Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones

Buddha with the Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones

Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones (Tib. རྒྱན་དྲུག་མཆོག་གཉིས་, Wyl. rgyan drug mchog gnyis) — great Indian commentators on the Buddha’s teachings.

Six Ornaments

• Nagarjuna
• Aryadeva
• Asanga
• Vasubandhu
• Dignaga
• Dharmakirti

Two Supreme Ones

1. According to one way of counting the Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones, this refers to

• Gunaprabha and
• Shakyaprabha.

2. According to another tradition, this refers to

• Nagarjuna, the founder of the tradition of Profound View and
• Asanga, the founder of the tradition of Vast Conduct.

External Links

• Six Ornaments & Two Excellent Ones Outline Page at Himalayan Art