བཙན་ལུགས་ btsan lugs
Tibetan - Noun
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Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.
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Also known as the "meditative tradition" (sgom lugs), this form of exegesis was primarily concerned with the practical application of the teachings contained in the Uttaratantra as a means to experience buddha-nature for oneself. However, both the Tsen Tradition and its opposing counterpart, the Ngok Tradition, reportedly came from a single source, the Kashmiri scholar-yogi Sajjana.
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བཙན་ལུགས་
btsan lugs
tsen luk
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As cited in Kano 2006 (see Appendix H, p. 624), according to Jamgön Kongtrul's commentary on the Uttaratantra, The Unassailable Lion's Roar, the lineage of the Tsen Tradition is:
- Sajjana
- gZus dga' ba'i rdo rje
- bTsan dri med shes rab
- Rang byung rdo rje
- Karma dkon gzhon
- Karma phrin las pa
- 'Gos gZhon nu dpal
- Dol po pa
- Tāranātha
- Chos kyi don grub
- Kun zhig Chos kyi byung gnas
- lHa lung karma bstan 'phel
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Tibetan
Topic
Meditative Tradition
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