Taranatha

Taranatha. Courtesy of Shechen Monastery.

Taranatha (Wyl. tA ra nA tha) or Kunga Nyingpo (kun dga' snying po) (1575-1634) - He was the uncle of the Fifth Dalai Lama. He wrote his most famous work, History of the Buddhism in India, in 1608.

Further Reading

• David Templeman, Taranatha's Life of Krsnacarya/Kanha, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1989
• David Templeman, 'Memories of a Past Life', in Religions of Tibet in Practice, edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., Princeton University Press, 1997
• Jo Nang Taranatha, The Origin of the Tara Tantra, translated and edited by David Templeman, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, first published in 1981, revised edition 1995.
• Lama Chimpa, Alaka Chattopadhyaya and Debiprasad Chatterji, Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India, Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1990
• Taranatha, The Essence of Other Emptiness, Snow Lion, 2007
• Taranatha, The Golden Rosary of Tara, Shang-Shung Edizioni, 1985
• Taranatha, The Life of Padmasambahava, Shang Shung Edizioni, 2005
• Taranatha, The Seven Instruction Lineages, translated and edited by David Templeman, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2002

External Links

• Taranatha page on Jonang Foundation site
• TBRC Profile