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[[File:Serlingpa.png|frame|Dharmakirti of Suvarnadvipa]]
'''Dharmakirti''' (Skt. ''Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti''; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་, ''Chökyi Drakpa'', Wyl. ''chos kyi grags pa'') or '''Dharmapala''' (Wyl. ''chos skyong'') of [[Suvarnadvipa]] (b. 10th century) was the most important of [[Atisha]]'s teachers. In Tibetan he is known simply as '''Serlingpa''' (Tib. གསེར་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. ''gser gling pa''), literally 'the master from Suvarnadvipa'. [[Atisha]] is said to have stayed with him for twelve years receiving teachings on [[Lojong]]. 

==Writings==
He wrote two texts on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' summarizing its main points.

==Further Reading==
*David Seyfort Ruegg, ''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India'', Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981, pp. 109-110

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P3453|TBRC profile}}

[[Category:Historical Masters]]