About Dharmarakṣa

Dharmarakṣa was an early translator of Mahayana sutras into Chinese, several of which had profound effects on East Asian Buddhism. He is described in scriptural catalogues as Yuezhi in origin.

Fragment of the Nilaṇṭhanāmahṛdaya dhāraṇī both written in Siddhaṃ script and transliterated in Chinese characters.

Buddhist translators – from canonical corpus to progressive spirituality

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Biography, Dharma, Literature

Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Matthieu Ricard
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Alexander Berzin (scholar)
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