Shantarakshita

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Shantarakshita was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and abbot renowned for helping establish Buddhism in Tibet and synthesizing Madhyamaka and Yogācāra thought.

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instanceOf 8th-century philosopher
Buddhist monk
Buddhist philosopher
Indian philosopher
abbot
associatedWith Nalanda Mahavihara NERFINISHED
Samye Monastery NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 8th century
collaboratedWith Padmasambhava NERFINISHED
Trisong Detsen NERFINISHED
contributedTo foundation of Samye, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet
countryOfCitizenship India
doctrine integration of Madhyamaka emptiness with Yogācāra idealism
use of Buddhist logic (pramāṇa) to defend Madhyamaka
fieldOfWork Buddhist philosophy
Madhyamaka exegesis
Yogācāra exegesis
epistemology
logic
honorificTitle Abbot of Samye
Ācārya
influenced Kamalashila NERFINISHED
influencedBy Asaṅga NERFINISHED
Dharmakīrti NERFINISHED
Dignāga NERFINISHED
Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED
knownFor founding the philosophical tradition later called Yogācāra-Madhyamaka
helping establish Buddhism in Tibet
serving as abbot of Samye Monastery
synthesizing Madhyamaka and Yogācāra thought
language Sanskrit
notableWork Madhyamakālaṃkāra NERFINISHED
Tattvasaṃgraha NERFINISHED
Tattvasaṃgraha-pañjikā NERFINISHED
philosophicalSchool Madhyamaka NERFINISHED
Yogācāra NERFINISHED
Yogācāra-Madhyamaka NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Nalanda NERFINISHED
Tibet NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth India NERFINISHED
positionHeld abbot of Samye Monastery
religion Buddhism
roleInTibet invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen
schoolAffiliation Nalanda tradition NERFINISHED
teacherOf Kamalashila NERFINISHED
tradition Buddhist logic and epistemology
Madhyamaka NERFINISHED
Yogācāra NERFINISHED

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Indian Buddhism hasPhilosopher Shantarakshita