Butön Rinchen Drup

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PersonType Category:Classical Tibetan Authors
MainNamePhon Butön Rinchen Drup
MainNameTib བུ་སྟོན་རིན་ཆེན་གྲུབ་
MainNameWylie bu ston rin chen grub
SortName Butön Rinchen Drup
AltNamesWylie bu ston kha che  ·  bu ston thams cad mkhyen pa
AltNamesOther Buton Khache  ·  Butön Tamche Khyenpa  ·  Rinchen Drub
YearBirth 1290
YearDeath 1364
BornIn khro phu (gtsang)
TibDateGender Male
TibDateElement Iron
TibDateAnimal Tiger
TibDateRabjung 5
ReligiousAffiliation Sakya
ClassicalProfAff Zhalu Monastery (zhwa lu)
ClassicalOtherProfAff Ripuk Hermitage (ri phug)
StudentOf Kazhipa Drakpa Zhönu
TeacherOf sgra tshad pa rin chen rnam rgyal  ·  phyogs las rnam rgyal  ·  bcu gnyis gsar ma grags pa shes rab  ·  gangs dkar bla ma rin chen bzang po  ·  'jam dbyangs grags pa rgyal mtshan  ·  g.yung ston rdo rje dpal bzang po  ·  g.yag sde paN chen  ·  Jangchup Tsemo
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P155
Treasury of Lives http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Buton-Rinchen-Drub/2845
IsInGyatsa No
PosBuNayDefProv Provisional
PosBuNayDefProvNotes
  • "Just as the Gelugpas, The Ornament That Illuminates and Beautifies the Tathāgata Heart, by Butön Rinchen Drub (1290–1364), holds the teachings on buddha nature to be of expedient meaning." Karl Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, p. 67.
  • "Bu-ston explicitly takes the Buddha-nature doctrine to be provisional (neyārtha). Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 364
PosAllBuddha Qualified No
PosAllBuddhaNote Only Buddhas
PosAllBuddhaMoreNotes
  • "Taking the reverse position of the Gelugpas on this, both Butön and his student and commentator Dratsépa Rinchen Namgyal (1318–1388) identify the actual tathāgata heart as being solely the final fruition of buddhahood." Karl Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, p. 67.
  • "Bu-ston and his disciple sGra-tshad-pa assert that Buddha-nature should be understood only in its resultant aspect, namely as only the dharmakāya of a buddha." Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 343.
PosYogaMadhya Yogācāra
PosYogaMadhyaNotes In line with his assertion that these teachings are merely provisional he claims, "The general basis of intention of the teachings on buddha nature is the ālaya-consciousness, which refers to the sheer cause of buddhahood." Karl Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, p. 868.
PosZhenRang Rangtong
PosZhenRangNotes Though he didn't explicitly equate his position with Rangtong, he was certainly a vocal opponent of Dölpopa and his Zhentong view.
PosAnalyticMedit Analytic Tradition
PosAnalyticMeditNotes Though he differed from Ngok on certain issues, he was more in line with his approach than that of Tsen Khawoche.
PosEmptyLumin Tathāgatagarbha as the Resultant State of Buddhahood
PosEmptyLuminNotes Specifically, he sees buddha-nature as referring only to the dharmakāya of a fully enlightened buddha.
  • "Taking the reverse position of the Gelugpas on this, both Butön and his student and commentator Dratsépa Rinchen Namgyal (1318–1388) identify the actual tathāgata heart as being solely the final fruition of buddhahood." Karl Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, p. 67.
  • "Bu-ston and his disciple sGra-tshad-pa assert that Buddha-nature should be understood only in its resultant aspect, namely as only the dharmakāya of a buddha." Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 343.
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