Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel
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gZhon-nu-dpal (1392-1481), also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba (full name: Yid-bzang-rtse gZhon-nu-dpal) was a famous Tibetan historian and scholar, known as the author of the Blue Annals.[1]
Life and achievements
He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas. He was a student of the fifth Karmapa Lama, Deshin Shekpa (1384-1415), from whom he received the bodhisattva precepts, as well as Tsongkhapa, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Dönden (1416-1453).[2] He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the Blue Annals.[3][4]
Works
- His most famous work, the "Blue Annals" (Deb-ther sngon-po), was completed in 1478, near the end of his life, and the text was dictated by him to some of his attendants.[5]
- 'Khrul-sel, written in 1442-1443.[6]
- His wrote a commentary on the Ratnagotravibhaga which extensively explored and contrasted Buddha-nature, described by Mathes (2008).[7]
Footnotes
- ↑
Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel, Treasury of Lives
- ↑ TBRC P318
- ↑ Roerich, George (1949). The Blue Annals. Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. 1976, p. ii.
- ↑ Snellgrove, David (1987). Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors. Volume Two: p. 396. Boston, USA: Shambhala Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-87773-379-1 (v.2).
- ↑ Roerich (1949), p. ii.
- ↑ Vostrikov, A. I. (1970). Tibetan Historical Literature, pp. 31, 104-107. Translated from the Russian by Harish Chandra Gupta. Indian Studies Past & Present. Calcutta.
- ↑ Mathes, Klaus-Dieter (2008). A Direct Path to the Buddha Within: Gö Lotsāwa's Mahāmudra Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga. Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-86171-528-4
Sources
- Roerich, George N.; Gedun Choepel (1949). The Blue Annals (1998 reprint ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-0471-6.
Further reading
- Van der Kuijp, Leonard W. J. “On the Composition and Printings of the Deb gter sngon po by ’Gos lo tsā ba gzhon nu dpal.” JIATS, no. 2 (August 2006): 1-46.
- Van der Kuijp, Leonard. The Names of 'Gos Lo tsā ba Gzhon nu dpal (1392-1481), in Prats, Ramon (ed.) The Pandita and the Siddha: Tibetan Studies in Honour of E. Gene Smith. Amnye Machen Institute
- The Blue Annals. Chapter summaries from The Tibetan and Himalayan Library
- G. Roerich, trans., The Blue Annals, New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1979
- Klaus-Dieter Mathes, A Direct Path to the Buddha Within: Go Lotsawa's Mahamudra Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga, Wisdom Publications, 2008
External links
- Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel, Treasury of Lives
Gö Lotsawa Shyönnu Pal, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
TBRC Profile
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