Kamakura Schools
(of Japanese Buddhism)
:
Kamala
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la
(
c.
740–95 CE).
Indian Yog
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c
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ra-
M
dhyamaka
pupil of
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ntarak
ita
, who significantly determined the form of Buddhism in Tibet during its ‘first diffusion’ (
snga.dar
) there. During
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ntarak
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ita's time in Tibet, many Ch’an teachers were arriving from China, whose ‘sudden attainment’ (
ston.min.pa.
) understanding of enlightenment contrasted with
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ntarak
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ita's own ‘gradualist’ (
rtsen.min.pa
) approach to realization. On
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