Bsod nams rtse mo

Bsod nams rtse mo on the DRL

Classical Tibetan Authors

བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ་

Wylie	bsod nams rtse mo
English Phonetics	Sönam Tsemo

Alternate names

• Sakya Tridzin, 4th

Dates

Birth:	1142
Death:	1182
Place of birth:	sa skya

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender	Male
Element	Water
Animal	Dog
Rab Jyung	2

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

sa skya

Familial Relations

Oldest son of Sa chen kun dga' snying po and older brother of Rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan.

Teachers

Sa chen kun dga' snying po · Phywa pa chos kyi seng+ge

Students

Rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan

Other Biographical info:

Bio on hhsakyatrizin.net

Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1618

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Sonam-Tsemo/2919

Treasury of Lives Excerpt

Sonam Tsemo, the son of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, was the second of the five founding patriarchs of the Sakya tradition. He was also the fourth Sakya Tridzin at Sakya Monastery, although he served as active head of the monastery for only a few years.

Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource

https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=400

Wiki Pages

• Bsod nams rtse mo on the DRL
• Bsod nams rtse mo on the DNZ
• Bsod nams rtse mo on the BNW

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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.

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

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).

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.

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.