Venerable(Joborje)Atisa(阿底峡,982-1054),the most prominent figure in the restoration of Buddhism in Xizang after the persecution of the Dharma initiated by King Glaindarma(朗达玛),was a native of Zahor(社护罗国),a re...Venerable(Joborje)Atisa(阿底峡,982-1054),the most prominent figure in the restoration of Buddhism in Xizang after the persecution of the Dharma initiated by King Glaindarma(朗达玛),was a native of Zahor(社护罗国),a region east of Vajrāsana(金刚座),in present-day Bangladesh.His father was King Kalyānasrī(善祥),and his mother,Srīprabhāvati(吉祥光).The king had three sons,namely,Padmagarbha(莲花藏),Candragarbha(月藏)and Srīgarbha(吉藏).The eldest succeeded the royal throne.The second,who afterward assumed the Buddhist name of Dīpamkarasrīj?āna(吉祥燃灯智,Tibetan:Dpalldan marmemdzad yeses)since he received the entire precepts of an ordained monk,was known as Venerable Atisa."Atisa"is an appellation of honor,to which various but mostly implausible explanations were given by later commentators.According to Tsonkhapa(宗喀巴),and The Bkahgdams choshbyun(History of the Bkahgdams Sect,迦当教法史),as quoted in The Lamrim brdabkrol(Glossary of the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Bodhi-Path,菩提道次第广论字诂),"Atisa"means"phulbyun"in Tibetan,a term implying the idea of"transcendent"or"excellent",whereas it may be assumed as a probable derivation from the Sanskrit"Atisaya(殊胜,meaning excellent or transcendent)".展开更多
文摘Venerable(Joborje)Atisa(阿底峡,982-1054),the most prominent figure in the restoration of Buddhism in Xizang after the persecution of the Dharma initiated by King Glaindarma(朗达玛),was a native of Zahor(社护罗国),a region east of Vajrāsana(金刚座),in present-day Bangladesh.His father was King Kalyānasrī(善祥),and his mother,Srīprabhāvati(吉祥光).The king had three sons,namely,Padmagarbha(莲花藏),Candragarbha(月藏)and Srīgarbha(吉藏).The eldest succeeded the royal throne.The second,who afterward assumed the Buddhist name of Dīpamkarasrīj?āna(吉祥燃灯智,Tibetan:Dpalldan marmemdzad yeses)since he received the entire precepts of an ordained monk,was known as Venerable Atisa."Atisa"is an appellation of honor,to which various but mostly implausible explanations were given by later commentators.According to Tsonkhapa(宗喀巴),and The Bkahgdams choshbyun(History of the Bkahgdams Sect,迦当教法史),as quoted in The Lamrim brdabkrol(Glossary of the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Bodhi-Path,菩提道次第广论字诂),"Atisa"means"phulbyun"in Tibetan,a term implying the idea of"transcendent"or"excellent",whereas it may be assumed as a probable derivation from the Sanskrit"Atisaya(殊胜,meaning excellent or transcendent)".
