Serlingpa, also known as Dharmakīrtiśrī, was the teacher of a number of important late Mahayana Buddhist thinkers, including Ratnākaraśānti (fl. c. 970–1045), Atiśa, Jñānaśrīmitra and Ratnakīrti (both fl. late 10–early 11th c.). Fascinating stories, further details of Serlingpa's life, and research can be found here by Dr. Iain Sinclair: Dharmakīrti of Kedah: His Life, Work and Troubled Times. See also Skilling, Peter (1997). Dharmakirti of Suvartabhumi, Journal of the Siam Society 85, 187-194. Here Skilling names him Dharmakīrti of Srīvijaya.
Dharmakīrti (Skt. Suvarṇadvīpa Dharmakīrti; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་, Chökyi Drakpa, Wyl. chos kyi grags pa) or Dharmapala (Wyl. chos skyong) of Suvarnadvipa (b. 10th century) was the most important of Atisha's teachers. In Tibetan he is known simply as Serlingpa (Tib. གསེར་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. gser gling pa), literally 'the master from Suvarnadvipa'. Atisha is said to have stayed with him for twelve years receiving teachings on Lojong (Source Accessed Jun 21, 2022).
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