शान्तरक्षित
'''''' (Sanskrit: शान्तरक्षित; , 725–788), whose name translates into English as "protected by the One who is at peace" was an important and influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, particularly for the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Śāntarakṣita was a philosopher of the Madhyamaka school who studied at Nalanda monastery under Jñānagarbha, and became the founder of Samye, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet.
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- Born
- 705
- Died
- 762
- Works
- 12
Top works
- The Tattvasangraha
- Dbu ma rgyan daṅ deʼi zin bris brjed byaṅ bcas
- Dbu ma rgyan gyi tshig leʼur byas pa bźugs so
- Tattvasaṅgraha-Śabdārthaparīkṣā
- The adornment of the middle way
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Key facts
- Religious biography.image
- Shanta Rakshita Khenchen Bodhisattva at Guru Lhakhang Monastery at Bouddhanath.jpg
- Religious biography.image_size
- 275px
- Religious biography.caption
- Statue of Śāntarakṣita at Guru Lhakhang Monastery, Bouddhanath
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 725 CE
- Religious biography.death_date
- 788 CE
- Religious biography.religion
- Mahayana Buddhism