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'''Shantarakshita''' ([[zhi ba 'tsho]]). 'Guardian of Peace.' The Indian pandita and abbot of [[Vikramashila]] and of [[Samye]] who ordained the first Tibetan monks. He was an incarnation of the bodhisattva [[Vajrapani]] and is also known as Khenpo Bodhisattva or Bhikshu Bodhisattva Shantarakshita. He is the founder of philosophical school combining [[Madhyamika]] and [[Yogachara]]. This tradition was reestablished and clarified by [[Mipham Rinpoche]] in his commentary on the [[Madhyamaka Lamkara]].
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===Literary Works===
== The Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition ==
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In [[Tibetan]] <tt>[[gong ma lnga]]</tt>.


===Main Teachers===
[[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], [[Sonam Tsemo]], [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]], [[Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen]] and [[Drogon Chogyal Phagpa]] are known as the ''Five Superiors of the [[Sakya]] Tradition'', sometimes also translated as ''The Five Forefathers''.
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===Main Students===
The first three are known as the Three White Ones as they were lay practitioners, and the last two as the Two Red Ones as they were ordained as monks.
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===Main Lineages===
== Six Ornaments of Tibet ==
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* [[Yaktuk Sangyey Pal]]
* [[ Rongton Mawe Sengey]]
* [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]]
* [[Shakya Chokden]]
* [[Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo]]
* [[Zongpa Kunga Namgyel]]


===Alternate Names & Spellings===
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===Other Reference Sources===
== Other Important Teachers ==
*Speech of Delight: Mipham's Commentary on Shantarakshita's Ornament of the Middle Way; by Ju Mipham, trans. by Thomas Doctor
* [[Tsarchen Losal Gyatso]]
*The Adornment of the Middle Way; Shantarakshita's [[Madhyamakalankara]] with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group. ISBN 1-59030-241-9
*The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Shantarakshita, by James Blumenthal
 
===Internal Links===
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===External Links===
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Revision as of 20:18, 25 December 2005


The Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition

In Tibetan gong ma lnga.

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Sonam Tsemo, Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen, Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen and Drogon Chogyal Phagpa are known as the Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition, sometimes also translated as The Five Forefathers.

The first three are known as the Three White Ones as they were lay practitioners, and the last two as the Two Red Ones as they were ordained as monks.

Six Ornaments of Tibet


Other Important Teachers

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