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Taranatha.jpg Taranatha Kunga Nyingpo.jpg Line Drawing by Robert Beer Courtesy of The Robert Beer Online Galleries
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MainNameWylie tA ra nA tha
MainNameSkt Tāranātha
AltNamesTib ཀུན་དགའ་སྙིང་པོ་
AltNamesWylie kun dga' snying po
YearBirth 1575
YearDeath 1634
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TibDateAnimal Pig
TibDateRabjung 10
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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.

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.

The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being.

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