Deb ther sngon po

དེབ་ཐེར་སྔོན་པོ་

deb ther sngon po

The Blue Annals

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The famous historical work by Gö Lotsawa Zhönu Pal (1392-1481), likely referenced by more scholars than any other single work. It was translated into English by G. Roerich with the help of Gendün Chöpel.

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Translations of This Text

Roerich, George N., and Gendün Chöpel. The Blue Annals. Parts 1 & 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2007. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283021/mode/2up.
Roerich, George N., and Gendün Chöpel. The Blue Annals. Parts 1 & 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1976.
Roerich, George N., and Gendün Chöpel. The Blue Annals: Part II. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2016.

Recensions of This Text

Deb ther sngon po. (The Blue Annals). Recension information:
Tibetan	'Gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal. དེབ་ཐེར་སྔོན་པོ་, (Deb ther sngon po). Deb ther sngon po, 2 Volumes. Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1984. In Bod kyi lo rgyus rnam thar phyogs bsgrigs, Vol.14 (pha) and Vol.15 (ba). Dpal brtsegs bod rnying bzhib 'jug khang. Zi ling: Mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2010-2018.

Philosophical positions of this text

Is buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?

Definitive

Does this text belong to definitive or provisional meaning?

Provisional

Do all beings have buddha-nature?

Yes

Is buddha-nature equated with emptiness or alayavijnana?

Madhyamaka

Do buddha-nature teachings belong to the zhentong or rangtong view of emptiness?

Rangtong

Are there one or three vehicles on the path to buddhahood?

1

Do the author's writings belong to the analytic or meditative tradition of Uttaratantra exegesis?

Analytic Tradition

What is Buddha-nature?

Tathāgatagarbha as the Unity of Emptiness and Luminosity

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