Bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri

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Author

བཅོམ་ལྡན་རིག་པའི་རལ་གྲི་

Wylie	bcom ldan rig pa'i ral gri

Dates

Birth:	1227
Death:	1305

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
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Gender	Female
Element	Fire
Animal	Pig
Rab Jyung	4

Dates of passing

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Gender
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Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

bka' gdams

Teachers

mchims nam mkha' grags · skyo ston smon lam tshul khrims

Students

skyi ston shAkya 'bum · snye mdo kun dga' bzang po

Other Biographical info:

Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1217

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Chomden-Rigpai-Reldri/TBRC_P1217

Wiki Pages

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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?
Position:	Definitive
Notes:	Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 315.
All beings have Buddha-nature
Position:	Yes
If "Qualified", explain:
Notes:	Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 29.
Which Wheel Turning
Position:	Third Turning
Notes:	According to Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 29. However, Kano suggests his view of RGV relates to both 2nd and 3rd turnings. "In his Byams pa dang 'grel ba'i chos kyi byung tshul, bCom-ldan-ral-gri asserts that the teaching of the RGV contradicts neither the Two Truths doctrine of Madhyamaka nor the Yogäcära doctrine of the Threefold Intrinsic Nature, while the other four treatises of Maitreya teach either one or the other of these two doctrines (but not both at the same time)." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342.
Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
Position:	Madhyamaka
Notes:
Zhentong vs Rangtong
Position:	Zhentong
Notes:	This assertion is applied retroactively since he predates the category. "bCom-ldan-ral-gri of sNar-thang monastery is, according to Taranätha, a forerunner of the gzhan stong tradition established by Dol-po-pa. bCom-ldan-ral-gri, in his RGV commentary, does not systematically teach the gzhan stong doctrine (and is not, of course, aware that he would later be considered a gzhan stong forerunner), but he does expound some fragmentary elements that possibly fink him to the gzhan stong position of Dol-po-pa". Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342.
Promotes how many vehicles?
Position:
Notes:
Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
Position:	Meditative Tradition
Notes:	The perhaps not explicitly fitting into this category, Kano states: "His understanding of Buddha-nature is compatible with that of the tradition of bTsan Kha-bo-che, which defines Buddha-nature as the “natural luminous mind,” and also in accordance with Dol-po-pa’s stance, which sees the Buddha-nature teaching being echoed in tantric literature." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342.
What is Buddha-nature?
Position:	Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature
Notes:	"In his commentary on RGV I.3, bCom-ldan-ral- gri defines Buddha-nature as “the natural luminous mind that is inseparable from dharmatâ,” and, glossing RGV 1.153, states: “the ultimate truth, which is unconditioned and primordially existent by itself, is the element (i.e. Buddha-nature).” Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 342. (see also Ibid. p. 315.)
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
Position:
Notes:
Causal nature of the vajrapāda
Position:

"Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature" is not in the list (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, There are several types of Tathāgatagarbha, 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 the Latent State of Buddhahood that is Obscured in Sentient Beings, Tathāgatagarbha was Taught Merely to Encourage Sentient Beings to Enter the Path) of allowed values for the "PosEmptyLumin" property.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

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.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.

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.

"Ultimate truth" or "absolute truth"; the reality of things as they truly are.

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.

The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being.