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PAndI TA SKAL LDAN GRAGS PAS KYANG, DE DAG NI DPAL LDAN
KLU SGRUB KYI ZHAL SNGA NAS KYI DNGOS KYI SLOB MA NYID DU
SO SOR BSTAN GYI BRGYUD PAS NI MA YIN NO, ,ZHES GSUNGS PA'I
PHYIR,
And it’s finally true because the master scholar Kelden Drakpa says as well,
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These were disciples of Nagarjuna who were each taught by
him directly; it’s not the case that they received the transmission
through others.
KHA CIG NA RE, DPAL LDAN ZLA BA DES MGON PO KLU SGRUB KYI
DNGOS SLOB YIN PA MI 'THAD PAR THAL, TSIG GSAL LAS, MGON
POS MDZAD PA'I GZHUNG DANG SLOB MA'I TSOGS DUS MANG ZHIG
NAS NYAMS PAS DENG SANG DUS NA GZHUNG LUGS GSAL PO MED,
CES GSUNGS PA'I PHYIR, ZER NA
Now someone may make the following claim:
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It can’t be true that the glorious Chandrakirti was a direct
disciple of the protector Nagarjuna. And this is true because
Clear Words includes that part which says, “After some great
length of time, the texts that the Protector had composed—as
well as his circle of disciples—declined, so that nowadays the
positions expressed in the texts are no longer clear.”
SKYON MED DE, DE'I DON MGON PO'I SKU TSE'I MJUG LA GZHUNG
SROL DANG, SLOB MA'I TSOGS RNAMS CUNG ZAD NYAMS PA'I DON
YIN PAS MI 'GAL BA'I PHYIR,
But there’s no such problem. All this quotation means is that—during the
latter part of the Protector’s life—the general transmission of his texts, and
the number of his students, declined slightly. As such there is no