Indian Society for Buddhist Studies

Author(s): Prachya Vidyapeeth
Publisher: Prachya Vidyapeeth

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In the proposed research paper an attempt will be been made how can Buddhism provide a way to handle the war like situation and present a viable resolution? How the Buddha's teaching can be fruitful for the entire world particularly asian countries which are suffering from great loss in various forms.
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Tson-Khapa: Revival of Buddhism in Tibet
Dipankar Salui, Kolkata
During the reigns of twenty six generations of kings, counted from Ūathi-tsanpo the first of the Tibetan kings to Namri-srontsan, Buddhism was unknownig Tibet. During the reign of Srontsan-gampo, the minister Thon-mi sambhoța visited India to study the various sciences and Buddhism. He engaged Thon-mi sambhoța and his colleagues to translate Sanskrit Buddhist work into Tibetan, writing them in the newly formed alphabet. .
During the reign of Thi-sron-de-tsan, the great sage Sānta Rakṣita and Pandit Padma Sambhava and other Indian Buddhists and Philosophers were invited to Tibet, who translated the Sktras Tantra-s and meditative sciences from Sanskrit into the Tibetan language. After that Buddhism started to decline in Tibet in theory and practice in both form. Various corruptions took place in Buddhism.
The greatest Buddhist reformer of Tibet Tson-khapa, the young novice is said to have been miraculously visited by Vajrapāni and the Indian saint Dīpankara Srījñāna. He visited Tibet proper and studied the sacred literature of the Buddhists under such eminent scholar. After finishing his studies he devoted himself to writing various commentaries and works. His works are faultless in the qualities called anga, pratyanga and mkla, in consequence of which they are easy and intelligible to the general reader. In Grammar and Dialectics his reputation stands unrivalled in High Asia. These were the causes which led