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) and incorporates
Tath
gata-Garbha
(Essence of Buddhahood) theory perhaps for the first time in the Madhyamaka school; his commentary
(Skt.,
pañjik
) on
ntarak
ita's
Madhyamak
lank
ra
(Ornament of the Middle Way) remains an important assessment of Buddhist philosophy (though a few Geluk scholars doubt its authenticity); his commentary on
ntarak
ita's
Tattvasa
graha
(Compendium of Reality, tr. G. Jha, 1937–9) contains the first known Buddhist consideration of the Indian
Advaita
school. In addition to this, Kamala
la's three texts on meditation, the
Bhavanakrama
(Stages on the Meditative Path) represent his own position taken in the debate.

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