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Taranatha Quotes

1575–1634

Tāranātha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent.

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The Turushka army conquered the whole of Magadha and destroyed many monasteries; at Nalanda they did much damage and the monks fled abroad.

Skilled image-makers abounded in every place wherever the Law of the Buddha flourished. In the regions that came under the influence of the mlecchas the art of image making declined.

He made lavish offerings in Vajrasana, renovated all the temples there and properly rebuilt the upper four storeys of the nine-storied maha-gandola which was destroyed by the Turuskas.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Taranatha (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.