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[[Image:Shantideva.JPG|frame|'''Shantideva''']] '''Shantideva''' [Skt.] (c.685-763) - the author of ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'' (''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' [Skt.], ''Chönjuk'' [Tib.]). He was a [[Mahayana]] scholar and siddha, and a follower of the [[Prasangika-Madhyamika]] method of [[Buddhapalita]] and [[Chandrakirti]]. He also wrote the ''[[Shikshasamucchaya]]'' [Skt.], the ''Compendium of Training'', and the ''[[Sutrasamucchaya]]'', a compendium of the major Mahayana teachings. See also [[Nalanda]].
[[Image:Shantideva.JPG|frame|'''Shantideva''']]
'''Shantideva''' [Skt.] ([[wyl.]] ''zhi ba lha'') (c.685-763) - the author of ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'' (''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' [Skt.], ''Chönjuk'' [Tib.]). He was a [[Mahayana]] scholar and [[siddha]], and a follower of the [[Prasangika-Madhyamika]] method of [[Buddhapalita]] and [[Chandrakirti]]. He also wrote the ''[[Shikshasamucchaya]]'' [Skt.], the ''Compendium of Training'', and the ''[[Sutrasamucchaya]]'', a compendium of the major Mahayana teachings. See also [[Nalanda]].


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


[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]

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Shantideva

Shantideva [Skt.] (wyl. zhi ba lha) (c.685-763) - the author of The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara [Skt.], Chönjuk [Tib.]). He was a Mahayana scholar and siddha, and a follower of the Prasangika-Madhyamika method of Buddhapalita and Chandrakirti. He also wrote the Shikshasamucchaya [Skt.], the Compendium of Training, and the Sutrasamucchaya, a compendium of the major Mahayana teachings. See also Nalanda.