Shantarakshita, an eighth-century Indian prince, became abbot of the great Indian monastic university of Nalanda, was expert in philosophical disputation, and was universally admired for his intelligence and learning. He was invited by the king of Tibet, Trisongdetsen, to come and spread the Buddhist teachings in Tibet. He established the first monastery in Tibet, ordained the first monks, and inaugurated the tradition of translation of Indian texts.
Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan / Eastern Philosophy
Hardcover / Shambhala Publications / 464 pages / 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-59030-241-5 / June 2005
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Madhyamaka, or the Middle Way, is accepted by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism as the most profound expression, in philosophical terms, of emptiness, the true nature of phenomena. Emptiness is the basis on which the whole of Mahayana practice is founded, from the mind-training meditations on bodhichitta...