Tsong kha pa
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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 cites Tsongkhapa's students and commentators on this issue:
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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