Gadjin M. Nagao
Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and a member of the Japan Academy.
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.
Tibetan calendar dates
| Day | |
|---|---|
| Month | |
| Gender | |
| Element | |
| Animal | |
| Rab Jyung |
| Day | |
|---|---|
| Month | |
| Gender | |
| Element | |
| Animal | |
| Rab Jyung |
Other Biographical info:
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.