Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita's Doxographical Position: The Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po)

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Citation:	Makidono, Tomoko. "Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita's Doxographical Position: The Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po)." Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 12 (2011): 77–119.

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This paper cxplores the doctrinal position of Dge rtse Mahāpandita ’Gyur med tshe dbang mchog grub^[1] (1761-1829) namely, the Great Madhyamaka of other-emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po). Dge rtse Mahāpandita was the first of the Dge rtse reincamation lineage, and served as an abbot of the Kah thog monastery of the Rnying ma school of Tibetan Buddhism in Khams, in eastem Tibet.

Kapstein notes that “Dge-rtse Pandita, in fact, came to be regarded as an emanation of Dol-po-pa himself.” See Kapstein, 1995: 462; Steams, 2010: 356n325; Ngag dbang yon tan bzang po (1928-2002) mentions Dge rtse Mahāpandita. See Jo nang chos ’byung dang rje jo nang pa chen po ’i ring lugs, 90; Burchardi, 2007: 4; Duckworth, 2008; for biographical information relating to Dge rtse Mahāpandita, see Kaḥ thog lo rgyus, 108-111; Achard, 2003; Ronis, 2009.

[1] Kapstein notes that “Dge-rtse Pandita, in fact, came to be regarded as an emanation of Dol-po-pa himself.” See Kapstein, 1995: 462; Steams, 2010: 356n325; Ngag dbang yon tan bzang po (1928-2002) mentions Dge rtse Mahāpandita. See Jo nang chos ’byung dang rje jo nang pa chen po ’i ring lugs, 90; Burchardi, 2007: 4; Duckworth, 2008; for biographical information relating to Dge rtse Mahāpandita, see Kaḥ thog lo rgyus, 108-111; Achard, 2003; Ronis, 2009.

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Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita's Doxographical Position: The Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po)

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