ShAkya shrI

ShAkya shrI on the DRL

Authors of Tibetan Works • Tibetan Buddhist Teachers

རྟོགས་ལྡན་ཤཱཀྱ་ཤྲཱི་

Wylie	rtogs ldan shAkya shrI
English Phonetics	Tokden Shakya Shri

Dates

Birth:	1853
Death:	1919
Place of birth:	Kham

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Month
Gender	Female
Element	Water
Animal	Ox
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Nyingma

Familial Relations

Father – Naru Donden (sna ru don den, d.u.); Mother – Nyamtso Dron (nyam tsho sdron, d.u.); Son – Ngawang Choying (ngag dbang chos dbyings, d.u.); Son – Pakchok Dorje ('phags mchog rdo rje, 1893-1943)

Teachers

Mi pham rgya mtsho · 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po · 'jam mgon kong sprul · Tshogs gnyis pad+ma dri med 'od zer

Students

kun lha bstan 'dzin · bsod nams rgyal mtshan · me me bla ma bsod nams bzang po · smon lam rab bzang · Ngag dbang bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho · Lhalungpa, Lobsang

Other Biographical info:

Links

BDRC Link (P620)

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P620

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Shakya-Shri/8782

Wiki Pages

• ShAkya shrI on the DRL
• ShAkya shrI on the LIB
• ShAkya shrI on the BNW

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The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

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.