Aryadeva Page
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Aryadeva (Skt. Āryadeva; Tib. འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་, Pakpa Lha, Wyl. ‘phags pa lha) (second/third century) — one of the six great commentators (the ‘Six Ornaments’) on the Buddha's teachings. He was a disciple of Nagarjuna and devoted his life to continuing his master’s work, consolidating the Madhyamika tradition. He is also counted among the eighty-four mahasiddhas.
Writings
*Four Hundred Verses
*Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Skt. Caryāmelāpaka-pradīpa; Tib. སྤྱོད་པ་བསྡུས་པའི་སྒྲོན་མ་, Wyl. spyod pa bsdus pa'i sgron ma), a treatise on the Guhyasamaja Tantra.
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*Shatashastra, which only remains in its Chinese translation by Kumārajīva.
{{:Quotations: Aryadeva, Four Hundred Verses, Entertaining doubts about Samsara will make it fall appart}}
{{:Quotations: Aryadeva, Four Hundred Verses, Turn away from non-virtue}}
{{:Quotations: Aryadeva, Four Hundred Verses, Emptiness of one is everything}}
Further Reading
*David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.
*Christian Wedemeyer, Vajrayāna & Its Doubles: A Critical Historiography, Exposition, and Translation of the Tantric Works of Āryadeva, PhD dissertation, Columbia University (New York 1999).
External Links
*{{TBRC|P0RK240|TBRC profile}}
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