| Key Term | Jonang |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཇོ་ནང་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | jo nang |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | jo nang |
| Term Type | School |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | The Jonang tradition was established by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a thirteenth century Sakya monk famous for his Zhentong teachings. The Jonang teachings and monasteries were suppressed in Tibet in the seventeenth century but survived in Amdo. |
| Definitions | |
The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre.
The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.