Lama Atisha
Lama
Atisha (982 to 1054 CE) was born a prince in Bengal, in eastern
India. He became the most learned scholar at Nalanda Monastery in
India, which was the greatest university of Buddhist philosophy
of all time.
Out of great compassion for the Tibetan people Lama Atisha travelled to Tibet in 1042 CE to revitalise Buddhism there by passing on an unbroken lineage of the Buddha's teachings to the Tibetan people.
While he was in Tibet, Lama Atisha wrote the renowned Buddhist text, "Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment". This text is important because it made available for the first time all of Lord Buddha's teachings as an integrated and systematised path of practice.
Relic
and Source
- The 1,000 year-old metal stupa contains Lama Atisha's relics. It was given to Lama Atisha's heart disciple, the great Dharma translator, Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo, who translated the Buddhist teachings from Sanskrit into the written Tibetan language.
- “The white relics were offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche by Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche. He received these relics from the Sakya reliquary in Tibet.
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