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|BnwShortPersonBio=Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa was one of the most influential Tibetan Buddhist scholars of the last millennium. Born in Amdo, he travelled to U-Tsang in his youth, never to return to his homeland. In U-Tsang he studied with numerous teachers of all traditions and engaged in many retreats resulting in his development of a fresh interpretation of Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka view and a reinvigoration of the monastic Vinaya. Widely regarded as an emanation of Mañjuśrī, Tsongkhapa composed eighteen volumes of works of which the majority dealt with tantric subjects. He was the founder of Ganden Monastery, which became the central monastery of the Geluk tradition that was founded on his teachings and writings. | |BnwShortPersonBio=Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa was one of the most influential Tibetan Buddhist scholars of the last millennium. Born in Amdo, he travelled to U-Tsang in his youth, never to return to his homeland. In U-Tsang he studied with numerous teachers of all traditions and engaged in many retreats resulting in his development of a fresh interpretation of Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka view and a reinvigoration of the monastic Vinaya. Widely regarded as an emanation of Mañjuśrī, Tsongkhapa composed eighteen volumes of works of which the majority dealt with tantric subjects. He was the founder of Ganden Monastery, which became the central monastery of the Geluk tradition that was founded on his teachings and writings. | ||
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|PosWheelTurnNotes=Wangchuk quotes mkhas grub rje as stating, "In our system, Jé Rinpoché (rje rin po che, that is, Tsongkhapa) mentions that the ''Uttaratantra'' primarily comments on the meaning of those sutras that are in conformity with the middle-wheel teachings, such as the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Samādhirājasūtra, Jnānālokasūtra, | |PosWheelTurnNotes=Wangchuk quotes mkhas grub rje as stating, "In our system, Jé Rinpoché (rje rin po che, that is, Tsongkhapa) mentions that the ''Uttaratantra'' primarily comments on the meaning of those sutras that are in conformity with the middle-wheel teachings, such as the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Samādhirājasūtra, Jnānālokasūtra, Aṅgulimālāsūtra, Śrīmālādevīsūtra, and so forth." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], ''[[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]]'', p. 89. | ||
|PosYogaMadhya=Madhyamaka | |PosYogaMadhya=Madhyamaka | ||
|PosYogaMadhyaNotes=Note that Wangchuk maintains that he developed this certainty later in his career. | |PosYogaMadhyaNotes=Note that Wangchuk maintains that he developed this certainty later in his career. | ||
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| PersonType | Category:Classical Tibetan Authors |
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| MainNamePhon | Tsongkhapa |
| MainNameTib | ཙོང་ཁ་པ་ |
| MainNameWylie | tsong kha pa |
| AltNamesTib | ཙོང་ཁ་པ་བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པ་ · བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པའི་དཔལ་ · བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པ་ |
| AltNamesWylie | tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa · blo bzang grags pa'i dpal · blo bzang grags pa |
| BiographicalInfo |
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| YearBirth | 1357 |
| YearDeath | 1419 |
| BornIn | tsong kha (Amdo) |
| TibDateGender | Female |
| TibDateElement | Fire |
| TibDateAnimal | Bird |
| TibDateRabjung | 6 |
| TibDateDeathGender | Female |
| TibDateDeathElement | Earth |
| TibDateDeathAnimal | Pig |
| TibDateDeathRabjung | 7 |
| ReligiousAffiliation | Geluk |
| ClassicalProfAff | Ganden Monastery |
| StudentOf | bsod nams rgyal mtshan · Rendawa Zhönu Lodrö · Nyawon Kunga Pal · Chokle Namgyal · sgra tshad pa rin chen rnam rgyal · Fourth Karmapa Rolpai Dorje |
| TeacherOf | Gö Lotsāwa Zhönu Pal · mkhas grub rje · Gyaltsap Je Dharma Rinchen · spyan nga bsod nams bzang po · 'dul 'dzin grags pa rgyal mtshan · Jamyang Chöje Tashi Palden |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P64 |
| Treasury of Lives | http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tsongkhapa-Lobzang-Drakpa/8986 |
| Himalayan Art Resources | https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=197 |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
| BnwShortPersonBio | Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa was one of the most influential Tibetan Buddhist scholars of the last millennium. Born in Amdo, he travelled to U-Tsang in his youth, never to return to his homeland. In U-Tsang he studied with numerous teachers of all traditions and engaged in many retreats resulting in his development of a fresh interpretation of Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka view and a reinvigoration of the monastic Vinaya. Widely regarded as an emanation of Mañjuśrī, Tsongkhapa composed eighteen volumes of works of which the majority dealt with tantric subjects. He was the founder of Ganden Monastery, which became the central monastery of the Geluk tradition that was founded on his teachings and writings. |
| PosWheelTurn | Second Turning |
| PosWheelTurnNotes | Wangchuk quotes mkhas grub rje as stating, "In our system, Jé Rinpoché (rje rin po che, that is, Tsongkhapa) mentions that the Uttaratantra primarily comments on the meaning of those sutras that are in conformity with the middle-wheel teachings, such as the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Samādhirājasūtra, Jnānālokasūtra, Aṅgulimālāsūtra, Śrīmālādevīsūtra, and so forth." Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 89. |
| PosYogaMadhya | Madhyamaka |
| PosYogaMadhyaNotes | Note that Wangchuk maintains that he developed this certainty later in his career.
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| PosZhenRang | Rangtong |
| PosSvataPrasa | Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་) |
| PosSvataPrasaNotes | Wangchuk cites Tsongkhapa's students and commentators on this issue:
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