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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 "
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
Chapter summaries from The Tibetan and Himalayan Library
TBRC P318 'gos lo ts'a ba gzhon nu dpalGö Lotsawa Shyönnu Pal
Rigpa Wiki * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go Lotsawa Scholars of Buddhism from Tibet Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet 1392 births 1481 deaths 14th-century Tibetan people 15th-century Tibetan people Tibetan historians
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
The ''Blue Annals'' (), completed in 1476, written by Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel (, 1392–1481), is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked ecumenism, ecumenical (Rimé movement) view, focusing on the dissemination of various sectarian spiritual t ...
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Life and achievements
He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas. He was a student of the fifth Karmapa Lama,Deshin Shekpa
Deshin Shekpa () (1384–1415), also Deshin Shegpa, Dezhin Shekpa and Dezhin Shegpa, was the fifth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu, a subschool of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.
Deshin Shekpa was born in Nyang Dam in the south of ...
(1384-1415), from whom he received the ''bodhisattva precepts'', as well as Tsongkhapa
Tsongkhapa ('','' meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Budd ...
, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Dönden
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(1416-1453).
He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the Blue Annals
The ''Blue Annals'' (), completed in 1476, written by Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel (, 1392–1481), is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked ecumenism, ecumenical (Rimé movement) view, focusing on the dissemination of various sectarian spiritual t ...
.
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. * Khrul-sel'', written in 1442-1443. * His wrote a commentary on the '' Ratnagotravibhaga'' which extensively explored and contrastedBuddha-nature
Buddha-nature refers to several related Mahayana Buddhist terms, including '' tathata'' ("suchness") but most notably ''tathāgatagarbha'' and ''buddhadhātu''. ''Tathāgatagarbha'' means "the womb" or "embryo" (''garbha'') of the "thus-gone ...
, described by Mathes (2008).Mathes, Klaus-Dieter (2008). ''A Direct Path to the Buddha Within: Gö Lotsāwa's Mahāmudra Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhāga''. Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, Inc.
Footnotes
Sources
*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
Chapter summaries from The Tibetan and Himalayan Library
External links
TBRC P318 'gos lo ts'a ba gzhon nu dpal
Rigpa Wiki * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go Lotsawa Scholars of Buddhism from Tibet Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet 1392 births 1481 deaths 14th-century Tibetan people 15th-century Tibetan people Tibetan historians