Paramartha

 

From Sallie King's Buddha Nature.

This got me reading about Paramartha. He was quite a force of spreading the Dharma, with some real struggles to overcome, and interestingly is paired with Xuanzang, who was similarly impressive in his travels and translatoins, and I guess criticized Paramartha some, and got me thinking of another pair in Buddhist history like Kukai and Saicho in Japan, later.

I've been wanting to read Awakening of Faith, even if Paramartha might not have written it. 

She mentions Zhiyi and Fazang too, interesting historical Buddhists down the road in China. It's interesting to see how spellings have changed since 1991 when Buddha Nature came out. 

Paramartha added in Buddha nature onto translations, something that wouldn't be done today: