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Praise of the Dharmadhatu (Skt. Dharmadhātustava; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་བསྟོད་པ་, Wyl. chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa) – a shastra written by Nagarjuna concerning the intention of the third turning of the Wheel of Dharma. It belongs to Nagarjuna’s Collection of Praises.

This text is primarily about buddha nature—called dharmadhatu in this context. Nagarjuna shows how buddha nature exists in all beings, is temporarily obscured, and can be revealed in its full bloom. The emphasis is on the actual experience of mind's vivid wakefulness.

Text

Only six verses (18–23) of this text are preserved in Sanskrit, as quoted in Naropa’s Sekoddeśaṭīkā.

Early Translations

The Tibetan translation in 101 verses was prepared by Krishna Paṇḍita and the Tibetan translator Nagtso Lotsawa Tsültrim Gyalwa during the middle of the eleventh century. It can be found in the Tengyur, Eulogy section, Toh 1118

Sakya Library

The Chinese Buddhist canon contains two translations of the Dharmadhātustava (Taishō 413 and 1675), translated by the famous tantric master Amoghavajra (705–774) and Dānapāla from Uḍḍiyāna in the early eleventh century, respectively.

Modern Translations

Karl Brunnholz, In Praise of Dharmadhatu, by Nagarjuna with commentary by the Third Karmapa, translated by Karl Brunnholz (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 2007)

Commentaries

The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje

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-'''Praise of Dharmadhatu''' (Skt. Dharmadhātustava; [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa'') –  a [[shastra]] written by [[Nagarjuna]] concerning the intention of the third turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
+[[Image:Nagarjuna17.JPG|frame]]'''Praise of the Dharmadhatu''' (Skt. ''Dharmadhātustava''; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་བསྟོད་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi dbyings su bstod pa'') – a [[shastra]] written by [[Nagarjuna]] concerning the intention of the [[Three Turnings|third turning of the Wheel of Dharma]]. It belongs to Nagarjuna’s [[Collection of Praises]].
-This text belongs to Nagarjuna’s [[Collection of Praises]].
+This text is primarily about [[buddha nature]]—called [[dharmadhatu]] in this context. Nagarjuna shows how buddha nature exists in all beings, is temporarily obscured, and can be revealed in its full bloom. The emphasis is on the actual experience of mind's vivid wakefulness.
-This text is primarily about buddha nature--called dharmadhatu here. Nagarjuna shows how buddha nature exists in all beings, is temporarily obscured, and can be revealed in its full bloom. The emphasis is on the actual experience of mind's vivid wakefulness.
+==Text==
+Only six verses (18–23) of this text are preserved in Sanskrit, as quoted in [[Naropa]]’s ''Sekoddeśaṭīkā''.
-==External Links==
+===Early Translations===
-*[http://www.snowlionpub.com/search.php?isbn=INPRDH In Praise of Dharmadhatu, by Nagarjuna with commentary by the Third Karmapa, translated by Karl Brunnholz, Snow Lion Publications, 2007]
+The Tibetan translation in 101 verses was prepared by Krishna Paṇḍita and the Tibetan translator Nagtso Lotsawa Tsültrim Gyalwa during the middle of the eleventh century. It can be found in the [[Tengyur]], Eulogy section, [[Toh]] 1118
+*{{SL|876a46b1-c4d3-4c25-8eab-818ca94fed34|Sakya Library}}
-*[http://www.bodhionline.org/praise_of_dharmadhatu.html Excerpt from commentary by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche]
+The Chinese Buddhist canon contains two translations of the ''Dharmadhātustava'' (Taishō 413 and 1675), translated by the famous tantric master Amoghavajra (705–774) and Dānapāla from Uḍḍiyāna in the early eleventh century, respectively.
-[[Category:Texts]]
+===Modern Translations===
+*Karl Brunnholz, ''In Praise of Dharmadhatu'', by Nagarjuna with commentary by the [[Rangjung Dorje|Third Karmapa]], translated by Karl Brunnholz (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 2007)
+==Commentaries==
+*The Third Karmapa, [[Rangjung Dorje]]
+[[Category: Texts]]
+[[Category: Nagarjuna]]
+[[Category: Buddha Nature]]