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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 Tathägatagarbhasütra, Samädhiräjasütra, Jnänälokasütra, Angulimâlâsütra, Srimâlâdevïsûtra, and so forth." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], [[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]], p. 89. | |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 Tathägatagarbhasütra, Samädhiräjasütra, Jnänälokasütra, Angulimâlâsütra, Srimâlâdevïsûtra, 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. |
+ | *He quotes his Golden Rosary of Excellent Exposition as stating that the Mind-Only presentation of buddha-nature as, "the viewpoint explicated in the Uttaratantra." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], [[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]], p. 90. | ||
+ | *Though he later quotes his presumably final stance as: "In his Illuminating the Thoughts of the Madhyamaka, Tsongkhapa clearly states, "The great master Asanga also did not explain the Uttaratantra according to the Cittamätra School, rather he explicated it according to the Madhyamaka School." [[Wangchuk, Tsering]], [[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]], p. 93. | ||
|PosZhenRang=Rangtong | |PosZhenRang=Rangtong | ||
|PosSvataPrasa=Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་) | |PosSvataPrasa=Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་) |
Revision as of 11:33, 22 March 2018
ཙོང་ཁ་པ་
Wylie | tsong kha pa |
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Other names
- ཙོང་ཁ་པ་བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པ་
- བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པའི་དཔལ་
- བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པ་
- tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa
- blo bzang grags pa'i dpal
- blo bzang grags pa
Dates
Birth: | 1357 |
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Death: | 1419 |
Place of birth: | tsong kha (Amdo) |
Tibetan calendar dates
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Gender | Female |
Element | Fire |
Animal | Bird |
Rab Jyung | 6 |
About
- Religious Affiliation
- dge lugs
- Teachers
- bsod nams rgyal mtshan · Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros · Nya dbon kun dga' dpal · Phyogs las rnam rgyal · sgra tshad pa rin chen rnam rgyal · Karmapa, 4th
- Students
- 'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal · mkhas grub rje · Rgyal tshab rje dar ma rin chen · spyan nga bsod nams bzang po · 'dul 'dzin grags pa rgyal mtshan · 'jam dbyangs chos rje bkra shis dpal ldan
Other Biographical info:
- Assumes office 1409 dga' ldan dgon (stag rtse rdzong)
- Leaves office 1419 dga' ldan dgon (stag rtse rdzong)
- Founds monastery 1409 dga' ldan dgon (stag rtse rdzong)
- Final Ordination 1381 yar klung rnam rgyal dgon
Links
- BDRC Link
- https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P64
- Treasury of Lives Link
- http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tsongkhapa-Lobzang-Drakpa/8986
- Treasury of Lives Excerpt
- Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource
- https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=197
- Wiki Pages
Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.
Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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If "Qualified", explain: | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Second Turning |
Notes: | 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 Tathägatagarbhasütra, Samädhiräjasütra, Jnänälokasütra, Angulimâlâsütra, Srimâlâdevïsûtra, and so forth." Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 89. |
Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Madhyamaka |
Notes: | Note that Wangchuk maintains that he developed this certainty later in his career.
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
Position: | 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་) | |
Position: | Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་) |
Notes: | *Wangchuk quotes mkhas grub rje as stating, "In our system, Jé Rinpoché (rje rin po che) [that is, Tsongkhapa] mentions that... The content [of the Uttaratantra] is in conformity with Präsangika-Madhyamaka." Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 89.
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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