Puṇḍarīka

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English Phonetics	Puṇḍarīka

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

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• Puṇḍarīka on the DRL
• Puṇḍarīka on the BNW

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Puṇḍarīka (Tib. Pema Karpo) (176-76 BCE) is considered the 2nd of the 25 kings of Shambhala, or Kalkis, King Puṇḍarīka wrote a commentary called Vimalaprabha (Skt.), or Stainless Light. This text, together with the Srī Kālacakra, is the source text of the Kālacakra system as it is now practiced. Other practice texts are commentaries on these two. The Dalai Lamas are said to be incarnations of Puṇḍarīka. (Source Accessed October 16, 2019)

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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All beings have Buddha-nature
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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?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Tibetan Names

Tibetan: པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་ / པུཎྜ་རཱི་ཀ་

Wylie:

• pad+ma dkar po
• puN Da rI ka
• puN+Da rI ka

Sanskrit Names

• Puṇḍarīka
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Other Transliterations in use:

• Pundarika
• Puṇḍarika
• Padmakarpo

Other Biographical Information

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Can refer to either the Kālacakra Tantra and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered.

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.