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	* [[Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)\|Wang Wei]]		* [[Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)\|Wang Wei]]

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	'''Vimalakīrti''' ({{lang-sa\|विमल}} ''{{IAST\|vimala}}'' "stainless, undefiled" + {{lang\|sa\|कीर्ति}} ''{{IAST\|kīrti}}'' "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the ''{{IAST\|[[Vimalakirti Sutra]]}}'',<ref name="about">{{cite web\|title=The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality\|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanasutras/a/The-Vimalakirti-Sutra.htm\|publisher=[[About.com]]\|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> which presents him as the ideal [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[Upāsaka and Upāsikā\|upāsaka]] ("lay practitioner")<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality \|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60007750 \|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] \|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> and a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]] (6th to 5th century BCE).<ref name="about"/> There is no mention of him in [[Buddhist texts]] until after {{IAST\|[[Nagarjuna\|Nāgārjuna]]}} (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Thurman\|first=Robert\|author-link=Robert A. F. Thurman\|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture\|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press\|page=ix\|year=2000\|isbn=0271012099\|url=https://archive.org/details/holyteachingofvi00vima}}</ref> The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of [[Vaisali]] as where the [[laity\|lay]] [[Licchavi (kingdom)\|Licchavi]] [[bodhisattva]] Vimalakirti was residing.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Thurman\|first1=Robert\|title=VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA\|url=http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm\|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>		'''Vimalakīrti''' ({{lang-sa\|विमल}} ''{{IAST\|vimala}}'' "stainless, undefiled" + {{lang\|sa\|कीर्ति}} ''{{IAST\|kīrti}}'' "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the ''{{IAST\|[[Vimalakirti Sutra]]}}'',<ref name="about">{{cite web\|title=The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality\|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanasutras/a/The-Vimalakirti-Sutra.htm\|publisher=[[About.com]]\|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> which presents him as the ideal [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[Upāsaka and Upāsikā\|upāsaka]] ("lay practitioner")<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality \|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60007750 \|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] \|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> and a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]] (6th to 5th century BCE).<ref name="about"/> There is no mention of him in [[Buddhist texts]] until after {{IAST\|[[Nagarjuna\|Nāgārjuna]]}} (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Thurman\|first=Robert\|author-link=Robert A. F. Thurman\|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture\|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press\|page=ix\|year=2000\|isbn=0271012099\|url=https://archive.org/details/holyteachingofvi00vima}}</ref> The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of [[Vaishali (ancient city)\|Vaisali]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4K7p6XSpSYC&pg=PA146-IA2\|year=1991\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|isbn=978-81-208-0874-4\|page=20}}</ref> as where the [[laity\|lay]] [[Licchavi (kingdom)\|Licchavi]] [[bodhisattva]] Vimalakirti was residing.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Thurman\|first1=Robert\|title=VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA\|url=http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm\|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>

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[[File:Vimalakirti debating Manjusri, Tang Dynasty.jpg|200 px|thumbnail|Vimalakirti, 8th century wall painting, [[Dunhuang]]]]
'''Vimalakīrti''' ({{lang-sa|विमल}} ''{{IAST|vimala}}'' "stainless, undefiled" + {{lang|sa|कीर्ति}} ''{{IAST|kīrti}}'' "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the ''{{IAST|[[Vimalakirti Sutra]]}}'',<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanasutras/a/The-Vimalakirti-Sutra.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> which presents him as the ideal [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Upāsaka and Upāsikā|upāsaka]] ("lay practitioner")<ref>{{cite web|title=Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60007750 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> and a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]] (6th to 5th century BCE).<ref name="about"/> There is no mention of him in [[Buddhist texts]] until after {{IAST|[[Nagarjuna|Nāgārjuna]]}} (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thurman|first=Robert|author-link=Robert A. F. Thurman|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=ix|year=2000|isbn=0271012099|url=https://archive.org/details/holyteachingofvi00vima}}</ref> The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of [[Vaisali]] as where the [[laity|lay]] [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi]] [[bodhisattva]] Vimalakirti was residing.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thurman|first1=Robert|title=VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA|url=http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>

==As a Zen Patriarch==
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The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra characterizes Vimalakīrti as a wealthy patron of Gautama Buddha.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baroni|first=Helen Josephine|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|page=369|year=2002|ISBN=9780823922406}}</ref> Unlike many other figures of the Mahayana literature, such as {{IAST|[[Avalokiteśvara]]}}, he is generally taken to be a historical figure like [[Gautama Buddha]], rather than mythic or legendary, and as such Vimalakīrti is not commonly venerated on altars or in [[Vajrayana|tantric]] rituals,<ref name=DharmaNet>{{cite web|last1=Leighton|first1=Taigen Dan|author-link1=Taigen Dan Leighton|title=Boddhisattvas of Compassion Lesson 8: Vimalakirti|url=http://dharmanet.org/coursesM/31/bodhisattva8.htm|website=Ashoka: the eDharma learning center|publisher=DharmaNet International|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> but as a prehistoric [[zen]], i.e., chan preacher. {{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

== See also ==
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* [[Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)|Wang Wei]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.tricycle.com/gallery/vimalakirti Vimalakīrti portrait] at [[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]]

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