Blumenthal《The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Śāntarakṣita》（Snow Lion, 2004）。三项俱得： ①〔寂护入藏与桑耶寺〕：「Śāntarakṣita is noted for ordaining the first seven Tibetan monks and establishing Samye (bSam yas) Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. He served as its first abbot」，故藏人以「堪钦」（Great Abbot）称之；
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同页并记其初次入藏仅留四月，因阻力而建议迎请莲花生。（此与第三卷 12/01 桑耶一节互见。） ②〔世俗外境上与清辨的差异〕：寂护「although he is technically classified as a Mādhyamika, has such a strong affinity for the Yogācāra position of rejecting external objects that it is integrated into his own explanation of conventional truth」；并说「the rejection of external objects on a conventional level is seen as a step in the direction of the ultimate Madhyamaka view」——即寂护于世俗谛不许外境，与清辨于世俗许外境者分途，正文所述差异于此有本。 ③〔综合〕同上条所引第九十二颂与「Yogācāra and Madhyamaka」之整合。
①寂护度七人出家、建桑耶寺并为首任堪布；②寂护于世俗谛即不许外境，把唯识这一立场纳入自己的世俗谛解释，与清辨分途。
