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Bari Lotsawa
This is a chronological list of important Tibetan writers. 7th-10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 20th century (cont. alphabetically) Foreign writers with Tibetan names See also * Derge Parkhang * Sa'gya library References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tibet Lists of writers by nationality Tibetan writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thonmi Sambhota
Thonmi Sambhota (Thönmi Sambhoṭa, (Tib. , Wylie transcription, Wylie ''thon mi sam+b+ho Ta''; c.619-7th C.) is a figure credited by Tibetan traditions with creating the first Tibetan script, based on the Gupta script, Gupta alphabet, after being sent by king Songsten Gampo to study in India.Claude Arpi, ''Glimpses on the History of Tibet. Dharamsala: Tibet Museum, 2013, p.1-23 He is also credited with serving the king as his minister and escorting two princesses from Nepal and China into Tibet to become Songtsen Gampo's queens. The authenticity of this legend has been questioned. Traditional account Thonmi is his clan name, while Sambhota means 'scholar' (sam) from Tibet (bhota). He was sent to India with 16 other Tibetan students to study Buddhism, Sanskrit, and the Art of Writing. Among his many accomplishments, he is also the author six important treatises on Tibetan grammar, two which are included in the Tengyur and are entitled (Wylie) ''lung ston pa la rtsa ba sum cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)
300px, Tibetan Portrait of Atiśa The Kadam school () of Tibetan Buddhism, or Kadampa was an 11th century Buddhist tradition founded by the great Bengali master Atiśa (982–1054) and his students including Dromtön (1005–1064), a Tibetan Buddhist lay master.Silk, Jonathan A; von Hinüber, Oskar; Eltschinger, Vincent; Bowring, Richard; Radich, Michael (2015). ''Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Vol. II Lives'', pp. 1145-1158. Brill. The Kadampa stressed compassion, pure discipline and study.Chokyi Dragpa (2015). ''Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva'', Glossary. Simon & Schuster. By the 15th century, Tsongkapa is credited with synthesizing and folding Kadampa lineages into the Gelug school. The most evident teachings of that tradition were the graduated teachings on the Mahayana path. These special presentations became known as lojong (mind training) and lamrim (stages of the path). Kadam masters like Atiśa also promoted the study of madhyamaka p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen
Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen () (1147–1216) was a Tibetan people, Tibetan spiritual leader and the third of the Five Sakya (tribe), Sakya Patriarchs (''sa skya gong ma rnam lnga'') of Tibet. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita. See also *Simhamukha References External links grags pa rgyal mtshan (P1614)— TBRC himalayanart.org: Teacher: Dragpa Gyaltsen (Lama) Sakya Trizins 1147 births 1216 deaths 12th-century Tibetan people 13th-century Tibetan people 12th-century lamas 13th-century lamas {{Buddhist-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drigung Kagyu
Drikung Kagyü or Drigung Kagyü ( Wylie: 'bri-gung bka'-brgyud) is one of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. "Major" here refers to those Kagyü lineages founded by the immediate disciples of Gampopa (1079-1153), while "minor" refers to all the lineages founded by disciples of Gampopa's main disciple, Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170). One of these disciples, Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217), is the founder of Drikung. History Like with all other Kagyu lineages, origins of Drikung Kagyü can be traced back to the Great Indian Master Tilopa who passed on his teachings to Mahasiddha Naropa who lived around 10th and 11th century. The founder of the Drikung Kagyü lineage was Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217) of the Kyura clan, who was the disciple of Phagmo Drupa. According to historical account from the time, Jigten Sumgön's teachings attracted more than 100,000 people at a time, with the highest number of attendance recorded at 130,000. Several sub-schools bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigten Sumgön
Jigten Sumgön or Jigten Gönpo འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་མགོན (1143–1217) was the founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage and main disciple of Phagmo Drupa. He founded Drikung Thil Monastery in 1179. Jigten Sumgön and the Drikung lineage are best known for the set of teachings known as The Five Profound Paths of Mahāmudrā (phyag chen lnga ldan). Some of Jigten Sumgön's sayings were collected by Sherab Jungne into what is known as the '' Gongchig'' (Wylie transliteration: ''dgongs gcig'', "the single intention"), a profound philosophical compendium that further developed in commentarial works written in following generations. Some of Jigten Sumgön's teachings were collected by another disciple into what is known as ''The Heart of the Great Vehicle's Teachings'' (''theg chen bstan pa'i snying po''). Life The meaning of Jigten Sumgön ('''jig rten gsum mgon'') is "The Lord of the Triple World". Jigten Sumgön is known under various names: Drikung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonam Tsemo
Sonam Tsemo (; 1142–1182) (or Lobpon Rinpoche Sonam Tsemo), an important Tibetan sprititual leader and Buddhist scholar, was the second of the so-called Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet, the founding fathers of the Sakya tradition. Life He was born in the year of the water dog of the second cycle at Sakya and was acclaimed as an incarnation of Durjayachandra. His mother was called Machik Wodron. He received extensive spiritual training from his father, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first of the five founding fathers of the Sakya-tradition. At age 17, he went to Sangphu Neuthok and deepened his studies under the famous scholar Chapa Chokyi Senge. His studies included Paramita, Madhyamaka, Pramana, Vinaya and Abhidharma. By the time he was eighteen he had mastered the triple discipline of teaching, debate and composition. After his return to Sakya, he held the throne of the monastery for three years and then passed the authority to his younger brother, Jetsun Dragp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuthok Yontan Gonpo The Younger
