dbying gnyen;Vasubandhu;vasubandhu;vasubandhu;(ca. 350) One of the Six Ornaments, great scholar of the Vaibhāsika and Sautrāntika schools, author of the ''Abhidharmakośa''. Later on, he was converted to the Mahāyāna by his brother Asaṅga and became, along with him, one of the founders of the Yogācāra school;he was abbot of Nālanda. +
karma pa;Karmapa;karmapa;The first Karmapa, Tusum Khyenpa (1110-1193), was the disciple of Gampopa (1079-1153) and founded Tsurphu monastery. The succession of Karmapas is at the heart of the Karma-Kagyu, or Kamtshang-Kagyu, lineage. From the second, Karma Pakshi (1204-1283) to the fifth, Deshin Shekpa (1384-1415), the Karmapas were spiritual guides of the emperor of China. The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), was a remarkable scholar and adept who dso played an important role in the Nyingma lineage. The lineage of Karmapas proceeded without interruption until the seventeenth century. The sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa was Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1982);his fame caused him to be more generally recognized as the head of the Kagyu school as a whole. The seventeenth Karmapa was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and by Tai Situpa in the person of an eight-year-old child who was enthroned at Tsurphu monastery in Tibet in September 1992. Karmapa signifies "he who translates enlightened activity into works." The Karmapas are recognized as emanations of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion. +
gsang ba 'dus pa;Guhyasamāja;guhyasamāja;guhyasamāja;Name of a deity (yidam) and tantra of the father lineage in anuttarayogatantra. He is part of the maṇḍala of deities of the five tantras (rgyud sde lha lnga). See Shangpa-Kagyu. +