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Indian Buddhist philosopher (725-788)

Also known as: Shantarakshita, Schantarakschita, Shantaraksita, Shantirakshita, Шантаракшита, شانتاراكشيتا

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Dignaga
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Root Madhyamaka verses on emptiness that the Madhyamakālaṃkāra seeks to reconcile with Yogācāra. (AI reason)
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Shantideva685–763
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Contemporary Madhyamaka verse combining rigorous philosophy of emptiness with bodhisattva practice. (AI reason)
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Vasubandhu
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Abhidharma and Yogācāra mind-only treatises underlying the idealist strand of Śāntarakṣita's synthesis. (AI reason)
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Influential Tibetan commentary on the Madhyamakālaṃkāra elaborating its two-truths reasoning. (AI reason)
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