Difference between revisions of "Bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri"
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|MainNameTib=བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིག་པའི་རལ་གྲི་ | |MainNameTib=བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིག་པའི་རལ་གྲི་ | ||
|MainNameWylie=bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri | |MainNameWylie=bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri | ||
− | |AltNamesWylie=bcom ldan rigs pa'i ral gri; rig ral; dar ma rgyal mtshan | + | |AltNamesWylie=bcom ldan ral gri; bcom ldan rigs pa'i ral gri; rig ral; dar ma rgyal mtshan |
− | |AltNamesTib=བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིགས་པའི་རལ་གྲི་; རིག་རལ་; དར་མ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་ | + | |AltNamesTib=བཅོམ་ལྡན་རལ་གྲི་; བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིགས་པའི་རལ་གྲི་; རིག་རལ་; དར་མ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་ |
|AltNamesOther=Rikrel; | |AltNamesOther=Rikrel; | ||
|YearBirth=1227 | |YearBirth=1227 | ||
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|BnwShortPersonBio=Famous Kadam scholar connected with Nartang (''snar thang'') monastery. His collected works are said to have once filled sixteen volumes and includes the earliest extant Tibetan commentary on the ''Uttaratantra'' that cites both tantric and sutric sources to corroborate the claims made in the treatise. | |BnwShortPersonBio=Famous Kadam scholar connected with Nartang (''snar thang'') monastery. His collected works are said to have once filled sixteen volumes and includes the earliest extant Tibetan commentary on the ''Uttaratantra'' that cites both tantric and sutric sources to corroborate the claims made in the treatise. | ||
|PosBuNayDefProv=Definitive | |PosBuNayDefProv=Definitive | ||
− | |PosBuNayDefProvNotes=[[Kano. K.]], [[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]], p. 315. | + | |PosBuNayDefProvNotes="In the opening part of his commentary, bCom-ldan-ral-gri defines the RGV as a treatise that imparts the definitive teaching of the Mahāyāna. [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', p. 315. |
|PosAllBuddha=Yes | |PosAllBuddha=Yes | ||
− | |PosAllBuddhaMoreNotes=[[Wangchuk, Tsering]] | + | |PosAllBuddhaMoreNotes=[[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 29. |
|PosWheelTurn=Third Turning | |PosWheelTurn=Third Turning | ||
− | |PosWheelTurnNotes=According to [[Wangchuk, Tsering]] | + | |PosWheelTurnNotes=According to [[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 29. |
− | *However, Kano suggests his view of RGV relates to both 2nd and 3rd turnings. "In his Byams pa dang 'grel ba'i chos kyi byung tshul, bCom-ldan-ral-gri asserts that the teaching of the RGV contradicts neither the Two Truths doctrine of Madhyamaka nor the | + | *However, Kano suggests his view of RGV relates to both 2nd and 3rd turnings. "In his Byams pa dang 'grel ba'i chos kyi byung tshul, bCom-ldan-ral-gri asserts that the teaching of the RGV contradicts neither the Two Truths doctrine of Madhyamaka nor the Yogācāra doctrine of the Threefold Intrinsic Nature, while the other four treatises of Maitreya teach either one or the other of these two doctrines (but not both at the same time)." [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', p. 342. |
|PosYogaMadhya=Madhyamaka | |PosYogaMadhya=Madhyamaka | ||
|PosZhenRang=Zhentong | |PosZhenRang=Zhentong | ||
|PosZhenRangNotes=This assertion is applied retroactively since he predates the category. | |PosZhenRangNotes=This assertion is applied retroactively since he predates the category. | ||
− | *"bCom-ldan-ral-gri of sNar-thang monastery is, according to | + | *"bCom-ldan-ral-gri of sNar-thang monastery is, according to Taranātha, a forerunner of the gzhan stong tradition established by Dol-po-pa. bCom-ldan-ral-gri, in his RGV commentary, does not systematically teach the gzhan stong doctrine (and is not, of course, aware that he would later be considered a gzhan stong forerunner), but he does expound some fragmentary elements that possibly fink him to the gzhan stong position of Dol-po-pa". [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', p. 342. |
|PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | |PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | ||
|PosAnalyticMeditNotes=The perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states: | |PosAnalyticMeditNotes=The perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states: | ||
− | "His understanding of Buddha-nature is compatible with that of the tradition of bTsan Kha-bo-che, which defines Buddha-nature as the “natural luminous mind,” and also in accordance with Dol-po-pa’s stance, which sees the Buddha-nature teaching being echoed in tantric literature." [[Kano. K.]], [[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]], p. 342. | + | "His understanding of Buddha-nature is compatible with that of the tradition of bTsan Kha-bo-che, which defines Buddha-nature as the “natural luminous mind,” and also in accordance with Dol-po-pa’s stance, which sees the Buddha-nature teaching being echoed in tantric literature." [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', p. 342. |
