Śāntarakṣita is best known for his synthesis of the apparently conflicting schools of Madhyamaka and Cittamātra in his Madhyamakālaṃkāra, or Ornament of the Middle Way. (Blumenthal 2004) In that text, he famously argues that while Cittamātra is true conventionally, Madhyamaka reveals the ultimate truth. Hence the rubric of the two truths, a familiar device for reconciling apparent contradiction...