Zhang mdo sde dpal

Zhang mdo sde dpal on the DRL

Translators

English Phonetics	Zhang mdo sde dpal

Other names

• Mdo sde dpal
• Zhang ston Mdo sde dpal

Dates

Birth:	13th century

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Teachers

blo gros rgyal mtshan · rig pa'i seng ge · sangs rgyas kun smon

Students

kun dga' dpal · 'jam dbyangs ston gzhon · nam mkha' dpal · grags pa rgyal mtshan · 'jam dbyangs skya bo · don yod rgyal mtshan

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Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P7084

Wiki Pages

• Zhang mdo sde dpal on the DRL
• Zhang mdo sde dpal on the LIB
• Zhang mdo sde dpal on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

Teacher of the sa skya tradition in the transmission of the Pramanasamuccaya. Also known to have been one of Pakpa Lodro Gyaltsen's disciples ('Phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan, 1235–1280). (Source Accessed Aug 24, 2020)

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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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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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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.