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thumb|Acharya|Ācārya Bhāviveka Converts a Nonbeliever to Buddhism, [[Gelug 18th-century Qing painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art]]

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Contents
  • Background
  • Philosophy
  • Mādhyamaka and Pramāṇa
  • The Importance of Reasoning
  • Doxography and Indian philosophy
  • Works
  • ''Heart of the Middle'' and ''Blaze of Reasoning''
  • ''Wisdom Lamp''
  • Bhāvaviveka II
  • In Tibetan Buddhism
  • Panchen Lama lineage
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Primary Sources in Translation
  • Secondary Sources
  • External links

thumb|Acharya|Ācārya Bhāviveka Converts a Nonbeliever to Buddhism, [[Gelug 18th-century Qing painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art]]

Bhāviveka, also called Bhāvaviveka (; ), and Bhavya was a sixth-century (c. 500 – c. 570) madhyamaka Buddhist philosopher. Alternative names for this figure also include Bhavyaviveka, Bhāvin, Bhāviviveka, Bhagavadviveka and Bhavya. Bhāviveka is the author of the Madhyamakahrdaya (Heart of the Middle), its auto-commentary the Tarkajvālā (Blaze of Reasoning) and the Prajñāpradīpa (Lamp for Wisdom).

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