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Śāntideva is one of the most well-known and revered Indian Buddhist teachers, and his life and works continue to move and inspire new generations of practitioners, lay and monastic, to cultivate the mind of enlightenment in order to benefit other sentient beings. His writings, which include ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'' (''Bodhicaryāvatāra'') and ''The Compendium of Training'' (''Śikṣāsamuccya''), were immensely influential not only in India but also in the development of the Tibetan religious tradition. +
This commentary, whose author is unknown, explains The Wisdom Chapter verse by verse, with more emphasis on the difficult points. +
The sixth abbot of Sangpu Neutok, a Kadam monastery founded in 1073 by Ngok Lekpai Sherab. Among his students are included the First Karmapa, Düsum Khenpa, and the Sakya hierarch Sönam Tsemo. +
An important student of Lama Khyung Rinchen Drak, Gangpa Sheu Lodrö Jangchup, Lhaje Dawe Özer, and Lhopa Könchok Pal. A teacher of Chapa Chökyi Senge, Karmapa Düsum Khenpa, Pakdru Dorje Gyalpo, Chokro Chökyi Gyaltsen, Zhangbal Tsepa, Kyikhar Lhakhangba, and so forth. +
A disciple of Latö Könchok Khar, he became the abbot of Nering. +
The son of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, he was the second of the five founding patriarchs of the Sakya tradition. +
The third of the five men credited with founding the Sakya order. He was also the Fifth Sakya Trizin, or throne holder, from the Khön family. +
A student of Chapa Chökyi Senge, Nyangdrenpa Chökyi Yeshe, and Khamo Zeupa. A teacher of Drotön Dudtsi Drak and Madunpa. +
Born in Tsang in 1127, he was a student of Sharawa Yönten Drak (1070–1141) and his disciple Tumtön Lodrö Drakpa (1106–1166) of the Kadampa tradition. In 1153 he assisted his master Lodrö Drakpa in establishing Nartang Monastery in Tsang. +
A twelfth to thirteenth-century Indian scholar that, like his teacher Śākyaśrībhadra, was active in Tibet. +
Born in the Kyo (Skyod) clan at Tanakyang (Rta nag yang) in central Tibet in 1219. He studied the complete Kadam traditions under the guidance of the sixth abbot, Sangye Gompa Senge Kyap (1179–1250), and the seventh abbot of Nartang Monastery (Snar thang dgon), Chim Namkha Drak (1210–1285). +
A renowned Indian Madhyamaka master belonging to Candrakīrti's lineage. +
A student of Khenpo Drakpa Bum, Khenchen Dewa Pal, Lopön Tukje Palzang, Lopön Chöden Palzang, etc. A teacher of Joden Khenpo Sönam Drakpa, Butön Rinchen Drup, Zhangtön Sönam Drak, etc. +
A direct student of Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), from whom he received detailed teachings on the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra''. He wrote a commentary on the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' as a synopsis of the teachings he had received from Sakya Paṇḍita. +
A student of Könchok Jungne. He had a student named Sengewa Gyalwe Dorje. +
Deemed one of the greatest of all the Tibetan Vinaya commentators. Born in the early thirteenth century in Mon Tsona, which is presently in the north of Tawang in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. +
A student of Kyitön Shakya Bum, Chokden Lekpai Lodrö, Jangsem Gyalwa Yeshe, and Rongpa Sherap Senge. A teacher of Dölpopa and Longchenpa. +
Born to a family associated with a monastery named Shapme Gomne (Shab smad sgom gnas) in the Tropu (Khro phu) area of Tsang. A teacher of many prominent masters of his time, such as the fifth abbot of Jonang; Chokle Namgyal (1306–1386); Chunyi Sarma Drakpa Sherap (1310–1370); the Second Gankar Lama, Rinchen Zangpo (1317–1383); Drakpa Gyaltsen, who succeeded him as abbot of Zhalu (1365–1448), etc. +
One of Dölpopa’s fourteen major disciples. He was a great master of sūtra and tantra, especially the Five Treatises of Maitreya and the ''Kālacakra Tantra''. He completed a new revised translation of the ''Kālacakra Tantra'' and the ''Vimalaprabhā''. He later lived and taught at Sabzang Ganden Monastery. +
