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The Dharma of Deconstruction
Understanding the wisdom of the great Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna with the help of three pivotal Western thinkers
Considered by many to be, after the Buddha himself, the single most important figure in Buddhist tradition, Nagarjuna, sometimes called the Second Buddha, is said to have lived in India in the late second century C.E.
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