Phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po

Phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po on the DRL

Classical Tibetan Authors

ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ་རྡོ་རྗེ་རྒྱལ་པོ་

Wylie	phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po

Other names

• ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ་

• phag mo gru pa

Dates

Birth:	1110
Death:	1170

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender	Male
Element	Iron
Animal	Tiger
Rab Jyung	2

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

phag gru bka' brgyud

Teachers

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

Students

'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po · gling ras pa pad+ma rdo rje · stag lung thang pa bkra shis dpal · gyer sgom tshul khrims seng+ge · Khro phu lo tsA ba byams pa'i dpal · 'gro mgon ras chen

Other Biographical info:

He was the older brother or cousin of KaH thog dam pa bde gshegs.

Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P127

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Pakmodrupa-Dorje-Gyelpo/2539

Treasury of Lives Excerpt

Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource

https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=956

Wiki Pages

• Phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
Position:	Tathagatagarbha as the Dharmakaya
Notes:	#From Śākya Chogden;s summary of the main positions on buddha nature his view is included among the heading "Asserting buddha nature as the compound of natural purity and buddha qualities’ being inseparable" and with the sub-heading of "Asserting those qualities to be the qualities of the fruitional dharmakāya of realization (many Kagyüpas such as Pamo Trupa)." Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, p. 79. A more complete translation of the above summary can be found in Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 34.
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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"Tathagatagarbha as the Dharmakaya" 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.

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.

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.