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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Cabezón, José. ''Rong ston Shākya rgyal mtshan on Mâdhyamika Thesislessness''. In: TS7 vol. 1, pp. 97-105. | *Cabezón, José. ''Rong ston Shākya rgyal mtshan on Mâdhyamika Thesislessness''. In: TS7 vol. 1, pp. 97-105. | ||
*Jackson, David P. (ed.) ''Rong-ston on the Prajñāpāramitā Philosophy of the Abhisamayālaṃkara'', Kyoto | *Jackson, David P. (ed.) ''Rong-ston on the Prajñāpāramitā Philosophy of the Abhisamayālaṃkara'', (Biblia Tibetica 2), Nagata-Bunshodo (Kyoto 1988). pp. i-xxiv | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Rongtön Sheja Kunrig (Wyl. rong ston shes bya kun rig) aka Shakya Gyaltsen (Wyl. shākya rgyal mtshan) (1367-1449) — one of the greatest scholars of the Sakya school, and indeed in all Tibetan history, who, like his principal teacher Yaktön Sangye Pal, is especially renowned for his mastery of the prajnaparamita teachings and the text of the Abhisamayalankara. He taught at the great Sangphu Neuthog, and founded his own monastery of Nalendra in 1436. His most famous disciples were Shakya Chokden and Gorampa Sönam Senge.
Further Reading
- Cabezón, José. Rong ston Shākya rgyal mtshan on Mâdhyamika Thesislessness. In: TS7 vol. 1, pp. 97-105.
- Jackson, David P. (ed.) Rong-ston on the Prajñāpāramitā Philosophy of the Abhisamayālaṃkara, (Biblia Tibetica 2), Nagata-Bunshodo (Kyoto 1988). pp. i-xxiv