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Chandrakirti was a philosopher of the madhyamaka school of Nagarjuna. This school held that all phenomena ( dharmas) were empty of intrinsic nature or self-existence ( Sanskrit: svabhāva ). This includes all Buddhist phenomena including the Buddha, the four noble truths and nirvana.
Chandrakirti, a brilliant scholar and advocate of Mahayana Buddhism, profoundly shaped philosophical discourse with his elucidation of Madhyamaka principles, contributing greatly to the study of ultimate reality up to the present day.
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Candrakīrti [alt. Chandrakirti] (T.. zla ba grags pa ཟླ་བ་གྲགས་པ་; C. Yuèchēng 月稱) (c. 600 – c. 650) was an Indian scholar who wrote commentaries on the works of Nagarjuna and his main disciple, Aryadeva.
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Candrakīrti (flourished ad 600–650) was the principal representative of the Prāsaṅgika school of Buddhist logic. Candrakīrti wrote the famous commentary the Prasannapadā (“The Clear Worded”) on the thought of the Buddhist sage Nāgārjuna.
Chandrakirti was born in Samanta (or Samana) in southern India sometime in the seventh century. He quickly mastered the knowledge taught in his day and was ordained a monk in the Sangha.
Chandrakirti or "Chandra" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school and a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva. He wrote two influential works on madhyamaka, the Prasannapadā and the Madhyamakāvatāra.
A minister who served Ajatashatru, the king of Magadha in India. He is mentioned in the Nirvana Sutra. The king was suffering from virulent sores all over his body because of his offense of killing his father, Bimbisara, a patron of Shakyamuni Buddha.
