Dharmakīrtiśrī (
Tibetan: ''Serlingpa''; ; , literally "from ''Suvarnadvīpa''"), also known as ''Kulānta'' and ''Suvarṇadvipi Dharmakīrti'', was a renowned 10th century Buddhist teacher. His name refers to the region he lived, somewhere in
Lower Burma
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or
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Dharmakīrtiśrī was the teacher of a number of important late Mahayana Buddhist thinkers, including
Ratnākaraśānti (fl. c. 970–1045),
Atiśa
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,
Jñānaśrīmitra and
Ratnakīrti (both fl. late 10–early 11th c.).
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. ''Dharmakirti of Kedah: His, life, work and troubled times.''
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Dharmakīrtiśrī is the author of the ''Durbodhālokā'' (''Light on the Hard-to-Illuminate''), a sub-commentary to the ''
Abhisamayālaṃkāra-śāstra-vṛtti'' of
Haribhadra.
A Sanskrit manuscript of this work was discovered in the 20th century at
Sakya Monastery.
He also wrote "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons".
See also
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Lojong
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References
Further reading
* Skilling, Peter (1997)
Dharmakirti of Suvartabhumi Journal of the Siam Society 85, 187-194
External links
* Sinklair, Iain (2021)
Dharmakirti of Kedah: His Life, Work and Troubled Times ISEAS, Yusof Ishak Institute
Indonesian scholars of Buddhism
Madhyamaka scholars
10th-century Asian people
10th-century Buddhists
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