Elegant Sayings

As the worth of gold and silver is to be determined through the test of melting and the greatness of an elephant through that of battle, so too, writes Sakya Pandit, a learned man may be known and valued by his composition of elegant sayings.

This volume offers to readers the wit and wisdom of the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna and the Tibetan scholar Sakya Pandit.  The reader will taste many flavors in these sayings, from the snap and pith of bold humor to the shrewd and cultivated bite of courtly knowledge, from apt pronouncements of Buddhist teachings to the sublime openings of great poetry.