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'bri gung skyob pa;DRIKUNG KYOBPA;drikung kyobpa;(1143-1217) The founder of Drikung Monastery and of the Drikung Kagyu school. +
lhas byin;DEVADATTA;devadatta;A cousin of Shakyamuni Buddha whose extreme jealousy prevented him from receiving any benefit from the Buddha's teachings. +
'brom ston;DROMTÖN;dromtön;Atisha's renowned Tibetan lay disciple (1004-1064). He built the monastery of Reting (rwa greng). which became the center of the Kadampa tradition. +
yon tan 'od;GUNAPRABHA;gunaprabha;(4th century C.E.) A disciple of Vasubandhu and great authority on the Vinaya, he composed the celebrated Vinaya-sutra ('dul ba'i mdo rtsa). +
chos kyi dbyings;DHARMADHATU;dharmadhatu;The expanse of ultimate reality. +
'jam dpal rgyal mtshan 'od zer;ARIK GESHE JAMPEL GYALTSEN OZER;arik geshe jampel gyaltsen ozer;(1726-1803) An important Gelug scholar of Ragya Monastery, who ordained Shabkar in 1801. +
mkhas grub rje dge legs dpal bzang;KHEDRUP JE;khedrup je;(1385-1438) One of the two most important disciples (the other being Gyaltsap Je) of Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa school. +
BUDDHA DIPAMKARA;buddha dipamkara;A Buddha who appeared in remote antiquity. During his lifetime the ascetic Sumedha (who was reborn many kalpas later as Shakyamuni Buddha) resolved to attain enlightenment. +
rang sangs rgyas;PRATYEKABUDDHA;pratyekabuddha;A "solitary Buddha," one who, without relying on a teacher, attains the cessation of suffering by meditating on the twelve links of dependent arising. Pratyekabuddhas realize the no-self of the person and go halfway to realizing the no-self of phenomena. In other words, they realize the no-self of perceived phenomena but not that of the perceiving mind. +
rwa greng khri chen blo bzang ye shes bstan pa rab rgyas;RETING TRICHEN;reting trichen;(1759-1816) The second throne holder and abbot of the monastery of Reting, founded by Atisha's great disciple Dromtönpa. +
'phag pa;ARYA;arya;Lit. superior, sublime, or noble one. One who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. +
rgyang 'phen pa;MATERIALISTS or CHARVAKAS;materialists or charvakas;Name of the ancient Indian philosophical school professing materialistic nihilism. The Charvakas denied the law of karma and the existence of past and future lives. +
nyag bla pad ma bdud 'dul;NYAKLA PEMA DUDUL;nyakla pema dudul;(1816-1872) A celebrated master from Nyarong in the east of Tibet, who accomplished the rainbow body. +
bka' gdams pa;KADAMPA;kadampa;Inspired by Atisha and founded by his disdple Dromtön, this school placed great emphasis on the mindtraining teaching of bodhichitta and pure observance of ethical discipline. It exerted a decisive influence on the entire Tibetan tradition. +
GURU RINPOCHE;guru rinpoche;The name by which Guru Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, is commonly known in Tibet. He was predicted by Shakyamuni Buddha as the one who would propagate the teachings of the Secret Mantra. Invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen in the eighth century, he succeeded in definitively establishing there the Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra. +
mya ngan las 'das pa chen po'i mdo;MAHAPARINIRVANA-SUTRA;mahaparinirvana-sutra;A Mahayana sutra of the ultimate meaning belonging to the third turning of the Dharma wheel and expounding the doctrine of the tathagatagarbha. +
GAMPOPA;gampopa;(1079-1153) Also known as Dhakpo Lharje, Gampopa trained as a doctor before becoming a monk in the Kadampa tradition. He eventually met his root teacher, Milarepa, whose principal disciple he was to become and from whom he received the transmission of the Six Yogas of Naropa. Unifying the monastic and yogic paths, Gampopa exerted a decisive influence over the Kagyu tradition. +
sa skya pa;SAKYAPA;sakyapa;One of the new translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Khön Könchog Gyalpo and associated with the great monastery of Sakya. The Sakya Lamas were, for a time, the rulers of Tibet. +
bka' 'gyur;KANGYUR;kangyur;The canonical collection of sutras and tantras translated into Tibetan. +
rgod tshang pa sna tshogs rang grol;GOTSANGPA NATSOK RANGDROL;gotsangpa natsok rangdrol;(1608-?) Also known as Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, he was a disciple of the famous tertön Jatsön Nyingpo. A highly accomplished meditator and outstanding scholar in both the teachings of the Kagyu and Nyingma schools, he received the name of Gotsangpa (dweller in the vulture's nest) because of his long retreats in the mountain caves and hermitages of the great Drukpa Kagyu master Gotsang Gonpo Dorje. His discipline was immaculate, and it is said that he never tasted a single drop of alcohol. +
