Sopa, Lhundub

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English Phonetics	Geshe Lhundub Sopa

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

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Buddha Nature Project

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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All beings have Buddha-nature
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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?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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Names

Tibetan: ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བཟོད་པ།
Wylie:

• lhun grub bzod pa
  
• lHun grub bzod pa
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Lhundub Sopa
  
• Lhundup Sopa
  
• Lhundrup Sopa
  
• Geshe Lhundub Sopa
  

Dates

Born 1923, Tsang, Tibet

Affiliation

Deer Park Center

Other Biographical Information

• Wikipedia Entry

• Biography in the dedication section of Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre

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.