Mipham Gyamtso

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Mi pham rgya mtsho

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PersonType Category:Author
MainNamePhon Mipham Gyamtso
MainNameTib མི་ཕམ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
MainNameWylie mi pham rgya mtsho
AltNamesTib མི་ཕམ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་  ·  འཇམ་དཔལ་དགྱེས་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་  ·  འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་
AltNamesWylie mi pham 'jam dbyangs rnam rgyal rgya mtsho  ·  'jam dpal dgyes pa'i rdo rje  ·  'ju mi pham
YearBirth 1846
YearDeath 1912
BornIn sde dge
TibDateGender Male
TibDateElement Fire
TibDateAnimal Horse
TibDateRabjung 14
ReligiousAffiliation Nyingma
StudentOf Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo  ·  Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye  ·  Dpal sprul 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po  ·  Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima  ·  Rdzogs chen bzhi pa mi 'gyur nam mkha'i rdo rje
TeacherOf Lerab Lingpa  ·  'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma  ·  'gyur med pad+ma rnam rgyal  ·  Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje  ·  Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima  ·  Dil mgo mkhyen brtse bkra shis dpal 'byor  ·  Pad+ma dbang mchog rgyal po
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P252
Treasury of Lives http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Mipam-Gyatso/4228
IsInGyatsa No
PosBuNayDefProv Definitive
PosBuNayDefProvNotes "Mipam explains that the last wheel’s status as the definitive meaning does not refer to everything taught in the last wheel, but specifically concerns the teaching of Buddha-nature: ...'Although the meaning of the last wheel is praised in the sūtras and commentaries, [this does] not [refer to] everything in the last wheel, but is spoken in this way concerning the definitive meaning position of demonstrating the [Buddha-]nature.' Douglas Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, pp. 4-5.
PosWheelTurn Third Turning
PosWheelTurnNotes Buddha-nature is a third wheel teaching, but he holds both third and second to be of definitive meaning and integrates the two as noncontradictory in his presentation of buddha-nature as the unity of emptiness and appearance. Douglas Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, pp. 4-5.
PosZhenRangNotes He seems to assert rangtong in terms of the relative and zhentong in terms of the ulitmate, as Duckworth quotes, Mipam's Lion's Roar:

"First it is necessary to ascertain the lack of intrinsic nature of all phenomena in accordance with the scriptures of the protector Nāgārjuna; because if this is not known, one will not be able to ascertain the manner that relative [phenomena] are empty from their own side and the manner that the ultimate is empty of what is other. Therefore, one should first ascertain the freedom from constructs which is what is known reflexively." Douglas Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, p. 71.

PosEmptyLuminNotes
  • "Mipam states that the basic element (Buddha-nature) is empty of adventitious defilements, yet not empty of consummate qualities. These consummate qualities are inseparable from the suchness of phenomena that is luminous clarity and self-existing wisdom." Douglas Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, p. 18.
  • "Mipam’s two models of two truths support his interpretation of the compatibility of emptiness and Buddha-nature. The indivisibility of the two truths, empty appearance, is Buddha-nature; and the unity of appearance and emptiness is what is known in authentic experience." Douglas Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, p. 26.
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