Difference between revisions of "Sajjana"
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|PersonalAffiliation=Ratnavajra; Mahājana | |PersonalAffiliation=Ratnavajra; Mahājana | ||
|StudentOf=Ratnavajra; | |StudentOf=Ratnavajra; | ||
− | |TeacherOf=gzus dga' ba rdo rje; te dza de ba; btsan kha bo che; rngog blo ldan shes rab; | + | |TeacherOf=gzus dga' ba'i rdo rje; te dza de ba; btsan kha bo che; rngog blo ldan shes rab; |
|BdrcLink=https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4920 | |BdrcLink=https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4920 | ||
|BnwShortPersonBio=An 11th Century Kashmiri scholar that was the source from which many prominent Tibetan scholars and translators of the day received teachings. Most notably he taught the ''Uttaratantra'' to Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, which spread in Tibet as the Ngok and Tsen traditions and became the two primary trends that influenced much of the history of the Tibetan exegesis of the treatise. He also helped Ngok translate the text and worked with several other Tibetan translators on works that were later included in the Tibetan cannon. | |BnwShortPersonBio=An 11th Century Kashmiri scholar that was the source from which many prominent Tibetan scholars and translators of the day received teachings. Most notably he taught the ''Uttaratantra'' to Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, which spread in Tibet as the Ngok and Tsen traditions and became the two primary trends that influenced much of the history of the Tibetan exegesis of the treatise. He also helped Ngok translate the text and worked with several other Tibetan translators on works that were later included in the Tibetan cannon. |
Revision as of 10:27, 23 August 2019
Wylie | sa dza na |
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Devanagari | सज्जन |
Romanized Sanskrit | Sajjana |
English Phonetics | Sajjana |
- པཎྜི་ཏ་ས་ཛ་ན་
- ས་ཛཛ་ན་
- paN+Di ta sa dza na
- sa dzdza na
Birth: | 11th Century |
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Place of birth: | Kashmir |
Tibetan calendar dates
- Familial Relations
- Ratnavajra; Mahājana
- Teachers
- Ratnavajra
- Students
- gzus dga' ba'i rdo rje · te dza de ba · btsan kha bo che · rngog blo ldan shes rab
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- Person description or short bio
- An 11th Century Kashmiri scholar that was the source from which many prominent Tibetan scholars and translators of the day received teachings. Most notably he taught the Uttaratantra to Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, which spread in Tibet as the Ngok and Tsen traditions and became the two primary trends that influenced much of the history of the Tibetan exegesis of the treatise. He also helped Ngok translate the text and worked with several other Tibetan translators on works that were later included in the Tibetan cannon.
Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.
Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 46. |
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 Mind's Luminous Nature |
Notes: | "As to the interpretation of Buddha-nature, on the other hand, Sajjana and rNgog hold different views, for Sajjana equates Buddha-nature with the luminous mind, which is not empty, while rNgog equates it with emptiness." Kano. K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 239. |
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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"Tathagatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature" 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.