Biography of Atisha (阿底峽尊者傳)

About 阿底峽尊者傳

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Biography of Atiśa, compiled by the Venerable Master Fazun, a modern eminent monk, records the life and deeds of the 11th-century Indian Buddhist master Atiśa. Atiśa was invited by the Tibetan king to enter Tibet to propagate the Dharma, where he reformed Tibetan Buddhism, laid the foundation for the Kadampa teachings, and composed important treatises such as the *Bodhipathapradīpa* (Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment). This biography details his training and study, his doctrinal thought, and his contributions to spreading the Dharma, serving as an authoritative historical source for the study of the revival of Tibetan Buddhism and Atiśa himself. Revered as a key founder of the later dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet, his thought profoundly influenced the Gelug and other teaching lineages.