Śrījñānākara

Śrījñānākara on the DRL

Translators

English Phonetics	Śrījñānākara

Other names

• dpal ye shes 'byung gnas

Dates

Birth:	ca. 11th century

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Students

lhas btsas

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Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4CZ15236

Wiki Pages

• Śrījñānākara on the DRL
• Śrījñānākara on the LIB
• Śrījñānākara on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

Śrījñānākara was an Indian paṇḍita who often collaborated with Rinchen Zangpo. He is listed as the translator of the Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā (Sgron ma gsal bar byed pa zhes bya ba'i rgya cher bshad pa), a root text on the Guhyasamaja Tantra (Dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen), and is listed as the author of a commentary called Entering into Secret Mantra (Mantravatara, Gsang sngags la 'jug pa). (Source Accessed Aug, 21, 2020)

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.