Nagarjuna's Letter to King Gautamiputra: With Explanatory Notes Based on Tibetan Commentaries and a Preface by His Holiness Sakya Trizin

Published by Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass, 1978

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Printed in India. [Date from the copyright page.] First Edition, Stated. First Printing. Translated from the Tibetan by Lozang Jamspal, Ngawang Samten Chophel, and Peter Della Santina. Dedication, Preface, List of Illustrations, Foreword, Introduction, Outline of Letter, Letter with Notes, Appendixes: I. Tibetan Text, II. Glossary (English /Tibetan /Sanskrit), Index; xxii, 118 pages. The original black cloth is excellent, with gilt lettering bold and clear on the spine. The interior is bright, crisp, and completely clean. The original glossy pictorial dust jacket is unclipped (Rs. 35), with several very small tears and one chip on the spine. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] From the Introduction: "Acarya Nagarjuna holds an almost unequalled place among the ranks of those Buddhist saints who expounded the teaching of the Buddha Sakyamuni for the benefit of the world. . . . The 'Suhrllekha' is a concise and comprehensive summary of Buddhist teaching. Though it contains elements which belong specifically to the Mahayana, much of its content comprises a common foundation which both the Hinayana and Mahayana share." As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking.

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Title
Nagarjuna's Letter to King Gautamiputra: With Explanatory Notes Based on Tibetan Commentaries and a Preface by His Holiness Sakya Trizin
Author
Nagarjuna, Acarya. Translators: Lozang Jamspal, Ngawang Samten Chophel, Peter Della Santina
Publisher
Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass
Publication year
1978
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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My Father's Books

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The books listed here are, indeed, from my father's library, representing the depth and varied interests of a modern scholar's mind. Dr. Henry LeRoy Finch, professor emeritus of philosophy and a published author, trained in the classics (graduating top in his class at Yale), and went on to develop an appreciation for modern thinkers. It took over half-a-century to amass this collection of primarily-scholarly books with a broad range of subjects from Philosophy and Religion (with an emphasis on the interrelationships and intricacies of Eastern and Western Thinking) to scientific influences played out over the entire history of humankind, touching necessarily on Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Literature, History of various Cultures, Psychology, Physics, and Spiritual Thought, including Theosophy and Mysticism. Many are esoteric philosophical works, out-of-print and unavailable elsewhere. A great number cover the interconnections of so many subjects as to defy classification. His was a working library: each volume was read and familiar, its whereabouts on a shelf always known, even when "double-parked." Though many of the books are esoteric, others will appeal to the general reader, often making an abstruse subject more approachable. (There are a hundred books on Einstein alone!) In addition, there are numerous paperbacks--classics, scholarly, first-published editions, several versions of the same book (in different translations), handy for packing along in a back pocket. Each of the volumes from the collection has a bookplate tipped in at the front and may have pencil marginalia--sparse or profuse. I have tried to reflect this in all the listings, but feel free to call and discuss further details of a book's condition. As it will take a long time to write up all the descriptions, some of you may wish to call and ask about a particular book you have been seeking. Meanwhile, I'll try to keep an eye on the "Wants" list. Thank you for visiting this page. I hope my father's books will eventually find happy homes; it was one of his last wishes.

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