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| Both of these major works of rNgog-lo were commentaries on fundamental works of the Maitreyanātha tradition within the Yogācāra branch of Mahāyana Buddhism,<ref>Historically this was their origin, though the dGe-lugs-pa traditions considered the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra'' | | Both of these major works of rNgog-lo were commentaries on fundamental works of the Maitreyanātha tradition within the Yogācāra branch of Mahāyana Buddhism,<ref>Historically this was their origin, though the dGe-lugs-pa traditions considered the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra'' |
| to represent two different ''Madhyamaka'' philosophical positions.</ref> namely on the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra''.<ref>Besides these two commentaries, just two other works of his—very minor and brief ones—had become accessible. One is his versified epistle ''sPring yig bdud rtsi thig pa'', for which there exists the commentary by Shākya-mchog ldan, ''sPring yig.'' (See for instance D. Jackson 1987; 167 and 179, note 9.) And as previously reported in D. Jackson 1987: 148, n. 8, one brief work is a ''mDo sde rgyan gyi bsdus don'', preserved in an anthology of bKa'-gdams-pa writings edited by Don-grub-rgyal-mtshan, ''Legs par bshad pa bka' gdams rin po che'i gsung gi gces btus nor bu'i | | to represent two different ''Madhyamaka'' philosophical positions.</ref> namely on the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra''.<ref>Besides these two commentaries, just two other works of his—very minor and brief ones—had become accessible. One is his versified epistle ''sPring yig bdud rtsi thig pa'', for which there exists the commentary by Shākya-mchog ldan, ''sPring yig.'' (See for instance D. Jackson 1987; 167 and 179, note 9.) And as previously reported in D. Jackson 1987: 148, n. 8, one brief work is a ''mDo sde rgyan gyi bsdus don'', preserved in an anthology of bKa'-gdams-pa writings edited by Don-grub-rgyal-mtshan, ''Legs par bshad pa bka' gdams rin po che'i gsung gi gces btus nor bu'i |
| bang mdzod'' (New Delhi, 1985), as Leonard van der Kuijp informed me long ago. To date, no work on Buddhist logic-epistemology (Tshad-ma), one of his main scholastic interests, has yet been published, though a copy of his ''Pramāṇaviniścaya'' commentary is known to survive.</ref> The works thus reflected another aspect of his illustrious career, for in addition to—and indeed in tandem with—his importance as a great teacher, he was also of crucial significance as a composer of commentaries on the works he expounded. (Jackson, "rNgog lo-tsa-ba's Commentary of the Ratnagotravibhāga," 339–340) | | bang mdzod''. To date, no work on Buddhist logic-epistemology (Tshad-ma), one of his main scholastic interests, has yet been published, though a copy of his ''Pramāṇaviniścaya'' commentary is known to survive.</ref> The works thus reflected another aspect of his illustrious career, for in addition to—and indeed in tandem with—his importance as a great teacher, he was also of crucial significance as a composer of commentaries on the works he expounded. (Jackson, "rNgog lo-tsa-ba's Commentary of the Ratnagotravibhāga," 339–340) |
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