{"id":7499962286277,"title":"Letter from a Friend","handle":"letter-from-a-friend","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/8345\/4013\/files\/Nagarjunas_Letter_Bilingual_ebk_08-19-23.pdf?v=1696724438\"\u003eDownload PDF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003eLetter from a Friend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Three Earliest Editions of Nagarjuna's \u003cspan class=\"auto-style4\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eSuhṛllekha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style30\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBy Arya Nagarjuna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style71\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Gunavarman (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 425 ce)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style74\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Sanghavarman \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 450 ce) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style74\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Yijing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e (ca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 675 ce)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"auto-style3\"\u003eĀrya Nāgārjuna’s Letter from a Friend (\u003cspan class=\"auto-style4\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuhṛllekha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is a short discourse composed in the form of a royal-advisory letter presented by a spiritual teacher to the king of his country. Although Ārya Nāgārjuna has certainly written many other texts which are more metaphysically abstruse and doctrinally encyclopedic than this Letter from a Friend, this text is in fact one of the most accessible, appropriate, and useful basic Buddhist instruction manuals available to the Western student of Dharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"auto-style3\"\u003eEnglish translations and notes by Bhikshu Dharmamitra. Includes facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-10-07T17:22:04-07:00","created_at":"2023-10-07T17:22:04-07:00","vendor":"Buddhist Text Translation Society","type":"Free","tags":[],"price":0,"price_min":0,"price_max":0,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42393614155973,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Letter from a Friend","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":0,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Letter_432-648_9q_03.jpg?v=1696724526"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Letter_432-648_9q_03.jpg?v=1696724526","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25696253116613,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.666,"height":649,"width":432,"src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Letter_432-648_9q_03.jpg?v=1696724526"},"aspect_ratio":0.666,"height":649,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Letter_432-648_9q_03.jpg?v=1696724526","width":432}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/8345\/4013\/files\/Nagarjunas_Letter_Bilingual_ebk_08-19-23.pdf?v=1696724438\"\u003eDownload PDF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003eLetter from a Friend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Three Earliest Editions of Nagarjuna's \u003cspan class=\"auto-style4\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eSuhṛllekha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style48\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(172, 53, 53);\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style30\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBy Arya Nagarjuna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style71\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Gunavarman (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 425 ce)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style74\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Sanghavarman \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 450 ce) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"style74\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003eAs translated by Tripitaka Master Yijing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e (ca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"auto-style2\"\u003e 675 ce)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"auto-style3\"\u003eĀrya Nāgārjuna’s Letter from a Friend (\u003cspan class=\"auto-style4\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuhṛllekha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is a short discourse composed in the form of a royal-advisory letter presented by a spiritual teacher to the king of his country. Although Ārya Nāgārjuna has certainly written many other texts which are more metaphysically abstruse and doctrinally encyclopedic than this Letter from a Friend, this text is in fact one of the most accessible, appropriate, and useful basic Buddhist instruction manuals available to the Western student of Dharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"auto-style3\"\u003eEnglish translations and notes by Bhikshu Dharmamitra. Includes facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e"}