Difference between revisions of "Bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri"
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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="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]]'', | + | |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... bCom-ldan-ral-gri further characterizes the doctrine of Buddha-nature as definitive." [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', pp. 314-315. |
|PosAllBuddha=Yes | |PosAllBuddha=Yes | ||
|PosAllBuddhaMoreNotes="Rikrel, in contrast to Sapen and other scholars at Sakya monastery, argues that all sentient beings have an inherent buddha endowed with enlightened qualities within." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 29. | |PosAllBuddhaMoreNotes="Rikrel, in contrast to Sapen and other scholars at Sakya monastery, argues that all sentient beings have an inherent buddha endowed with enlightened qualities within." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 29. | ||
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|PosWheelTurnNotes=According to [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], "Rikrel not only situates the ''Uttaratantra'' within sutric Mahāyāna literature, but he also includes it in the last wheel as a work expounding on both sutras and tantric literature." ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 29. | |PosWheelTurnNotes=According to [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], "Rikrel not only situates the ''Uttaratantra'' within sutric Mahāyāna literature, but he also includes it in the last wheel as a work expounding on both sutras and tantric literature." ''[[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 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. | *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. | ||
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|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. | ||
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*"Given Rikrel's interpretation of the ''Uttaratantra'', it is no wonder that later Jonang scholars would retrospectively include him in the Jonang lineage of other-emptiness transmission, even though he does not employ terms such as "other-emptiness" and "all-basis-gnosis" (''kun gzhi ye shes''), which would become crucial for Dölpopa's presentation of tathāgata-essence." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 30. | *"Given Rikrel's interpretation of the ''Uttaratantra'', it is no wonder that later Jonang scholars would retrospectively include him in the Jonang lineage of other-emptiness transmission, even though he does not employ terms such as "other-emptiness" and "all-basis-gnosis" (''kun gzhi ye shes''), which would become crucial for Dölpopa's presentation of tathāgata-essence." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]]. ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 30. | ||
|PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | |PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | ||
− | |PosAnalyticMeditNotes= | + | |PosAnalyticMeditNotes=Though perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states that 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." And, "...it is obvious that bCom-ldan-ral-gri does not follow rNgog’s reasoning that leads to identifying Buddha-nature with emptiness." [[Kano. K.]], ''[[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]]'', pp. 315-316. |
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|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 ''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.) | |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 12:15, 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... bCom-ldan-ral-gri further characterizes the doctrine of Buddha-nature as definitive." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, pp. 314-315. |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
Position: | Yes |
If "Qualified", explain: | |
Notes: | "Rikrel, in contrast to Sapen and other scholars at Sakya monastery, argues that all sentient beings have an inherent buddha endowed with enlightened qualities within." Wangchuk, Tsering. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 29. |
Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
Notes: | According to Wangchuk, Tsering, "Rikrel not only situates the Uttaratantra within sutric Mahāyāna literature, but he also includes it in the last wheel as a work expounding on both sutras and tantric literature." The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 29.
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | |
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: | Though perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states that 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." And, "...it is obvious that bCom-ldan-ral-gri does not follow rNgog’s reasoning that leads to identifying Buddha-nature with emptiness." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, pp. 315-316. |
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.