Chapa Chökyi Senge
Phywa pa chos kyi seng ge
| PersonType | Category:Classical Tibetan Authors |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Chapa Chökyi Senge |
| MainNameTib | ཕྱྭ་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་སེང་གེ་ |
| MainNameWylie | phywa pa chos kyi seng ge |
| bio | Phywa pa [alt. Cha pa] Chos kyi Seng ge. (Chapa Chökyi Senge) (1109–1169). The sixth abbot of Gsang phu ne’u thog, a Bka' gdams monastery founded in 1073 by Rngog Legs pa'i shes rab. Among his students are included the first Karma pa, Dus gsum mkhyen pa and the Sa skya hierarch Bsod nams rtse mo. His collected works include explanations of Madhyamaka and Prajñāpāramitā. With his influential Tshad ma'i bsdus pa yid kyi mun sel rtsa 'grel he continued the line of pramāṇa scholarship started by Rngog Blo ldan shes rab, one that would later be challenged by Sa skya Paṇḍita. He is credited with originating the distinctively Tibetan bsdus grwa genre of textbook (used widely in Dge lugs monasteries) that introduces beginners to the main topics in abhidharma in a peculiar dialectical form that strings together a chain of consequences linked by a chain of reasons. He also played an important role in the formation of the bstan rim genre of Tibetan Buddhist literature, the forerunner of the more famous lam rim. (Source: "Phywa pa Chos kyi Seng ge." In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 644. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27) |
| YearBirth | 1109 |
| YearDeath | 1169 |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1404 |
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