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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 [[Madhyamaka]] 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 ==
*[[Madhyamakalamkara]]<br>
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 [[Five Sakya Forefathers|The Five Sakya Forefathers]].
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===Main Students===
The first three are known as the Three White Ones ([[dkar po rnam gsum]]) as they were lay practitioners, and the last two as the Two Red Ones as they were ordained as monks.
*[[Kamalashila]]<br>


===Main Lineages===
See [[Sakya Five Superiors Collected Works]] for a listing of various texts written by these lamas.
*[[Yogachara-Svantantrika Madhyamaka]]<br>


===Alternate Names & Spellings===
== Six Ornaments of Tibet ==
*Khenpo Bodhisattva<br>
* [[Yaktuk Sangyey Pal]]
* [[ Rongton Mawe Sengey]]
* [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]]
* [[Shakya Chokden]]
* [[Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo]]
* [[Zongpa Kunga Namgyel]]


===Other Reference Sources===
*Speech of Delight: Mipham's Commentary on Shantarakshita's Ornament of the Middle Way; by Ju Mipham, trans. by Thomas Doctor
*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===
== Other Important Historical Teachers ==
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* [[Tsarchen Losal Gyatso]]
* [[Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup]]
* [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]
* [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]


===External Links===
== Concurrent Sakya Lamas ==
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* [[Sakya Trizin|His Holiness Sakya Trizin]]
 
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Revision as of 15:12, 29 January 2007


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 Sakya Forefathers.

The first three are known as the Three White Ones (dkar po rnam gsum) as they were lay practitioners, and the last two as the Two Red Ones as they were ordained as monks.

See Sakya Five Superiors Collected Works for a listing of various texts written by these lamas.

Six Ornaments of Tibet


Other Important Historical Teachers

Concurrent Sakya Lamas

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