#jonang

The 1st Jonang Kalachakra Empowerment in Karmarong, Nepal 2016 

El Jonang ( tibetano : ཇོ་ ནང་ , Wylie : Jo-nang ) es una de las escuelas del budismo tibetano . Sus orígenes en el Tíbet se remontan al maestro de principios del siglo XII, Yumo Mikyo Dorje , pero se hizo mucho más conocido con la ayuda de Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen , un monje originalmente formado en la escuela Sakya . Se pensaba ampliamente que la escuela Jonang se había extinguido a fines del…

Essence of the Tathagatas

Jestsun Taranatha

“So, from primordial time, all that is ultimately consumed within the exalted dimensions, types of pristine awareness, qualities, and enlightened activities abides within the essence of the tathgatas. When someone becomes a Buddha, these are not then newly acquired but are merely separated from the defilements that have eclipsed them.”

[From “The Essence of Zhentong” by Jetsun…

Master Dolpopa’s Mountain Doctrine

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

This has been on my wish list for a while now. Published in 2006, this is the first English translation of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen’s masterpiece titled Mountain Doctrine wherein he gives precise teachings on the rangtong (self-emptiness) and zhentong (other-emptiness) views. I am currently re-reading The Buddha from Dolpoby Cyrus Stearns, which is excellent–both in…

kun spang thugs rje btson grus - Kunpang Thugje Tsondru founder of Jonang Monastery: b1243 [RY]

kun spangs thugs rje brtson 'grus - {kun spangs thugs rje brtson 'grus} [born in the water rabbit year of the 4th rabjung, died in the 5th rabjung's water ox year, of the lineage of yu mo mi bskyod rdo rje, des in Tsang in lha rtser dzong jo nang founded a monestary, by his student's student Dolpopa that doctrine widely increased so that Jonangpa became famous and the former gurus in that line also were much revered [IW]

khrid brgya - Tri Gya, the Hundred Instructions; one hundred meditative instructions from all traditions collected and arranged by Jonang Jets?n Kunga Dr?lchok, 1507-1566. (Can be found in the gdams ngag mdzod, vol.18) [RY]

jo nang - 1) Jonang Tradition. 2) Jonang, in Tsang [RY]

jo nang - Jonangpa. The lineage of masters of the Shentong School who were known by their monastery at Jomo Nang. They include Yumo Miky? Dorje, the founder of the school, Tukje Ts?ndr?, D?lpowa Sherab Gyaltsen and Taranatha [RY]

jo nang kun mkhyen chen po - the great omniscient master of Jonang [RY]

jo nang dgon - Jonang Monastery. [RY]

jo nang chos rje kun mkhyen chen po - the great omniscient Dharma Lord of Jonang [RY]

jo nang rje btsun chen po - the Great Jonang Jets?n [RY]

jo nang pa - Jonangpa. p.n. of a sect. [name of a Buddhist school in Tibet]; Taranatha, b. 1575 [RY]

jo nang pa - Jonangpa sect [IW]

jo nang pa - Jonangpa [RY]

jo nang pa - Jonangpa. Another name for Jets?n Taranatha [RY]

jo nang pa'i lugs - Jonangpa School [RY]

jo nang pa'i lugs - Jonangpa school [IW]

jo nang ba - Jonangpa school [in 11th century yu mo mi bskyod rdo rje founded the gzhan stong tradition, kun spangs thugs rje brtson 'grus in jo mo founded a monastery, later this lineage including dolpopa sherab gyaltsan, taranatha etc was called jo nang ba] [IW]

jo nang ba - Jonangpa school [IW]

jo mo nang - Jomo Nang; valley of the Jonangpa seat, near {lha rtse rdzong} [RY]

jo mo nang - {jo mo nang [valley of the jonangpa seat, in gzhis rtse'i khul gyi lha rtse rdzong] [IW]

rje btsun kun dga' grol mchog - 1507-1566 - Kunga Dr?lchok, Jets?n, an eminent master of the Jonang tradition [RY]

rje btsun ta ra na tha kun dga' snying po - 1575-1635 - Taranatha Kunga Nyingpo (1575-1635), the most eminent master of the Jonang tradition. [RY]

ta ra na tha - tibetan historiographer, jonang personage [JV]

don dam pa'i stong pa nyid - emptiness of the absolute [Jonangpa teaching: rang rig rang gsal free from all complexities, perfect establishment w/o relativity, truly exists as the absolute = chos nyid = chos dbyings = de bzhin nyid = don dam stong nyid] [IW]

dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan - 1292-1361, Jonang scholar [ggd] [RY]

dol po ba shes rab rgyal mtsan - Dolpopa [jonangpa and exponent of shentong, b 5th water drgon yr, d 6th iron ox, khong dang po sakya chos brgyud pa yin kyang, dgung lo 31 jo nang du phebs nas kun spangs pa'i slob ma mkhas btzun yon tan rgya mtso from him got the Kalachakra empowerment and tri, from which time the jo nang pa'i lineage begins, at 35 taking the jo nang gi gdan sa, sku 'bum mthong grol chen mo bzhengs, in the 6th wood dog yr heart son sa bzang ma ti pan chen &, tr blo gros dpal gnyis Kalachakra rgyud kyi Tibetan tr la zhu dag mdzad du bcug &, 'grel chen dri med 'od kyi ti ka abridgement, and jo nang pa'i lugs kyi gzhung nges don rgya mtso &, bka' bsdu bzhi pa, rgyud bla'i ti ka, mngon rtogs rgyan gyi 'grel pa, bstan pa'i spyi don, dbang bskur cho ga dang sgrub thabs, astr texts etc. sogs many (1292-1361) ...1320 ...(1206-1327, ...1324...1334 [IW]

phun gling - abbr. of phun tshogs gling, jonangpa monastery [JV]

phun gling - phun tshogs ling [jonangpa monastery in Tsang or 1 in Bhutan] [IW]

phun tshog gling - Phuntsoling; and Jonang; (jo nang) Ganden Phuntsoling, or Jonang Monastery, was founded by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (1292-1361), whose established his hermitage nearby, an built the Great Stupa that Gives Liberation on Sight. /by Setting Eyes upon it. The place became later the seat of the great master Jets?n Taranatha Kunga Nyingpo [RY]

phyogs las rnam rgyal - Jonang Chokley Namgyal: 1306-1386 [RY]

dbu ma gzhan stong - shentong madhyamika [omniscient Dolpopa and so forth's intention Jonangpa jo nang ba'i tradition where all relative dharmas are resolved as emptiness &, in meditation all complexities 'gog pa la khyad par med kyang, in post meditation in the case of discriminating doctrine as mere conventional assertions chos nyid de bzhin nyid yod do is said and, at the time of the ultimate analysis by reason that examines for the absolute gzung 'dzin gnyis stong gi ye shes is viewed as truly existent.] [IW]

man da ra ba - mandarava. The sutras mention mandarava flowers of various sizes. Some learned masters of the Jonang tradition hold that they are the flowers and fruits of the wishfulfilling tree. Jamdrak Rinpoche has said that this is however not the most widely accepted. [RY]

gtsang pa bstan skyong dbang po - about 17th century Tibetan ruler karma bka' brgyud kyi zhva dmar ba dang Jonangpa doctrine rgyab skyor dang dge lugs pa'i grub mtha' la sdang po byas pas in the 11th chu rta year gu shri bstan 'dzin chos rgyal gyis bzung nas bkrongs [IW]

dzam thang chos rje dgon - {dzam thang chos rje} Monastery [In si khron great region szam thang rdzong 1 of two Jonang, established by Jo nang drung bka' bzhi rin chen dpal] [IW]

dzam thang gtzang pa dgon - {dzam thang gtzang pa} monastery [in si khron great region dzam thang rdzong 1 of two large jonangpa monasteries thog mar Taranatha'i dngos slob cha lung ba ngag dbang phrin las kyi tsha bo ngag dbang bstan 'dzin rnam rgyal gyis gzim khang brtzegs and afterward gradually becoming a ruin] [IW]

gzhan stong - shentong, emptiness of other [Jonangpa view, the object, gzung ba, and perceiver 'dzin pa, are realized as nondual by gzung 'dzin gnyis med kyi ye shes. That is pefect establishment, yongs grub. Conventionally it is said to be itself non-empty but extrinsically empty of other relative dharmas of gzhan dbang and kun btags etc kun rdzob pa'i chos gzhan = emptiness of something else, extrinsic emptiness, other-emptinesslly empty of extraneous phenomena = entailing that all things of sa.ms ra are empty of their own inherent essence. there are several versions] [IW]

gzhan stong - lack of otherness, empty of other, theory entertained by the Jonangpa school [JV]

gzungs 'dus - [by the Jonangpa Taranatha from the sutras and tantras a vol. of dharanis and mantras and chos tshan] [IW]