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'''Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen | [[File:Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen.png|frame|Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen]] | ||
'''Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen''' (Tib. བླ་མ་དམ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. ''bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan'') aka '''Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen''' (1312-1375) was the author of the famous historical work known as ''[[The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology]]'' (''rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long''). Among his teachers were [[Butön Rinchen Drup]], from whom he received the empowerment of [[Kalachakra]], and Drakpukpa Sönam Pal. He was a teacher of both [[Jé Tsongkhapa]] and [[Longchenpa]]. He wrote a famous commentary on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' in 1338. | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen, ''The Clear Mirror: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age'', translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996 | |||
*Sørensen, P.K., ''Tibetan Buddhist Historiography: The Mirror Illuminating the Royal Genealogies. An Annotated Translation of the XIVth Century Chronicle rGyal-rabs gsal-ba'i me-long'', Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994 | |||
==External Links== | |||
*{{TBRC|P1226|TBRC Profile}} | |||
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Lama-Dampa-Sonam-Gyeltsen-Pelzangpo/2491 Biography at Treasury of Lives] | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Sakya Masters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:47, 27 February 2017
Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen (Tib. བླ་མ་དམ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan) aka Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen (1312-1375) was the author of the famous historical work known as The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology (rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long). Among his teachers were Butön Rinchen Drup, from whom he received the empowerment of Kalachakra, and Drakpukpa Sönam Pal. He was a teacher of both Jé Tsongkhapa and Longchenpa. He wrote a famous commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara in 1338.
Further Reading
- Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen, The Clear Mirror: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age, translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996
- Sørensen, P.K., Tibetan Buddhist Historiography: The Mirror Illuminating the Royal Genealogies. An Annotated Translation of the XIVth Century Chronicle rGyal-rabs gsal-ba'i me-long, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994
