Thupten Jinpa: Buddha-Nature and the Tension between Two Fundamental Concepts of Mahayana Thought

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Gyaltsap Je Dharma Rinchen: Commentary on the Ultimate Continuum of the Mahāyāna

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Commentary on the Uttaratantra by a preeminent Geluk scholar that was a chief disciple of the school's founder, Tsongkhapa, as well as the Sakya scholar Rendawa Zhönu Lodrö, an outspoken critic of the treatise.

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Illuminating the Intent

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Jinpa, Thupten, trans. Illuminating the Intent: An Exposition of Candrakīrti's Entering the Middle Way. By Tsongkhapa. Library of Tibetan Classics 19. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2021.

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Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows

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Jinpa, Thupten. Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2019.

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Tsongkhapa

1357 ~ 1419

Gyaltsap Je Dharma Rinchen

1364 ~ 1432

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Featuring	Thupten Jinpa, Karma Phuntsho
Creator	Tsadra Foundation
Director	Perman, M.
Producer	Tsadra Foundation
Event	Emptiness and Buddha-Nature by Thupten Jinpa: Conversations on Buddha-Nature (29 January 2022, Quebec and Bhutan)
Related Website	Buddha-Nature
Creation Date	29 January 2022
Citation	Jinpa, Thupten. "Buddha-Nature and the Tension between Two Fundamental Concepts of Mahayana Thought." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, January 29, 2022. Video, 13:02. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJFSHBff8FU.

Mahāyāna - Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion. Skt. महायान Tib. ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། Ch. 大乘

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These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

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Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

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Geluk - The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama. Tib. དགེ་ལུགས་

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śrāvaka - The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases. Skt. श्रावक Tib. ཉན་ཐོས། Ch. 聲聞

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Sakya - The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre. Tib. ས་སྐྱ་

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