Tsen Tradition

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Key Term	Tsen Tradition
Topic Variation	Meditative Tradition
Hover Popup Choices	Meditative Tradition; sgom lugs; btsan lugs; Btsan Tradition
Featured People	Tsen Khawoche, Zu Gawai Dorje
In Tibetan Script	བཙན་ལུགས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	btsan lugs
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	tsen luk
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.
Has the Sense of	Also known as the "meditative tradition" (sgom lugs), this form of exegesis was primarily concerned with the practical application of the teachings contained in the Uttaratantra as a means to experience buddha-nature for oneself. However, both the Tsen Tradition and its opposing counterpart the Ngok Tradition reportedly came from a single source, the Kashmiri scholar-yogi Sajjana.
Related Terms	sgom lugs
Related Topic Pages	Ngok Tradition
Definitions
Other Definitions	As cited in Kano 2006 (see Appendix H, p. 624), according to Jamgön Kongtrul's commentary on the Uttaratantra, The Unassailable Lion's Roar, the lineage of the Tsen Tradition is: Sajjana gZus dga' ba'i rdo rje bTsan dri med shes rab Rang byung rdo rje Karma dkon gzhon Karma phrin las pa 'Gos gZhon nu dpal Dol po pa Tāranātha Chos kyi don grub Kun zhig Chos kyi byung gnas lHa lung karma bstan 'phel