Difference between revisions of "Btsan kha bo che"
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|PosZhenRangNotes=He predates the category, but as Stearns remarks, "Tsen Kawoché . . . is often thought to be the first Tibetan to have taught what later came to be known as the Zhentong view." See [[Stearns, C.]], [[The Buddha from Dolpo]], pp. 42–3 and pp. 88–9. | |PosZhenRangNotes=He predates the category, but as Stearns remarks, "Tsen Kawoché . . . is often thought to be the first Tibetan to have taught what later came to be known as the Zhentong view." See [[Stearns, C.]], [[The Buddha from Dolpo]], pp. 42–3 and pp. 88–9. | ||
|PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | |PosAnalyticMedit=Meditative Tradition | ||
− | |PosAnalyticMeditNotes=*"These two traditions of rngog and btsan were respectively called the "analytical tradition" (''thos bsam gyi lugs'') and "meditative tradition" (''sgom lugs'')." [[Kano | + | |PosAnalyticMeditNotes=*"These two traditions of rngog and btsan were respectively called the "analytical tradition" (''thos bsam gyi lugs'') and "meditative tradition" (''sgom lugs'')." [[Kano, K.]], [[Buddha-Nature and Emptiness]], p. 242 |
*"The lineage through Ngog Lotsāwa is often called "the exegetical tradition of the dharma works of Maitreya" (''byams chos bshad lugs''), while Dsen Kawoché’s transmissions represent "the meditative tradition of the dharma works of Maitreya" (''byams chos sgom lugs'')." [[Brunnhölzl, K.]], ''[[When the Clouds Part]]'', p. 123. | *"The lineage through Ngog Lotsāwa is often called "the exegetical tradition of the dharma works of Maitreya" (''byams chos bshad lugs''), while Dsen Kawoché’s transmissions represent "the meditative tradition of the dharma works of Maitreya" (''byams chos sgom lugs'')." [[Brunnhölzl, K.]], ''[[When the Clouds Part]]'', p. 123. | ||
|PosEmptyLumin=Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature | |PosEmptyLumin=Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature |
Revision as of 15:22, 27 November 2019
Wylie | btsan kha bo che |
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English Phonetics | Tsen Khawoche |
- དྲི་མེད་ཤེས་རབ་
- dri med shes rab
Birth: | 1021 |
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Gender | Female |
Element | Iron |
Animal | Bird |
Rab Jyung |
- Religious Affiliation
- Kadam
- Teachers
- grwa pa mngon shes · Sajjana
Other Biographical info:
- BDRC Link
- https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4654
- Treasury of Lives Link
- https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tsen-Khawoche/7113
- Wiki Pages
- Person description or short bio
- The namesake of the Tsen Tradition (btsan lugs) of the exegesis of the Uttaratantra, commonly referred to as the Meditation Tradition (sgom lugs). He travelled to Kashmir when he was in his mid-50's in 1076 along with Ngok Lotsāwa and others to study with various scholars, including Sajjana. With Zu Gawai Dorje acting as his translator, he famously requested instructions on the Uttaratantra from Sajjana in order to make it his "death practice" ('chi chos). These instructions became the basis for the Tsen Tradition, which was an important progenitor for later interpretations of the Uttaratantra, such as those associated with Zhentong and Mahāmudrā. He returned to Tibet in 1089, some two or three years before Ngok, and thus was likely the first Tibetan to begin propagating the teachings he had received from Sajjana on the Five Treatises of Maitreya on Tibetan soil.
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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | Karl Brunnhölzl cites ShAkya mchog ldan:
"The definitive meaning that he found from having studied the dharmas of Maitreya is explained by those in his lineage as follows. The sugata heart is the naturally pure wisdom, luminous by nature, that pervades [everyone] from buddhas to sentient beings. In earlier times these [two approaches] were known as "the difference between explaining the dharmas of Maitreya as the tradition of characteristics (mtshan nyid kyi lugs) and explaining them as the meditative tradition (sgom lugs)." However, in both cases there is no contradiction because the explanation according to the first approach is more profound at the time of eliminating the clinging to characteristics, while the explanation according to the latter approach is needed so that the sugata heart can function as the support of qualities." Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, p. 124. |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
Position: | Yes |
If "Qualified", explain: | |
Notes: | Karl Brunnhölzl cites ShAkya mchog ldan: "The sugata heart is the naturally pure wisdom, luminous by nature, that pervades everyone from buddhas to sentient beings." Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, p. 124. |
Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
Notes: | "Kunga Drölcho provides some context for Dsen Kawoché’s view and for the following excerpts from the latter’s teachings, which Kunga Drölcho compiled as Guiding Instructions on the View of Other-Emptiness:
As for the Guiding Instructions on the View of Other-Emptiness, Dsen Kawoché said, "The Kashmiri paṇḍita Sajjana made the following very essential statement: ‘The victor turned the wheel of dharma three times—the first wheel teaches the four realities of the noble ones, the second one teaches the lack of characteristics, and the final one makes excellent distinctions. Among these, the first two do not distinguish between what is actual and what is nominal. The last one was spoken at the point of certainty about the ultimate by distinguishing between the middle and extremes and by distinguishing between phenomena and the nature of phenomena. " Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, pp. 142-143. |
Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Yogācāra |
Notes: | Karl cites Kongtrul stating, "TOK calls Ngog’s tradition of the Maitreya texts "the oral transmission of explanation" (bshad pa’i bka’ babs) and Dsen’s lineage, "the oral transmission of practice" (sgrub pa’i bka’ babs), saying that they are asserted to hold the views of Madhyamaka and Mere Mentalism, respectively." Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, p. 124. |
Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Notes: | He predates the category, but as Stearns remarks, "Tsen Kawoché . . . is often thought to be the first Tibetan to have taught what later came to be known as the Zhentong view." See Stearns, C., The Buddha from Dolpo, pp. 42–3 and pp. 88–9. |
Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
Position: | Meditative Tradition |
Notes: | *"These two traditions of rngog and btsan were respectively called the "analytical tradition" (thos bsam gyi lugs) and "meditative tradition" (sgom lugs)." Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 242
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
Position: | Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature |
Notes: | *Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 242, footnote 4. Van der Kuijp via Shakya mchog ldan.
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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