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Śāntarakṣita
	; Pintura del siglo 19 que muestra sucesos de la vida de Śāntarakṣita, especialmente su viaje al Tíbet.
Información personal
Nacimiento	724 d. C.; Bengala
Fallecimiento	788 d. C.; Tíbet
Educación
Educación	Nalanda
Información profesional
Ocupación	filósofo, bhikkhu y traductor

Śāntarakṣita (sánscrito: शान्तरक्षित, lit. 'protegido por el que está en paz')^[1] fue un filósofo budista indio de la escuela madhyamaka sumamente influyente en la etapa temprana del budismo tibetano, siendo junto con Padmasambhava y su discípulo Kamalaśīla, uno de los primeros en llevar el budismo al Tíbet,^[2] siendo el fundador y primer líder del Monasterio de Samye, el primer monasterio budista en la región.^[3] Estudioso de Nāgārjuna,^[4] discípulo de Jnanagharba, quien lo introdujo a la tradición yogachara,^[5]y maestro de Kamalaśīla, junto con el cual logró llevar las enseñanzas budistas a los tibetanos.^[6]

Obras

Tattvasamgraha
Madhyamakalamkara
Tattvasiddhi

Referencias

↑ Śāntarakṣita's name might be understood as a poetic way of rendering "protected by the Buddha". Technically, like "Dharmarakṣita" or "Devadatta", the compound `Śānta-rakṣita' is to be understood as a `tṛtīyātatpuruṣa', or instrumental determinative compound, comprising the noun `Śānta-' ("peaceful [person]") in its (implicit) instrumental inflection on the one hand and the past passive participle `rakṣita' ("protected") on the other.
↑ «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «Śāntarakṣita (725–788) was one of the most important and pivotal thinkers in the history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.»
↑ «Santaraksita References». «Warmly greeted by king Trhisong Detsen, he began to construct Samye university- monastery».
↑ «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «His contributions to Buddhist thought were particularly noteworthy due to his historical position as one of the later Indian interpreters of the Madhyamaka thought of Nāgārjuna».
↑ «Santaraksita References». «His root teacher was Jnanagharba, whose philosophy was sometimes characterized as Yogacara Madhyamaka, which became Santaraksita's view.»
↑ «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «In affect, Śāntarakṣita (and later, his disciple Kamalaśīla) taught Tibetans how to do philosophy.»

Véase también

[1] Śāntarakṣita's name might be understood as a poetic way of rendering "protected by the Buddha". Technically, like "Dharmarakṣita" or "Devadatta", the compound `Śānta-rakṣita' is to be understood as a `tṛtīyātatpuruṣa', or instrumental determinative compound, comprising the noun `Śānta-' ("peaceful [person]") in its (implicit) instrumental inflection on the one hand and the past passive participle `rakṣita' ("protected") on the other.

[2] «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «Śāntarakṣita (725–788) was one of the most important and pivotal thinkers in the history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.»

[3] «Santaraksita References». «Warmly greeted by king Trhisong Detsen, he began to construct Samye university- monastery».

[4] «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «His contributions to Buddhist thought were particularly noteworthy due to his historical position as one of the later Indian interpreters of the Madhyamaka thought of Nāgārjuna».

[5] «Santaraksita References». «His root teacher was Jnanagharba, whose philosophy was sometimes characterized as Yogacara Madhyamaka, which became Santaraksita's view.»

[6] «Śāntarakṣita - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy». 3 de diciembre de 2008. «In affect, Śāntarakṣita (and later, his disciple Kamalaśīla) taught Tibetans how to do philosophy.»

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