Vīravajra
| PersonType | Category:Classical Tibetan Authors Category:Translators |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Vīravajra |
| MainNameTib | དཔའ་བོ་རྡོ་རྗེ |
| MainNameWylie | dpa' bo rdo rje |
| SortName | Vīravajra |
| bio | Vīravajra: Indian Buddhist Tantric Master (fl. early 11th century CE)
Vīravajra, also known by his Sanskrit name Prajñendraruci, was a Buddhist monk and tantric master active in eastern India during the early eleventh century CE. He is identified in traditional sources as the foremost direct disciple of Durjayachandra, who himself held the lineage descending from Ḍombiheruka, a disciple of the great siddha Virūpa. Vīravajra is best known as a principal teacher of the Tibetan translator Drokmi Lotsawa Śākya Yeshe (993–1077 CE), to whom he transmitted the Hevajra Tantra in full and the Lamdre (Path and Its Fruit) teachings — specifically the "Lamdre without the fundamental text" — which would become the cornerstone of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. Vīravajra later also visited Tibet, spending time at Drokmi's residence at Mu gu lung, where one of the caves still bears his name, and where he taught and collaborated with Drokmi on translating several texts. His lineage, tracing back through Ḍombiheruka to Virūpa, gave the Sakya tradition its distinctive tantric authority, and his teachings are considered foundational to the development of Vajrayāna Buddhism in Tibet. Key Sources: Davidson, Ronald M. Tibetan Renaissance: Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. See also: Stearns, Cyrus. Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'bras Tradition in Tibet. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001. |
| DatesNotes | fl. early 11th century CE |
| BDRC | http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/P3455 |
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