Gadjin M. Nagao

PersonType	Category:Authors of Japanese Works Category:Professors Emeritus
FirstName / namefirst	Gadjin
LastName / namelast	Nagao
namemiddle	Masato
MainNamePhon	Gadjin M. Nagao
SortName	Nagao, Gadjin
bio	Gadjin Masato Nagao was a long-time professor of Buddhist Studies at Kyoto University, and arguably the most insightful, profound and positively influential Japanese scholar of Buddhism in the twentieth century. His scholarship, characterized by its philosophical penetration, sympathy with its object, restraint and breadth, his teaching, characterized by its rigor and high expectations, and his service, characterized by its generosity and enthusiasm, combined to make him an almost legendary figure. (Adapted from the obituary by Jonathan A. Silk in The Eastern Buddhist 36, no. 1/2 (2004): 243-51).
YearBirth	1907
YearDeath	2005
BornIn	Sendai
affiliation	Kyoto University, Japan
IsInGyatsa	No
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Full Name

Gadjin M. Nagao

Affiliation

Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and a member of the Japan Academy.

Other Information

His numerous publications include The Mahāyānasaṃgraha: An Annotated Japanese Translation, The Foundational Standpoint of Mādhyamika Philosophy, Mādhyamika and Yogācāra: A Study of Mahāyāna Philosophies, and An Index to the Mahāyānasaṃgraha.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.