Praise of the Supramundane

Praise of the Supramundane – (Skt. Lokātītastava; Wyl. ‘jig rten las ‘das par bstod pa), a shastra written by Nagarjuna.

This text belongs to Nagarjuna’s Collection of Praises.

In this short text (26 verses), Nagarjuna praises the Buddha for his teachings on emptiness and dependent origination. In his translation of this text, Geshe Thupten Jinpa translates the title of the text as follows: Hymn to [the Buddha] the World Transcendent.

Further Reading

• Master of Wisdom, Writings of the Buddhist Master Nagarjuna, translations by Christian Lindtner, Dharma Publishing, 1986

External Links

• Translation by Geshe Thupten Jinpa, 2007