Sajjana

PersonType	Category:Classical Indian Authors
MainNamePhon	Sajjana
MainNameTib	ས་ཛ་ན་
MainNameWylie	sa dza na
MainNameDev	सज्जन
MainNameSkt	Sajjana
AltNamesTib	པཎྜི་ཏ་ས་ཛ་ན་  ·  ས་ཛཛ་ན་
AltNamesWylie	paN+Di ta sa dza na  ·  sa dzdza na
NotesOnNames	In some of the recensions of the Uttaratantra, most notably in the Derge Tengyur, as well as in Dölpopa's commentary we find Sajjana's name rendered into Sanskrit as Sadjñāna.
YearBirth	11th Century
BornIn	Kashmir
PersonalAffiliation	Ratnavajra; Mahājana
StudentOf	Ratnavajra
TeacherOf	gzus dga' ba rdo rje  ·  te dza de ba  ·  btsan kha bo che  ·  rngog blo ldan shes rab
BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4920
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	An 11th Century Kashmiri scholar that was the source from which many prominent Tibetan scholars and translators of the day received teachings. Most notably he taught the Uttaratantra to Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, which spread in Tibet as the Ngok and Tsen traditions and became the two primary trends that influenced much of the history of the Tibetan exegesis of the treatise. He also helped Ngok translate the text and worked with several other Tibetan translators on works that were later included in the Tibetan cannon.
PosBuNayDefProv	Definitive
PosBuNayDefProvNotes	Klaus-Dieter Mathes, A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 46.
PosEmptyLumin	Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature
PosEmptyLuminNotes	"As to the interpretation of Buddha-nature, on the other hand, Sajjana and rNgog hold different views, for Sajjana equates Buddha-nature with the luminous mind, which is not empty, while rNgog equates it with emptiness." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 239.
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"Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature" is not in the list (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 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, Tathāgatagarbha as the Latent State of Buddhahood that is Obscured in Sentient Beings, There are several types of Tathāgatagarbha, Tathāgatagarbha was Taught Merely to Encourage Sentient Beings to Enter the Path) of allowed values for the "PosEmptyLumin" property.

The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.

The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation.

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.

The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being.

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.

Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's gotra determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain.