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Nagarjuna

𑀦𑀸𑀕𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀦 pi नागार्जुन sa སློབ་དཔོན་ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ། bo

3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

  • Dated c. 150 CE – c. 250 CE
  • Also called Nāgajjuna Bhikkhu, Nāgārjunācārya, Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva

Overview

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 1

  1. Dates unrecorded Zen Patriarch Succeeded by Aryadeva

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

What the records tie them to

Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.

Connections

Identification 1

Documented influence 1

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