Haribhadra (Buddhist philosopher)

Haribhadra, also known as Shizi Xian (simplified Chinese: 狮子贤; traditional Chinese: 獅子賢; pinyin: Shīzixián) or Sengge Zangpo (Tibetan: སེང་གེ་བཟང་པོ་, Wylie: seng-ge bzang-po; both names mean "righteous lion") was an 8th-century CE Buddhist philosopher and commentator. ^[1] He was one of the founding monks of the Vikramashila monastery in modern-day Bihar, India and he was also the preceptor^[2] of the Pala Emperor, Dharmapala.^[3]^[4]

A notable student of his was the monk Buddhajñānapāda who also played a role in founding Vikramashila.^[5]

^ Harter, Pierre–Julien (2013). "Haribhadra". Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online.
^ Kinnard, Jacob (1996). "Reevaluating the Eighth-Ninth Century Pala Milieu: Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Sakyamuni". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 19.
^ Keown, Damian (2003). "Haribhadra". Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism.
^ Padmanabh, Jaini (1972). "The "Ālokā" of Haribhadra and the "Sāratamā" of Ratnākaraśānti: A Comparative Study of the Two Commentaries of the "Aṣṭasāhasrikā"". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 35 (2): 271–284. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0010936X. JSTOR 614403.
^ Chattopadhyaya, Alaka (1981). Atiśa and Tibet: Life and Works of Dipamkara Śrijñana in Relation to the History and Religion of Tibet, with Tibetan Sources Translated Under Lama Chimpa. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 108. ISBN 978-81-208-0928-4.

[Hart2013-1] Harter, Pierre–Julien (2013). "Haribhadra". Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online.

[2] Kinnard, Jacob (1996). "Reevaluating the Eighth-Ninth Century Pala Milieu: Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Sakyamuni". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 19.

[3] Keown, Damian (2003). "Haribhadra". Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism.

[4] Padmanabh, Jaini (1972). "The "Ālokā" of Haribhadra and the "Sāratamā" of Ratnākaraśānti: A Comparative Study of the Two Commentaries of the "Aṣṭasāhasrikā"". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 35 (2): 271–284. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0010936X. JSTOR 614403.

[5] Chattopadhyaya, Alaka (1981). Atiśa and Tibet: Life and Works of Dipamkara Śrijñana in Relation to the History and Religion of Tibet, with Tibetan Sources Translated Under Lama Chimpa. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 108. ISBN 978-81-208-0928-4.

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