Śāntarakṣita
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#Shantarakshita
Śāntarakṣita · c. 725–788 CE
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“The last great philosopher of Indian Buddhism packed a millennium of argument into one system, carried it over the Himalayas, and planted it in Tibet — where it survived the death of Buddhism in the land of its birth.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“The rival systems of a thousand years of Indian philosophy aren't just enemies to refute — they're rungs on a single ladder, each true at its own level, with emptiness at the top.”
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