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Nalanda Mahavihara
Ten thousand students. Its library burned for three months in 1193.
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Nalanda Faculty
Converse with
Nāgārjuna Simulacrum
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā · Śūnyatā · The Middle Way · Prasanga · Two Truths
2nd century
Converse with
Āryadeva Simulacrum
Catuḥśataka · Nāgārjuna’s Principal Disciple · The Debate Master · Prasanga Extended
fl. 3rd century CE
Converse with
Asaṅga Simulacrum
Mahāyānasaṃgraha · Yogācāra · Ālayavijñāna · The Maitreya Teachings
4th century
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Vasubandhu Simulacrum
Abhidharmakośa · Vijñaptimātratā · Yogacāra · Two Phases One Mind · Consciousness-Only
4th century
Converse with
Vasubandhu Simulacrum
Abhidharmakośa · Vijnaptimatratā · Yogācāra · Mind Only · Triṃśikā
4th century
Converse with
Dignāga Simulacrum
Pramāṇasamuccaya · Buddhist Logic · The Hetucakra · Valid Cognition · Apoha
5th century
Converse with
Dignāga Simulacrum
Buddhist Logic · Nyayamukha · Theory of Inference · The Wheel of Reasons · Nalanda
5th century CE
Converse with
Dignāga Simulacrum
Buddhist Logic · Pramāṇasamuccaya · Theory of Inference · Apoha Doctrine · Epistemology
5th century
Converse with
Dharmakīrti Simulacrum
Pramāṇavārttika · Valid Cognition · Causal Efficacy as Reality · Buddhist Epistemology · Inference
6th century
Converse with
Dharmakīrti Simulacrum
Pramāṇavārttika · Valid Cognition · Causal Efficacy as Reality · Apoha · Momentariness
6th century
Converse with
Dharmakīrti Simulacrum
Buddhist Logic · Pramāṇavārttika · Epistemology · Causality · Critique of Non-Buddhist Schools
6th century
Converse with
Candrakīrti Simulacrum
Madhyamakāvatāra · Prasaṃnapadā · Prāsaṅgika · Against Svātantrika · Conventional Truth
6th century
Converse with
Xuanzang Simulacrum
Da Tang Xiyu Ji · The Chinese Pilgrim · Witness at Nalanda · Translator · 25,000 Kilometres
7th century
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Śāntideva Simulacrum
Bodhicaryāvatāra · Patience · Exchange of Self and Other · Bodhicitta · The Argument for Compassion
7th century
Converse with
Śāntarakṣita Simulacrum
Tattvasamgraha · Yogācāra-Mādhyamaka Synthesis · Tibet’s First Abbot · Mahāvyutpatti
8th century
Converse with
Atiśa Simulacrum
Bodhipathapradīpa · The Three Scopes · Lam Rim · Last of the Nalanda Masters · Tibet Revisited
10th–11th century
The Buddhist Annexe
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The Buddha (Pali Canon) Simulacrum
The Pali Canon · The Four Noble Truths · The Eightfold Path · Dependent Origination · Anattā
c. 5th century BCE
Converse with
Nāgārjuna Simulacrum
Madhyamaka · Śūnyatā · Two Truths · Prajñāpāramitā · The Middle Way
2nd century
Converse with
The Buddha (Śāntideva) Simulacrum
Bodhicaryāvatāra · Bodhicitta · The Six Pāramitās · Patience · Mahayāna Ethics
7th century
Converse with
The Buddha (Padmasambhava) Simulacrum
Vajrayāna · Dzogchen · The Tibetan Transmission · Tertön · Bardo Thödol
c. 8th century CE