|PosEmptyLumin=Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature | |PosEmptyLumin=Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature | ||
− | |PosEmptyLuminNotes="In his commentary on RGV I.3, bCom-ldan-ral- gri defines Buddha-nature as “the natural luminous mind that is inseparable from | + | |PosEmptyLuminNotes="In his commentary on RGV I.3, bCom-ldan-ral-gri defines Buddha-nature as “the natural luminous mind that is inseparable from dharmatā,” and, glossing RGV 1.153, states: “the ultimate truth, which is unconditioned and primordially existent by itself, is the element (i.e. Buddha-nature).” [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', p. 342. (see also Ibid. p. 315.) |
|IsInGyatsa=No | |IsInGyatsa=No | ||
}} | }} |
Revision as of 11:55, 8 August 2018
Bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri on the DRL
Wylie | bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri |
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English Phonetics | Chomden Rikpai Raldri |
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་རལ་གྲི་
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིགས་པའི་རལ་གྲི་
- རིག་རལ་
- དར་མ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་
- bcom ldan ral gri
- bcom ldan rigs pa'i ral gri
- rig ral
- dar ma rgyal mtshan
- Rikrel
Birth: | 1227 |
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Death: | 1305 |
Place of birth: | lho kha (dbus) |
Tibetan calendar dates
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Gender | Female |
Element | Fire |
Animal | Pig |
Rab Jyung | 4 |
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Gender | Female |
Element | Wood |
Animal | Snake |
Rab Jyung | 5 |
- Religious Affiliation
- Kadam
- Primary Professional Affiliation
- snar thang dgon pa
- Teachers
- mchims nam mkha' grags · skyo ston smon lam tshul khrims
- Students
- skyi ston shAkya 'bum · snye mdo kun dga' bzang po
Other Biographical info:
- BDRC Link
- https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1217
- Treasury of Lives Link
- https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Chomden-Rigpai-Reldri/TBRC_P1217
- Wiki Pages
- Person description or short bio
- Famous Kadam scholar connected with Nartang (snar thang) monastery. His collected works are said to have once filled sixteen volumes and includes the earliest extant Tibetan commentary on the Uttaratantra that cites both tantric and sutric sources to corroborate the claims made in the treatise.
Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.
Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | "In the opening part of his commentary, bCom-ldan-ral-gri defines the RGV as a treatise that imparts the definitive teaching of the Mahāyāna. Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 315. |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
Position: | Yes |
If "Qualified", explain: | |
Notes: | Wangchuk, Tsering. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 29. |
Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
Notes: | According to Wangchuk, Tsering. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 29.
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Madhyamaka |
Notes: | |
Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
Position: | Zhentong |
Notes: | This assertion is applied retroactively since he predates the category.
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
Position: | |
Notes: | |
Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
Position: | Meditative Tradition |
Notes: | The perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states:
"His understanding of Buddha-nature is compatible with that of the tradition of bTsan Kha-bo-che, which defines Buddha-nature as the “natural luminous mind,” and also in accordance with Dol-po-pa’s stance, which sees the Buddha-nature teaching being echoed in tantric literature." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342. |
What is Buddha-nature? | |
Position: | Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature |
Notes: | "In his commentary on RGV I.3, bCom-ldan-ral-gri defines Buddha-nature as “the natural luminous mind that is inseparable from dharmatā,” and, glossing RGV 1.153, states: “the ultimate truth, which is unconditioned and primordially existent by itself, is the element (i.e. Buddha-nature).” Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342. (see also Ibid. p. 315.) |
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
Position: | |
Notes: | |
Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
Position: |
"Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature" is not in the list (Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature, Tathāgatagarbha as the Unity of Emptiness and Luminosity, Tathāgatagarbha as a Causal Potential or Disposition (gotra), Tathāgatagarbha as the Resultant State of Buddhahood, There are several types of Tathāgatagarbha, Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That is a Non-implicative Negation (without enlightened qualities), Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That is an Implicative Negation (with enlightened qualities), Tathāgatagarbha as the Latent State of Buddhahood that is Obscured in Sentient Beings, Tathāgatagarbha was Taught Merely to Encourage Sentient Beings to Enter the Path) of allowed values for the "PosEmptyLumin" property.