Blue Udder
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The Blue Udder (T. Be’u bum sngon po) is a Kadampa text on the stages of the path as taught by Potowa.[1] The text is attributed to Dölpa Sherab Gyatso (a.k.a. Dol pa dMar zhur pa; 1059–1131).[2][3]
Sweet and Zwilling (2001) state:
- An udder, literally “calf’s flask” (be’u bum) is a metonym for a book, for like an udder, a book gives nourishment. Geshe Dol pa, the author of The Blue Udder root text was a disciple of Po to ba (1031–1105), one of the principal disciples of ’Brom. ’Chad kha ba had also been at one time a pupil of Dol pa; see The Blue Annals, tr. by George Roerich (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976): Vol. 1, 273.[4]
Notes
- ↑
བེའུ་བུམ་སྔོན་པོ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Thupten Jinpa 2005, fn. 515.
- ↑ Lhundub Sopa, Sweet & Zwilling 2001, "Historical and Thematic Introduction" (by Sweet and Zwilling).
- ↑ Lhundub Sopa, Sweet & Zwilling 2001, "Historical and Thematic Introduction" (by Sweet and Zwilling), fn. 12.
Sources
- Thupten Jinpa, ed. (2005), Mind Training: The Great Collection, Boston: Wisdom Publications
- Lhundub Sopa, Geshe; Sweet, Micheal J.; Zwilling, Leonard (2001), Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind, Boston: Wisdom Publications