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Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds is Bhikshu Dharmamitra's extensively annotated original translation of Arya Nagarjuna's Dasabhumika Vibhasa rendered from Tripitaka Master Kumarajiva's circa 410 ce Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation. It consists of 35 chapters that explain in great detail the cultivation of the ten highest levels of bodhisattva practice leading to buddhahood, focusing almost exclusively on the first two of the ten bodhisattva grounds. This is a work which has never been translated into English before. This special bilingual edition (English / Chinese) includes the facing-page simplified and traditional Chinese scripts to facilitate close study by academic buddhologists, students in Buddhist universities, and Buddhists in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the West.

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Review Quotes: What a rare and precious treasure a clear, readable, and accurate translation of Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds is! This treatise is found only in the Chinese canon, making its English translation especially precious for both Asian and Western Buddhists, since English is the common language at international Buddhist conferences and gatherings. Nagarjuna addresses our innermost spiritual yearnings for truth and freedom and shows us the path to actualize them. The Treatise on the Ten Grounds explains how to generate bodhicitta-the aspiration for full awakening in order to benefit living beings most effectively-and how to practice its ten foremost qualities by emphasizing the first two-generosity and ethical conduct. He explains how to have a truly generous and compassionate heart toward others and how to express that in our lives through living a life free from harm and violence. In today's world learning how to restrain our negative impulses and live ethically is needed more than ever. Ethical conduct is our personal contribution to world peace, for the actions of even one individual can adversely or positively influence the lives of everyone on the planet. So many social issues of our day-poverty, oppression, war, and climate change to name a few-can be reversed by generosity and ethical conduct. Nagarjuna's teachings are as important for the citizens of the planet now as they were for Buddhists centuries ago. -- Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron

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Contributor BIO: Na ga rjuna (circa 150 ce) was one of the most brilliant, famous, influential, and universally respected Buddhist treatise masters and exegetes in the history of Indian Buddhism.

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