Philosopher
Ratnakīrti
Overview
Ratnakīrti (11th century CE) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the Yogācāra and epistemological (pramāṇavāda) schools who wrote on logic, philosophy of mind and epistemology. Ratnakīrti studied at the Vikramaśīla monastery in modern-day Bihar. He was a pupil of Jñānaśrīmitra, and Ratnakīrti refers to Jñānaśrīmitra in his work as his guru with phrases such as yad āhur guravaḥ.
Ratnakīrti's work has been termed as "more concise and logical though not so poetical" compared to that of his teacher, although he does build on much of Jñānaśrīmitra's work.
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Philosophers who discussed Ratnakīrti
Ideas Ratnakīrti discusses
- Ātman (Hinduism)
- Ishvara
- Buddhist logico-epistemology
- Two truths doctrine
- Idealism
- Dharmakirti
- Monism
- Yogachara
- Universal (metaphysics)
- Buddhism
- Causality
- Svasaṃvedana
- Ratnākaraśānti
- Buddhist tantric literature
- Jñanasrimitra
- Creator deity
- Pramana
- Nondualism
- Philosophy of mind
- Solipsism
- Epistemology
- Prajñakaragupta
- Prakāśa
Place in the tradition
Part of Buddhist philosophy.