Sajjana

Sajjana on the DRL

Classical Indian Authors

ས་ཛ་ན་

Wylie	sa dza na
Devanagari	सज्जन
Romanized Sanskrit	Sajjana
English Phonetics	Sajjana

Other names

• པཎྜི་ཏ་ས་ཛ་ན་
• ས་ཛཛ་ན་

• paN+Di ta sa dza na
• sa dzdza na

Notes on Names

In some of the recensions of the Ratnagotravibhāga, such as in the Derge Tengyur, as well as in Dölpopa's commentary we find Sajjana's name rendered into Sanskrit as Sadjñāna.

Dates

Birth:	11th century
Place of birth:	Kashmir

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Familial Relations

Ratnavajra; Mahājana

Teachers

Ratnavajra

Students

gzus dga' ba'i rdo rje · te dza de ba · btsan kha bo che · rngog blo ldan shes rab

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Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4920

Wiki Pages

• Sajjana on the DRL
• Sajjana on the LIB
• Sajjana on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

An eleventh-century Kashmiri scholar that was the source from which many prominent Tibetan scholars and translators of the day received teachings. Most notably he taught the Ratnagotravibhāga to Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, which spread in Tibet as the Ngok and Tsen traditions and became the two primary trends that influenced much of the history of the Tibetan exegesis of the treatise. He also helped Ngok translate the text and worked with several other Tibetan translators on works that were later included in the Tibetan canon.

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
Position:	Definitive
Notes:	Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 46.
All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
Position:	Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature
Notes:	"As to the interpretation of Buddha-nature, on the other hand, Sajjana and rNgog hold different views, for Sajjana equates Buddha-nature with the luminous mind, which is not empty, while rNgog equates it with emptiness." Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 239.
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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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.

The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation.

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.