Kunzang Pelden

Kenchen Kunzang Pelden (T. mkhan chen kun bzang dpal ldan), a.k.a. Khenpo Kunpal, was a scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a close disciple of Patrul Rinpoche from a young age, and also studied with many other learned masters.

Samten Chhosphel states:

He attended Dza Patrul's teachings on the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra during a six-month course at Dzogchen Monastery, probably before 1884 (the year of Patrul's last teaching). At the request of the Third Katok Situ, Chokyi Gyatso (... 1880-1925), he composed his famous and widely-studied commentary on the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, entitled Jamyang Lamai Zhelung Dudtsi Tikpa (jam dbyangs bla ma'i zhal lung bdud rtsi'i thig pa) based on the notes he took during these teachings; he supplemented his work with additional commentary from Patrul's other students, mainly Ju Mipam and Orgyen Tendzin Norbu. This work has been translated into English and published as The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech: A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva. With this work, he is credited with preserving the tradition of Dza Patrul's oral commentary on Śāntideva's text.

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In addition to his famous commentary on the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, his collected works also include detailed biographies of Dza Patrul and Ju Mipam, a commentary on Mipam's Beacon of Certainty (nges shes rin po che'i sgron me rtsa 'grel); and an Introductory Explanation of the Prātimokṣa (so thar 'dul ba'i gleng gzhi). He also helped to compile the writings of Ju Mipam and Shechen Gyeltsab Pema Namgyel.

Further reading

• Kunzang Pelden, Treasury of Lives

• Kun bzang dpal ldan, Tsadra Commons
• Khenpo Kunzang Palden Series, Lotsawa House
• Khenpo Kunzang Palden, Rigpa Shedra Wiki