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According to tradition, when Ngoje Repa first heard of Jikten Gonpo Rinchen Pel ('jig rten mgon po rin chen dpal, 1143-1217) the founder of Drigung Til Monastery ('bri gung mthil), he was overcome by jealousy. He drew a picture on a wall of Jikten Gonpo turning a stone mill with the heads of his disciples in it, a depiction meant to suggest that Jikten Gonpo was spinning the heads of his disciples with false teachings.
 
According to tradition, when Ngoje Repa first heard of Jikten Gonpo Rinchen Pel ('jig rten mgon po rin chen dpal, 1143-1217) the founder of Drigung Til Monastery ('bri gung mthil), he was overcome by jealousy. He drew a picture on a wall of Jikten Gonpo turning a stone mill with the heads of his disciples in it, a depiction meant to suggest that Jikten Gonpo was spinning the heads of his disciples with false teachings.
  
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Confident of his debating skills, he went to Drigung Til to challenge Jikten Gonpo. He was brought into the master's presence by Pelchen Ngepuwa (dpal chen ngad phu ba). Despite his intentions, legend has it that as soon Ngoje Repa saw Jikten Gonpo he felt he was seeing the Buddha himself. Jikten Gonpo spoke first, addressing all of Ngoje Repa's challenges and disabling all the debate tricks he had prepared. Overcome with devotion, Ngoje Repa requested teachings and initiation into the Drigung tradition, both sutra and tantra. Jikten Gonpo gave him the name Zhedang Dorje (zhe sdang rdo rje).
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Confident of his debating skills, he went to Drigung Til to challenge Jikten Gonpo. He was brought into the master's presence by Pelchen Ngepuwa (dpal chen ngad phu ba). Despite his intentions, legend has it that as soon Ngoje Repa saw Jikten Gonpo he felt he was seeing the Buddha himself.
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It is said that Ngoje Repa wrote his famous text The Essence of Mahāyāna (theg chen bstan pa'i snying po) as well as an auto-commentary out of the intention to purify his negative thoughts toward Jikten Gonpo and to pay back his kindness.
 
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According to Khetsun Zangpo, he was ordained under Tsultrim Dorje (tshul khrims rdo rje, 1154-1220), the second abbot of Drigung Monastery, with Lobpon Ton (slob dpon ston) acting as assistant preceptor, and Chakriwa (lcags ri ba) acting as secret preceptor. He received the ordination name Tsultrim Tarchin (tshul khrims mthar phyin).
 
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During the second half of Ngoje Repa's life – in a pig year, according to Khetsun Zangpo – he built Belbu Gong Monastery (bal bu gong).
 
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Late in life he is said to have travelled to Lhodrak (lho brag), Lhopu (lho phu) and Chukyer (chu 'khyer) to meditate. It is said that he had a vision of Mahakala when practicing in Shawuk Takgo Cave (sha 'ug ltag sgo'i shug phug).
 
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His compositions comprise two volumes in the collected teachings of the Drigung Kagyu. Author: Evan Yerburgh.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 11 October 2019

Ngo rje ras pa on the DRL

ངོ་རྗེ་རས་པ་
Wylie Ngo rje ras pa
English Phonetics Ngoje Repa
Other names
  • ཞེ་སྡང་རྡོ་རྗེ་
  • བལ་བུ་གོངས་པ་
  • zhe sdang rdo rje
  • bal bu gongs pa
Alternate names
  • zhe sdang rdo rje
  • bal bu gongs pa
Dates
Birth:   1090
Death:   1166


Tibetan calendar dates

About
Religious Affiliation
'bri gung bka' brgyud
Teachers
'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po · Śākyaśrībhadra · lcags ri ba

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Important philosopher of the 'bri gung bka' brgyud tradition

Links
BDRC Link
https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P133
Treasury of Lives Link
https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Ngoje-Repa/2606
Wiki Pages


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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.

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