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger () (1126–1202) was a Tibetan doctor and ''ngakpa'' (lay, non-monastic tantric practitioner), credited with composing the ''Four Medical Tantras'' (''rgyud bzhi''), a four-book treatise on Traditional Tibetan Medicine which forms the main course of study in the Tibetan medical tradition. He is widely regarded as the main founder of Tibetan medicine, mostly based on his composition of the ''Four Medical Tantras''. His other important contribution to Tibetan culture was the '' Yuthok Nyingthik'', whose full name is the ''Yuthok Nyingthik Guru Sādhanā, ‘Compassionate Sunlight for Dispersing Suffering’s Darkness’'' (''g.yu thog snying thig bla sgrub sdug bsngal mun sel nyi ma’i ’od zer''), which is the main Tantric Buddhist practice-cycle associated with Tibetan medicine. It is traditionally considered to be an important spiritual component of healing in Tibetan medical culture, and moreover is regarded in all Tibetan Buddhist traditions as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phagmo Drupa
Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo () 110–1170 was one of the three main disciples of Gampopa Sonam Rinchen who established the Dagpo Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism; and a disciple of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo 092–1158one of the founders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the elder brother of Kathog Dampa Deshek 122–1192 who founded Kathog monastery and the Kathog branch of the Nyingma school. Biographical details In 1158 Dorje Gyalpo built a hermitage at Phagmo Drupa ("Sow's Ferry Crossing") in a juniper forest in Nêdong () above the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) river valley. Later, as his fame spread and disciples gathered, this site developed into the major monastic seat of Dentsa Thel () which was the center of the Phagmo Drupa or Phagdru Kagyu () school of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the "four great" Dagpo Kagyu schools. The Phagmodrupas After the death of Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, his main disciple Jigten Sumgon appointed Chenga Drakpa Jungne as abbot Dentsa Thel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chekawa Yeshe Dorje
Geshe Chekhawa (or Chekawa Yeshe Dorje) (1102–1176) was a prolific Kadampa Buddhist meditation master who was the author of the celebrated root text ''Training the Mind in Seven Points'', which is an explanation of Buddha's instructions on training the mind or Lojong in Tibetan. These teachings reveal how sincere Buddhist practitioners can transform adverse conditions into the path to enlightenment, principally, by developing their own compassion. Before Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje's root text this special set of teachings given by Buddha were secret teachings only given to faithful disciples. Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje was born into a family that practiced the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. However, as is common in all the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, he also sought teachings from other traditions. He received teachings from Rechungpa (one of Milarepa's main disciples) and later from Kadampa Geshes. After reading the text ''Eight Verses of Training the Mind'' by Geshe Langri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo () (1092–1158) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the first of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. Sachen Kunga Nyinpo was the 3rd Sakya Trizin and son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo (1034–1102) who was the first Sakya Trizin and founder of the first Sakya Monastery in Tibet in 1073. Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo and an emanation of Manjushri, was born in 1092 into the prominent Khon clan of Sakya. From early childhood, Sachen showed great signs of wisdom. At the age of twelve, Sachen, under the guidance of his guru, Bari Lotsava, performed one-point meditation on Manjushri. After meditating on this for a continuous period of six months, the bodhisattva appeared in front of him and gave him the teachings on the parting of four attachments as follows: * If you cling to this life, then you are not a dharma practitioner; * If you cling to the wheel of existence, then you do not possess renunciation (nekkhamma); * If you look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagyu
The ''Kagyu'' school, also transliterated as ''Kagyü'', or ''Kagyud'' (), which translates to "Oral Lineage" or "Whispered Transmission" school, is one of the main schools (''chos lugs'') of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan (or Himalayan) Buddhism. The Kagyu lineages trace themselves back to the 11th century Indian Mahasiddhas Naropa, Maitripa and the yogini Niguma, via their student Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097), who brought their teachings to Tibet. Marpa's student Milarepa was also an influential poet and teacher. The Tibetan Kagyu tradition gave rise to a large number of independent sub-schools and lineages. The principal Kagyu lineages existing today as independent schools are those which stem from Milarepa's disciple, Gampopa (1079–1153), a monk who merged the Kagyu lineage with the Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism), Kadam tradition. The Kagyu schools which survive as independent institutions are mainly the Karma Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu, Drukpa Lineage and the Taklung Kagyu. The Karma Kag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
