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'''Dharmakirti''' (Skt. Dharmakīrti; Tib. Chökyi Drakpa | '''Dharmakirti''' (Skt. ''Dharmakīrti''; Tib. [[ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་]], ''Chökyi Drakpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi grags pa'') (7th century) was born to a [[brahmin]] family in the South of India. After receiving a brahmanical education, he later became interested in the Buddhist teachings. He then travelled to [[Nalanda]] in order to receive teachings from a direct disciple of [[Vasubandhu]]. Dharmapala was still living—Dharmakirti received ordination from him—but [[Dignaga]] had passed away. Instead he received instruction from Ishvarasena, who was Dignaga's direct disciple. Having entirely comprehended Dignaga's oeuvre, he became perhaps the greatest master of [[pramana]] and went on to compose the '[[Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition]]'. | ||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
*The [[Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition]] of which | *The [[Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition]] of which | ||
*[[Pramanavarttika]] is the main. | *[[Pramanavarttika]] is the main. | ||
==[[Quotations: Indian Masters#Dharmakīrti|Quotations]]== | |||
{{:Quotations: Dharmakirti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, The nature of the mind is clear light}} | |||
{{:Quotations: Dharmakirti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, All faults come from the idea of "I"}} | |||
{{:Quotations: Dharmakirti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, That which performs a function is ultimately existent}} | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Georges B. J. Dreyfus, ''Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations'', SUNY, 1997 | |||
*John D. Dunne, ''Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy'', Wisdom Publications, 2004 | *John D. Dunne, ''Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy'', Wisdom Publications, 2004 | ||
*Tom J. F. Tillemans, ''Scripture, logic, language: essays on Dharmakīrti and his Tibetan successors'', Wisdom Publications, 1999 | *Tom J. F. Tillemans, ''Scripture, logic, language: essays on Dharmakīrti and his Tibetan successors'', Wisdom Publications, 1999 | ||
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | [[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Masters]] | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:10, 4 July 2022
Dharmakirti (Skt. Dharmakīrti; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་, Chökyi Drakpa, Wyl. chos kyi grags pa) (7th century) was born to a brahmin family in the South of India. After receiving a brahmanical education, he later became interested in the Buddhist teachings. He then travelled to Nalanda in order to receive teachings from a direct disciple of Vasubandhu. Dharmapala was still living—Dharmakirti received ordination from him—but Dignaga had passed away. Instead he received instruction from Ishvarasena, who was Dignaga's direct disciple. Having entirely comprehended Dignaga's oeuvre, he became perhaps the greatest master of pramana and went on to compose the 'Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition'.
Writings
- The Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition of which
- Pramanavarttika is the main.
Quotations
དྲི་མ་རྣམས་ནི་གློ་བུར་བ། །
The nature of mind is clear light,
Defilements are only adventitious.
- Dharmakīrti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, chapter II
བདག་གཞན་ཆ་ལས་འཛིན་དང་སྡང་། །
འདི་དག་དང་ནི་ཡོངས་འབྲེལ་ལས། །
When there is an “I”, there is a perception of other,
And from the ideas of self and other come attachment and aversion,
As a result of getting wrapped up in these,
All possible faults come into being.
- Dharmakīrti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, chapter II
དེ་འདིར་དོན་དམ་ཡོད་པ་ཡིན། །
That which can ultimately perform a function
Is here said to be ultimately existent.
All else besides has relative existence.
- Dharmakīrti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, chapter III, 3
Further Reading
- Georges B. J. Dreyfus, Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations, SUNY, 1997
- John D. Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy, Wisdom Publications, 2004
- Tom J. F. Tillemans, Scripture, logic, language: essays on Dharmakīrti and his Tibetan successors, Wisdom Publications, 1999