Atisha - A6 SMALL POSTCARD

The great Indian Buddhist Master and scholar (AD 982-1054). Abbot of the great Buddhist monastery of Vikramashila at a time when Mahayana Buddhism was flourishing in India, Atisha was later invited to Tibet where he re-introduced pure Buddhism. He is the author of the first text on the stages of the path, Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, and the founder of the Kadampa tradition.