Arya Vimuktisena
Arya Vimuktisena (Skt. Ārya Vimuktisena, T.phags pa rnam grol sde འཕགས་པ་རྣམ་གྲོལ་སྡེ་) (6th C.). An Indian scholar-monk who is the author of the earliest extant commentary on the Abhisamayalankara, which relates it to the Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-five Thousand Lines.[1] This commentary is the most influential commentary on prajnaparamita for Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.[1]
According to the Tibetan tradition, Vasubandhu had four great disciples who were more learned in certain topics than himself. Of these, Arya Vimuktisena was more learned on the topic of the prajnaparamita.[2]
It is said that Arya Vimuktisena reached the first bodhisattva ground, and having received instructions on the prajnaparamita directly from the Buddha, composed his great commentary.[2]
Vimuktisena was said to be the nephew of the great master Buddhadasa.
His foremost student was Bhadanta Vimuktisena.
Writings
- Commentary on the Abhisamayalankara (Skt. Abhisamayālaṅkārakārikāvārttika)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Vimuktisena
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
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Further Reading
Print:
- Abhisamayalamkara with Vritti by Arya Vimuktisena and Aloka by Haribhadra, translated by Gareth Sparham, 2005
- Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.
- David Ruegg, 'Ārya and Bhadanta Vimuktisena on the Gotra-Theory of the Prajñāpāramitā', contained in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, vols. 12-13 [Frauwallner Festschrift] (1968-1969), pp. 303-317.
Web:
- Arya Vimuktisena, Rigpa Shedra Wiki