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Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
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Name variants:
- Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna
- Jowo Jé
Further information:
You imparted all the profound and vast teachings given by the Buddha,
By explaining the paths for beings of the three levels of spiritual capacity,
And caused the Buddha’s teachings to flourish within the Land of Snows—
Kind and precious Lord Atiśa, to you I pray!
Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna (982–1054), known as Jowo Jé Palden Atisha (jo bo rje dpal ldan a ti sha) in Tibetan, was a great Indian master and scholar. He spent the last ten years of his life in Tibet, teaching and translating texts, and was instrumental in reinvigorating Buddhism there after a period of persecution and decline.