# \#third-council

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## [The Sri Lankan Buddhist philosopher David Kalupahana sees Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa as a predecessor of Nagarjuna in being a champion of the Middle Way and a reviver of the original philosophical ideals of the Buddha](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-sri-lankan-buddhist-philosopher-david-kalupahana-sees-venerable-moggaliputta-tissa-as-a-predecessor-of-nagarjuna-in-being-a-champion-of-the-middle-way-and-a-reviver-of-the-original-philosophical-ideals-of-the-buddha/242)

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The Sri Lankan Buddhist philosopher David Kalupahana sees him as a predecessor of Nagarjuna in being a champion of the Middle Way and a reviver of the original philosophical ideals of the Buddha. Note: David Kalupahana…