Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.55.2

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The Tibetan monk Yangrongba Shenghui received the precepts from Fahu (Dharmapāla) and further went to Nepal to study *vinaya* under Zhi Dajia. In Nepal, Kashmir and other regions, he studied all exoteric and esoteric teachings with each great master and *vinaya* specialist (*vinayadhara*). He further invited Zuo Xinkai, Zuo Lianmi, Fo Xiangjing, Fohu Lianhuami and others to come to Tibet to translate exoteric and esoteric discourses. He specially attached importance to the translation of Yoga texts and the *Jimi xu* (*Guhyasamājatantra*), and propagated them on a large scale. He later also invited the two masters, Fahu and Huihu, to transmit the precepts. The Tibetan King, Guanghu’s eldest son, Jixiang Zhi, selected the intelligent youths, Zhuomi Shijiazhi (994-1078 CE) and Daluo Tongjing, and sent them to India to study the *dharma*, the *vinaya* and also *prajñā* (indicating the teaching of the *Xianguan zhuangyan lun* (*Abhisamayālaṅkāra*) and esoteric spells. The two later went to the Vikramaśīlā Monastery to study the *dharma* under six great masters (Jijing from the eastern gate, Yuzizai Cheng from the southern gate, Bore Shenghui from the western gate, Na Reba from the northern gate and Bao Jingang and Zhi Jixiang from the centre). Zhuomi was close to master Jijing for eight years. He also studied the law under other masters and himself became a great master.