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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".


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 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go Lotsawa Scholars of Buddhism from Tibet Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet 1392 births 1481 deaths 15th-century historians 15th-century Tibetan people Tibetan historians