Dharmapala of Nalanda
Dharmapāla | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 530 CE |
| Died | c. 561 or 590 CE |
| Education | |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Dignāga |
Students | |
Dharmapāla (traditional Chinese: 護法, pinyin: Hùfǎ) (530–561 CE or 530–590 CE), was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the main teachers of the Yogācāra school of philosophy in India. Amongst his contemporaries were Sthiramati and Bhāviveka, the latter of whom he interacted with. Dharmapāla's philosophical thought is mainly preserved in Chinese translations and he is high regarded within the school of East Asian Yogācāra.