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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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== Indian Masters ==
===Literary Works===
*[[Jetāri]] (Dgra las rnam rgyal)
*[[Madhyamakalamkara]]<br>
*[[Virūpa]]
*[[Vajrāsanapāda]] (Rdo rje gdan pa)


== Foundingfather ==
===Main Teachers===
*[[Khon Konchog Gyalpo]], 1st Sakya Trizin
*[[Fill in the blanks]]<br>


== Translators ==
===Main Students===
*[[Bari Lotsawa]], 2nd Sakya Trizin
*[[Kamalashila]]<br>


== The Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition ==
===Main Lineages===
In [[Tibetan]] <tt>[[gong ma lnga]]</tt>.
*[[Yogachara-Svantantrika Madhyamaka]]<br>


[[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]].
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*Khenpo Bodhisattva<br>
*Bodhisattva Shantarakshita
*mkhan po bodhi satva zhi ba 'tsho


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.
===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


See [[Sakya Five Superiors Collected Works]] for a listing of various texts written by these lamas.
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== Six Ornaments of Tibet ==
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
* [[Yaktuk Sangyey Pal]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
* [[ Rongton Mawe Sengey]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]
* [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]]
* [[Shakya Chokden]]
* [[Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo]]  
* [[Zongpa Kunga Namgyel]]
 
 
== Other Important Historical Teachers ==
* [[Muchen Khonchog Gyaltsen]]
* [[Tsarchen Losal Gyatso]]
* [[Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup]]
* [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]
* [[Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro]]
 
== Concurrent Sakya Lamas ==
* [[Sakya Trizin|His Holiness Sakya Trizin]]

Revision as of 03:34, 7 December 2010

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

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

  • Khenpo Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Shantarakshita
  • mkhan po bodhi satva zhi ba 'tsho

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

  • Add double-brackets "[[ ]]" around any relevant word or phrase and it will create a new page for that term or link to an already existing page

External Links

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