Śāntarakṣita (English spelling)

Japanese: シャーンタラクシタ（英語表記）Śāntarakṣita

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[Died] A monk from Nalanda, India, who established the first Buddhist sect in Tibet around 787. His Chinese name was Jakugo. He is said to have expressed the views of the Yogacara Madhyamaka school. He came to Tibet at the invitation of King Trisong Detsen, who decided to fully introduce Buddhism in 761, but returned to Nepal due to resistance from the Pon sect. He returned around 771 and, together with Padmasambhava, laid the cornerstone of the Samue Monastery in 775. In 779, when the main hall was completed, he invited Sarva monks from Nalanda, gave precepts to six monks, and founded a Buddhist sect. At the same time, he began teaching Sanskrit for the translation of sutras. He held a dedication ceremony for the Samue Monastery in 787 and is said to have predicted the upcoming Samue sect debate before his death. His views on the harmony of the two schools of thought and the Madhyamaka are explained in the Madhyamaka Sutra, and his wide-ranging knowledge is shown in the Outline of the Truth.

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[没]787頃
チベットに初めて仏教教団を設立したインド，ナーランダの僧。漢訳名は寂護。瑜伽行中観派の見解を示したとされる。 761年に仏教の本格的導入を決めたティソン・デツェン王に招かれ，チベットに来たが，ポン教徒の抵抗でいったんネパールに戻り，771年頃再びいたり，パドマサンババと協力して 775年にサムエ寺の定礎をつくった。本堂完成の 779年ナーランダから有部の僧を招き，6人の僧に戒を授けて教団を創設し，同時に訳経事業のため梵語を教えはじめ，787年サムエ寺の落慶法要を営み，きたるべきサムエ宗論を予言して没したという。唯識中観両説の調和をはかったその見解は『中観荘厳頌』中に説かれ，広い学識は『真理綱要』に示されている。

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