Changkya Rolpé Dorje

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Changkya Rolpé Dorje (Wyl. lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje) (1717-1786) - He was from Amdo. His seven volumes of writings include a classic work on philosophical tenets,[1] A Song on the View to which Mipham Rinpoche composed a commentary[2], and a guide to Wutai Shan.

Notes

  1. ↑ grub mtha’ thub bstan lhun po’i mdzes rgyan. Due to be translated and published by the Library of Tibetan Classics.
  2. ↑ See Karl Brunnhölzl, Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions, Snow Lion, 2007, pp. 391-427 for a translation of the root text and Mipham Rinpoche's commentary

Further Reading

  • E. Gene Smith, 'The Life of Lcang skya Rol pa'i rdo rje' in Among Tibetan Texts, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001
  • Illich, Marina, Selections from the life of a Tibetan Buddhist polymath: Chankya Rolpai Dorje (lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje), 1717-1786. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 2006.

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