
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".
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
Tsongkhapa ( Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, '','' 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 format ...
, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa,
Thongwa Dönden (1416-1453).
He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the
Blue Annals.
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 contrasted
Buddha-nature
In Buddhist philosophy and soteriology, Buddha-nature ( Chinese: , Japanese: , , Sanskrit: ) is the innate potential for all sentient beings to become a Buddha or the fact that all sentient beings already have a pure Buddha-essence within ...
, 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
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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 dpalGö Lotsawa Shyönnu Pal Rigpa Wiki
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Scholars of Buddhism from Tibet
Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet
1392 births
1481 deaths
15th-century historians
15th-century Tibetan people
Tibetan historians