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'''Serlingpa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gser gling pa''), literally 'the master from the Golden Isle', i.e., Suvarnadvipa, which is possibly Sumatra. His actual name is given variously as '''Dharmapala''' or '''Dharmakirti''' (Tib. ''Chökyi Drakpa''; Wyl. ''chos kyi grags pa''). He was the most important teacher of [[Atisha]] who stayed with him for twelve years receiving teachings on [[Lojong]]. He wrote two texts on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' summarizing its main points.
'''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==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbrc-dlms.org/link?RID=P3453 TBRC profile]
*{{TBRC|P3453|TBRC profile}}


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 14 September 2018

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