Editing Chandrakirti (section)

===Debate at Nalanda===
Bu ston and Taranatha both reference a debate that took place at Nalanda between Chandrakirti and the poet-lay scholar, [[Chandragomin]].<ref name=":9" /> The debate started after Chandrakirti noticed Chandragomin delivering a lecture to a large crowd on the topics of [[Pāṇini|Pāṇinian grammar]], sūtra, and tantra. Chandrakirti invited Chandragomin to come with him to Nalanda, where he could be enrolled into the [[sangha]]. However, due to a disagreement, a debate ensued between the two, with Chandrakirti arguing for the [[Madhyamaka]] position and Chandragomin taking on the [[Yogacara]] view. This debate was said to have attracted a large crowd. Over the course of the debate, Chandrakirti failed to defeat Chandragomin's position, and he began to suspect that someone was secretly teaching Chandragomin. Legend even states that Chandragomin was being tutored by the bodhisattva, [[Avalokiteśvara]] himself. Both Bu Ston and Taranatha record that the debate only ended after seven years, although neither writer specifies who the winner was.<ref name= "BrillEncyc" />