Agate, M.

Agate, M. on the DRL

Translators

Marc Agate

English Phonetics	Marc Agate

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Translates from:	Tibetan
Translates to:	French

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BDRC

Biographical Information

Marc Agate holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta (GA) and graduated from the École des Mines de Nantes in Computer Sciences. After working for a web services company for five years in Atlanta, he returned to France and joined the Dashang Rimay Community where he learned Tibetan and started to develop several multilingual lexicographic projects.

With his wife, he published a practical guide on Tibetan Kunye Massage. He also translated several sutras from Tibetan to French, as well as the Uttaratantra and its commentary by Asanga, and books 2, 3 and 4 of the Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye. Marc has joined BDRC to offer his expertise, and help preserve and spread Buddhist teachings around the world. (Source Accessed Oct 4, 2019)

Publications

• Agate, Marc, trans. Le Traité de la Continuité Sublime du Grand Véhicule. By Asanga. Saint-Cannat, France: Claire Lumière Editions, 2018.

• Agate, Marc, trans. Le Rugissement de Lion de la Pprincesse Shrimala. Saint-Cannat, France: Claire Lumière Editions, 2018.

• Agate, Marc, trans. Le Soutra de l'essence de Tathagata. Saint-Cannat, France: Claire Lumière Editions, 2018.

Links

Wiki Pages

• Agate, M. on the DRL
• Agate, M. on the LIB
• Agate, M. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Which Wheel Turning
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.