Kamalashila

Kamalashila (* approx. 740 ; † 795 ) was an Indian author and scholar of Mahayana Buddhism . He was a student of Shantarakshita and, on his advice, was invited to Tibet at the time of Thrisong Detsen .

A debate between Kamalashila and Heshang Moheyan in Samye Monastery between 792 and 794 had historical significance for Buddhism in Tibet , which was also called the Great Debate of Samye or the Council of Lhasa .

Among the most famous works of Kamalashila are three texts, all of which are entitled Bhavana-krama ( Tib . : sgom rim ; "stages of meditation").

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy : Tibetan philosophy: The role of conceptual understanding in spiritual realization ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Adam, Martin T. (2003). Meditation and the concept of insight in Kamalaśīla's Bhāvanākramas , Montreal: McGill Univ., Dissertation (including English translation, part 1.3 in Sanskrit, part 2 in Tibetan language)
3. ↑ 廣 釋 菩提 心 論 ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Part 1 in Chinese