Satyadvayāvatāra/Full text
Atiśa based his teaching of Madhyamaka thought and practice on the two realities, conventional reality (saṃvṛtisatya) and ultimate reality(paramārthasatya). Entry to the Two Realities succinctly lays out in twenty-eight verses a general exposition on the two realities. Atiśa composed this work between 1012 and 1025 while residing in Sumatra and studying under Serlingpa. Serlingpa inquired about Atiśa's philosophical views in a letter and Atiśa composed this set of verses as a response. Atiśa wrote Entry to the Two Realities in order to change the philosophical view of Serlingpa from a Yogācāra position to that of the Madhyamaka. Atiśa's introductory text on Madhyamaka presents his understanding based on the synthesis of a number of previous Indian Madhyamaka thinkers. (Source: James Apple, Atiśa Dīpaṃkara: Illuminator of the Awakened Mind, 127.
| Reference | slob dpon mkhas pa chen po dpal mar me mdzad ye shes. satyadvayāvatāra [सत्यद्वयावतार]. bden pa gnyis la 'jug pa [བདེན་པ་གཉིས་ལ་འཇུག་པ]. [Entering into the Two Truths (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3247 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3247&typ=2. |
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| People | Atiśa, Lo tsA ba rgya brtson seng ge |
