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