Philosopher
Jñānagarbha
Overview
Jñānagarbha (Sanskrit: ज्ञानगर्भ, Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་སྙིང་པོ་, Wyl. ye shes snying po) was an 8th-century Buddhist philosopher from Nalanda Monastery who is considered part of Bhāviveka's Svātantrika-Madhyamaka school. He was a student of Śrīgupta, who was in turn the student of Bhāviveka, and the teacher and ordaining master of Śāntarakṣita.
Tibetan sources refer to him, Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla as meaning "the three Svātantrika teachers from the East" (rang rgyud shar gsum) indicating their origins from Eastern India. The work he is most known for is "Distinguishing the Two Truths" (Skt. Satyadvayavibhaṅga). He is most well-known for the explanation found in this text of the two truths doctrine (satyadvaya).
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Philosophers who discussed Jñānagarbha
Ideas Jñānagarbha discusses
- Sandhinirmocana Sutra
- Ishvara
- Karma
- Dharmakirti
- Nalanda mahavihara
- Kamalaśīla
- Nagarjuna
- Reductio ad absurdum
- Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction
- Śāntarakṣita
- Sanskrit
- Guhyasamāja Tantra
- Mahayana
- Dharmapala of Nalanda
- Yogachara
- Vasubandhu
- Pratītyasamutpāda
- Samkhya
- The Buddha
- Bhāviveka
- Bengal
- Pramanavarttika
- Madhyamaka
- Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Place in the tradition
Part of Buddhist philosophy.