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S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita (705-762)
\n\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f5a\u0f7c\u0f0b zhi ba ‘tsho<\/h2>\n

Khenpo Bodhisattva, \u2018Bodhisattva Abbot\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Biography<\/h3>\n

\u201cShantarakshita.\u201d Rigpa Wiki (rigpawiki.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Blumenthal, James, and James Apple. 2008. \u201c\u015a\u0101ntarak\u1e63ita.\u201d Stanford Encyclopedia pf Philosophy<\/em> (Summer 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) (plato.stanford.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruegg, David Seyfort. The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India.<\/em> Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981, pp. 88-93 (BQ 7457 .R84 1981 JABL<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Works<\/h3>\n

Tattvasa\u1e43graha<\/strong>
\nCompendium on Reality
\nde kho na nyid bsdus pa’i tsig le’ur byas pa
\n\u0f51\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f41\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f49\u0f72\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0fa1\u0f74\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f59\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f60\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b<\/p>\n

Tibetan text<\/a><\/p>\n

S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita, Ganganatha Jha, and Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la. The Tattvasan\u0307graha of Sha\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita: With the Commentary of Kamalashi\u0304la<\/em>. 1st ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1986. (BQ 3282 .E5 J4213 1986 JABL<\/a>)<\/p>\n

McClintock, Sara. 2010. Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason: Santaraksita and Kamalasila on Rationality, Argumentation, and Religious Authority<\/em>. New York: Wisdom Publications. (BQ 3287 .M38 2010 JABL<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Madhyamak\u0101la\u1e43k\u0101ra<\/strong>
\nOrnament of the Middle Way
\ndbu ma rgyan gyi tshig le’ur byas pa
\n\u0f51\u0f56\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f5a\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f60\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54<\/p>\n

Tibetan text<\/a><\/p>\n

Blumenthal, James, S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita, and Rgyal-Tshab Dar-Ma-Rin-Chen. 2004. The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita : Including Translations of S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita\u2019s Madhyamaka\u0304lamka\u0304ra (the Ornament of the Middle Way) and Gyel-Tsab\u2019s DbU Ma Rgyan Gyi Brjed Byang (Remembering \u201cthe Ornament of the Middle Way\u201d)<\/em>. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications. (BQ 3187 .B58 2004 JABL<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Root text translation by Jim Blumenthal:
\nBlumenthal, James. 2004. \u201cTranslations\u201d In  The Ornament of the Middle Way<\/em>, 235-246. Snow Lion Publications. (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Noted Scholars<\/h3>\n

James Blumenthal, Sara McClintock<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna<\/a>   |   Bha\u0304vaviveka<\/a>   |   S\u0301a\u0304ntaraks\u0323ita<\/a>   |   A\u0304ryadeva <\/a> |   Candrak\u012brti<\/a>  |   Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la<\/a>   |   Buddhapa\u0304lita<\/a>   |   S\u0301a\u0304ntideva <\/a>  |   At\u012b\u015ba <\/a> <\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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