Strand of Dharma Jewels (Kalavinka Buddhist Classics)

This is Tripitaka Master Paramarthas earliest (ca 550 ce) complete edition of The Ratnavali one of Arya Nagarjunas most important works. In its five 100-verse chapters Nagarjuna presents both abstruse teachings and practical advice to lay and monastic practitioners while also describing in considerable detail the short-term and long-term terrains of the Bodhisattva Path. This very early edition is particularly useful in shedding light on difficult passages in the much-later Tibetan revised translation edition the only other complete edition of this work. Translation by the American monk Bhikshu Dharmamitra. This volume includes facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.