Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa (; 1504–1566), the second
Nenang Pawo
Nenang Pawo is one of the highest lamas of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Pawos form a lineage of tulkus, of which the first was born in 1440. They were traditionally the heads of Nenang Monastery in Ü-Tsang.
Recent Pawos
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, was a Tibetan
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
of the
Karma Kagyu
Karma Kagyu (), or Kamtsang Kagyu (), is a widely practiced and probably the second-largest lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The lineage has long-standing monasteries in Tibet, China, Russia, Mon ...
. He was a disciple of
Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama
Mikyö Dorje (, 1507–1554) was the eighth Karmapa, head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Biography
Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, Kham. According to the legend, he said after being born: "I am Karmapa." and was recognized by Tai Sit ...
. He was the author of the famous ''mkhas pa'i dga' ston'', ''
A Scholar's Feast'', addressing history of Buddhism in India and its spread in Tibet, as well as the history of Tibet.
[Samten Chhosphel,]
Second Pawo, Tsuklak Trengwa
" Treasury of Lives, accessed Aug. 9, 2013.
In 1565, a year before his death, he wrote a detailed commentary of the ''
Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
The ''Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra'' or ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' ( sa, बोधिसत्त्वाचर्यावतार; Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་ ''b ...
'' ().
His dharma histories were cited by the 4th Drikung Chetsang, Tenzin Peme Gyaltsen (1770–1826) in ''The Golden Garland of the Throne Lineage (Denrab Chöjung Serthreng, gdan rabs chos byung gser phreng)''.
Works
* The Chojung Khepai Gaton, or Scholars Feast (chos 'byung khas pa'i dga' ston), a renowned Tibetan religious history of Buddhism in India and its diffusion in Tibet, with particular emphasis on the
Karma Kagyu
Karma Kagyu (), or Kamtsang Kagyu (), is a widely practiced and probably the second-largest lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The lineage has long-standing monasteries in Tibet, China, Russia, Mon ...
tradition.
* Works on history, medicine, astrology, general Buddhism
Works in Worldcat
References
* Chos kyi 'byung gnas. 1990. Dpa' bo gnyis pa/ rgyal ba gtsug lag phreng ba. In Ta'i si tu pa kun mkhyen chos kyi 'byu gnas bstan pa'i nyin byed kyi bka' 'bum. Vol. 12, pp. 55–63. Sansal: Pelpung sungrab nyamso khang.
* Grags pa 'byungs gnas and Blo bzang mkhas grub. 1992. Gangs can mkhas sgrub rim byon ming mdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pp. 995–996.
* Gtsug lag phreng ba. N.d. Dge slong gtsug lag phreng ba rang nyid kyi rtogs pa brjod pa 'khrul pa'i bzhin ras 'char ba'i me long.
* Mi nyag mgon po. 1996–2000. Dpa' bo gtsug lag phreng ba'i rnam thar mdor bsdus. In Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus, Vol. 1, pp. 237–242. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang.
External links
Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa Index of Collected Works
* Samten Chhosphel,
Second Pawo, Tsuklak Trengwa" Treasury of Lives
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Nenang Pawos
Tibetan historians
Karma Kagyu lamas
1504 births
1566 deaths