Bodhibhadra
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| PersonType | Category:Classical Indian Authors |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Bodhibhadra |
| MainNameTib | སློབ་དཔོན་བྱང་ཆུབ་བཟང་པོ་ |
| MainNameWylie | slob dpon byang chub bzang po |
| MainNameSkt | Bodhibhadra |
| SortName | Bodhibhadra |
| bio | Bodhibhadra was a prominent Buddhist scholar and meditation master resident at Nalanda, the great monastic university of northeastern India, during the late tenth century CE. He is best known as one of the principal teachers of Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna (980/982–1054 CE), to whom he transmitted the bodhisattva vows and teachings on bodhicitta — the altruistic aspiration toward enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. After completing these instructions, Bodhibhadra directed Atiśa to the master Vidyākokila, setting him on the path of study that would shape his entire career. Bodhibhadra's influence extended beyond personal teaching: his main surviving work, the Samādhisaṃbhāraparivarta, preserved in the Tibetan Tangyur, outlines nine accumulations for meditative cultivation and was drawn upon directly by Atiśa in composing his own writings. As a formative teacher of Atiśa, Bodhibhadra contributed indirectly to the revival of Buddhism in Tibet and the emergence of the Lamrim tradition that shaped all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Key Sources: Mochizuki, Kaie. "On the Samādhisaṃbhāraparivarta of Bodhibhadra." Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies 54 (2006). See also: Chattopadhyaya, Alaka, trans. Atīśa and Tibet. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2011. |
| DatesNotes | Flourished late 10th century |
| StudentOf | Jetāri |
| TeacherOf | Atiśa |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P0RK37 |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
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