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'''Chandragomin''' - a famous Indian master and scholar who was a lay practitioner, or ''[[upasaka]]'', who dressed in white robes and upheld the five precepts (not to kill, steal, commit sexual misconduct or take intoxicants) and famously challenged [[Chandrakirti]] to a debate in [[Nalanda]] that lasted for many years. His writings include ''[[Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow]]'' and ''[[Letter to a Disciple]]''.
'''Chandragomin''' - a famous Indian master and scholar who was a lay practitioner, or ''[[upasaka]]'', who dressed in white robes and upheld the five precepts (not to kill, steal, commit sexual misconduct or take intoxicants) and famously challenged [[Chandrakirti]] to a debate in [[Nalanda]] that lasted for many years. His writings include ''[[Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow]]'' and ''[[Letter to a Disciple]]''.
==Further Reading==
*Candragomin, ''Difficult Beginnings: Three Works on the Bodhisattva Path'', translated, with commentary by Mark Tatz, Shambhala, 1985


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Revision as of 12:16, 17 July 2007

Chandragomin - a famous Indian master and scholar who was a lay practitioner, or upasaka, who dressed in white robes and upheld the five precepts (not to kill, steal, commit sexual misconduct or take intoxicants) and famously challenged Chandrakirti to a debate in Nalanda that lasted for many years. His writings include Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow and Letter to a Disciple.

Further Reading

  • Candragomin, Difficult Beginnings: Three Works on the Bodhisattva Path, translated, with commentary by Mark Tatz, Shambhala, 1985