Many great scholars, ascetics, kings and other patrons were responsible for the spread of Buddhism in the ancient times. One among them was Acharya Nagarjuna. It is believed that he lived during the reign of Emperor Kanishka. Acharya Nagarjuna, the Mahayana Buddhist thinker, scholar and philosopher brought about the Middle-Way School of Buddhism and wrote down its principles. His preachings on the Middle-Way spread to China in the form of three books. Such is the importance of Nagarjuna to Buddhism that he is often called the Second Buddha. While some scholars argue that he was born into a Telugu Vaidika Brahmin family, there are others who believe that he was born in Vidarbha. Be that as it may, Nagarjuna had, in his childhood, denounced the world, turned into a monk and studied the Hindu scriptures. In his later years, he became a Buddhist and settled down in the area known as Sriparvatham, modern day Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh. He served as a teacher at the university at Dhanyakatakam in the same region. More such fascinating facts about Acharya Nagarjuna are brought to you in this presentation.

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