Śāntarakṣita

He sits at the edge of the line this batch states, and is ingested rather than blocked because the act the sources give him is a mythic one - a monastery that cannot be built because the land's spirits undo it - and because holding Padmasambhava without the man who had to send for him would be precisely the fault this programme keeps finding.

Domains

• monastic ordination
• founding of samye

Relations

• invited by: Trisong DetsenIn-batch.Reference treatment of the founding of Samye: Santaraksita was invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, founded the temple and monastery of Samye and ordained the first seven Tibetan monks in 779, establishing the Tibetan sangha; construction begun in 763 met serious resistance from the non-human forces native to Tibet, and at Santaraksita's insistence the king invited the Indian Vajrayana master Padmasambhava, who tamed the local spirits and bound all human and non-human obstructers to the service of the Dharma before the monastery's completion in 767. (secondary)
• sent for: PadmasambhavaIn-batch and reciprocated as sent-for-by. THIS IS THE EDGE THE WHOLE FOUNDING NARRATIVE TURNS ON: construction begun in 763 met resistance from the non-human forces native to Tibet, and the abbot could not proceed without the tantrika.Reference treatment of the founding of Samye: Santaraksita was invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, founded the temple and monastery of Samye and ordained the first seven Tibetan monks in 779, establishing the Tibetan sangha; construction begun in 763 met serious resistance from the non-human forces native to Tibet, and at Santaraksita's insistence the king invited the Indian Vajrayana master Padmasambhava, who tamed the local spirits and bound all human and non-human obstructers to the service of the Dharma before the monastery's completion in 767. (secondary)

Sources

• The Indian abbot invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, who founded the temple and monastery of Samye, ordained the first seven Tibetan monks in 779 and so established the Tibetan sangha, and who at the failure of the building work insisted the king send for Padmasambhava.: Reference treatment of the founding of Samye: Santaraksita was invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, founded the temple and monastery of Samye and ordained the first seven Tibetan monks in 779, establishing the Tibetan sangha; construction begun in 763 met serious resistance from the non-human forces native to Tibet, and at Santaraksita's insistence the king invited the Indian Vajrayana master Padmasambhava, who tamed the local spirits and bound all human and non-human obstructers to the service of the Dharma before the monastery's completion in 767. (secondary)