Dol po pa
Tibetan calendar dates
Other Biographical info:
In the city of Kayuri (ka yo ri) of Ngari, the home of the Tibetan paṇḍita, the Omniscient Dharma Lord Dolpapo Sherab Gyaltsen (1292–1361) was born to Yeshe Wangchok (his father) and Lamo Tsultrim Gyan (lha mo tshul khrims rgyan), his mother) in the year of Water Male Dragon. He took the novice vow, received the name as Sherab Gyaltsen, and studied authoritative commentaries on the scripture Karika (ka ri kA) under Khenpo Tsultrim Nyingpo (tshul khrims snying po). He also received empowerments and instructions on The Three Luminous Circles of Garlands, The Three Manifest Beneficial Cognitions, The Bodhicaryāvatāra, The Five Treatises of Maitreya, along with limitless greater and lesser traditions of sutra and mantra from over thirty lamas including Kyitun Jamyang Chakpa Gyantsen (skyid ston 'jam dbyangs grags pa rgyan mtshan).
He attended most every dharma teaching that occurred around Ü and Tsang in his young age. Everyone praised him as an intrinsically omniscient one because of his insightful capacity, his impressive manifestation of awareness, and his extensive and unobstructed knowledge of Prajñāpāramitā. Therefore, he was renowned as “the Omniscient Dharma Lord”. He requested full ordination and studied the root texts of the Vinaya Sutras and their commentaries from Kenchen Sonam Chakpa (mkhyen chen bsod nams grags pa).
In 1322, at the age of thirty one, he arrived at Jonang. Khentsun Yönten Gyatso (mkhan btsun yon tan rgya mtsho) bestowed upon him the Kalachakra empowerment, and gave him the instructions on the Six Unions and many other teachings. In 1326, at the command of Khentsun, he was enthroned as regent. During the next two years, Khentsun continually gave him all the empowerments, transmissions, and instructions, and taught him all the doctrines he knew.
The main accomplishments of Dolpapa Sherab Gyaltsen were: 1) he built the great Jonang stupa of liberation; 2) he wrote an extensive instruction on The Ocean of Precious Ultimate Truth in his own way; 3) he gave permission to his two main students to re-translate the Kalachakra, and he composed a great tantric commentary, precise meaning, and annotation to it; 4) he wrote The Fundamental Treatise, The Four Significant Doctrines, and treatises and instructions on emptiness-of-other. During his lifetime, he dedicated his work to the buddha dharma and benefit of all sentient beings, and established many disciples on the path of maturation and libration. He passed into Nirvana in 1361, the year of Iron Female Ox. His outstanding students included the Thirteen Great Sons, such as, Lotsā Namnyi (lo tsa rnam gnyis), Chök Gyalwa (phyogs rgyal ba), Nya Wonpa (nya dbon pa).
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Names[edit]
Tibetan: དོལ་པོ་པ་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།
Wylie:
- dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan
- shes rab rgyal mtshan
- shes rab mgon
- rton pa bzhi ldan
Other Transliterations in use:
Dolpopa
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
Dolbopa
Dolboba
Dates[edit]
birth 1292 at gtsang stod mnga' ris dol po gru gsum spu mdo
death 1361
Affiliation[edit]
Other Biographical Information[edit]
major figure in the 'bro transmission of the kalacakra precepts
"jo nang kun mkkhyen dol po shes rab rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po"
thob yig gang+gA'i chu rgyun (v. 2, p. 7)
1304. Fled to skyi-stengs dgon for ordination.
Teacher (not recorded): bla-ma 'jam-pa'i-dbyangs taught dol-po-pa the byams chos sde lnga, dbu ma rigs, bstod tshogs, gtam tshogs, dbang lung rjes gnang for about four years before 1314.
1322. Goes to jo-nang where he meets his principal master, chos-rje yon-tan-rgya-mtsho.
1327-1331. Builds the great mchod-rten of jo-nang in memory of yon-tan-rgya-mtsho.
1336. Travels to sa-skya, chu-bzang, lha-rtse rdzong, shangs, snar-thang, etc. to meditate and erect various images and retreats.
1348. Invited to rta-nag by the ri-khud-pa and taught for a year there.
Travelled to dbus where he taught extensively.
Writings comprise 174 treatises:
grub mtha' skor: 16
phar phyin skor: 7
gsol 'debs skor: 25
Rdo rje 'phreng ba'i skor: 3
Spring yig skor: 8
Gdams ngag dang dris lan skor: 12
Rnam thar sogs kyi skor: 16
Smon lam skor: 3
Bkra shis skor: 4
Main Students[edit]
blo gros rgyal mtshan
phyogs las rnam rgyal
blo gros dpal bzang
rin chen bzang po
dkon mchog rgyal mtshan
kun dga' dpal
chos grags dpal
ma Ni ka shrI
bsod nams grags pa
kun dga' 'bum
blo gros rgyal mtshan
rin chen tshul khrims
blo gros dpal
phun tshogs dpal
lha'i rgyal mtshan
bsod nams bzang po
blo gros grags pa
g.yag sde paN chen
chos grags bzang po
Main Teachers[edit]
tshul khrims snying po
skyi ston 'jam dbyangs
byang chub seng+ge
tshul khrims bzang po
grags pa rgyal mtshan
shes rab bzang po
gzhon nu bzang po
blo gros bstan pa
bsod nams grags pa
nag 'bum
yon tan rgya mtsho
yon tan rgya mtsho