Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti
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| PersonType | Category:Classical Indian Authors |
|---|---|
| MainNameTib | གསེར་གླིང་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་ |
| MainNameWylie | gser gling pa chos kyi grags pa |
| MainNameSkt | Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti |
| SortName | Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti |
| AltNamesOther | Dharmakīrti of Sumatra |
| bio | Dharmakirti (Skt. Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་, Chökyi Drakpa, Wyl. chos kyi grags pa) or Dharmapala (Wyl. chos skyong) of Suvarnadvipa (b. 10th century) was the most important of Atisha's teachers. In Tibetan he is known simply as Serlingpa (Tib. གསེར་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. gser gling pa), literally 'the master from Suvarnadvipa'. Atisha is said to have stayed with him for twelve years receiving teachings on Lojong. (Source Accessed Jun 21, 2022) |
| YearBirth | 10th century |
| BornIn | Sumatra |
| StudentOf | Abhayākara |
| TeacherOf | Atiśa |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P3453 |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
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