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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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== The Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition ==
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==reference==
In [[Tibetan]] <tt>[[gong ma lnga]]</tt>.  
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*Speech of Delight: Mipham's Commentary on Shantarakshita's Ornament of the Middle Way; by Ju Mipham, trans. by Thomas Doctor
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*The Adornment of the Middle Way; Shantarakshita's [[Madhyamakalankara]] with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group. ISBN 1-59030-241-9
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*The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Shantarakshita, by James Blumenthal
  
[[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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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
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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== Other Important Sakya Masters ==
 
* [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]]
 
* [[Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo]]
 
* [[Tsarchen Losal Gyatso]]
 

Revision as of 01:25, 14 December 2005

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.

reference[edit]

  • 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