, and barely scratch the surface.
- guerrilla 3y agoPeople spend lifetimes studying Kant. They still need to be mentioned in introductory courses for people to study them further.