#taranatha

“All types of karma are tainted by the ignorance of not realizing the natural state. Ignorance leads to self-cherishing. Action that is motivated by self-cherishing becomes the cause of cyclic existence. If I wonder whether I have this affliction of ignorance, I need only examine my mind. I do not know the nature of cyclic existence, nor when or how it began. I do not know the nature of…

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…

kun mkhyen jo nang tA ra na thA kun dga' snying po - Jets?n Taranatha, Kunga Nyingpo: b1575 [RY]

kun snying - taranatha [JV]

bka' babs bdun - historical work by taranatha [JV]

khal kha rje btsun dam pa - Bogdo Gegen [the Incarnated Lama of Mongolia]; Gelukpa high tulku, 1st incarnation said to be dge slong Taranatha [RY]

dgan ldan phun tshogs ling - monastery west of Tashi lungo in Tshang where formerly Taranatha lived [IW]

dga' ldan phun tsogs gling - Ganden Phuntsok Ling [monastery in gzhis ka rtze kron chus, lha rtze rdzong, founded by Taranatha, old name rtag brtan phun tsogs gling, changed by the 5th Dalai Lama] [IW]

sgrub thabs rin 'byung brgya rtsa - Hundred Sadhanas, Source of Jewels, a collection of sadhanas gathered and arranged by Jets?n Taranatha [RY]

sgrub thabs rin 'byung brgya rtsa - collection of sadhanas gathered and arranged by Jets?n Taranatha [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 rje btsun - Taranatha, {jo nang pa} b. 1575 [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. Another name for Jets?n Taranatha [RY]

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]

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]

rje btsun thams cad mkhyen pa - the Sublime Omniscient One; Taranatha [RY]

rje btsun thams cad mkhyen pa - the sublime omniscient 1; taranatha [IW]

nam mkha'i sgo 'byed - part of the Oral Transmission of Tangtong Gyalpo; also an abhisheka text by Taranatha [RY]

nam mkha'i sgo 'byed - Opening the Door of the Sky, part of the Oral Transmission of Tangtong Gyalpo; also an abhisheka text by Taranatha [RY]

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]

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]

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

yid ches gsum ldan - Threefold Confidence, a life story of Padmasambhava by Taranatha according to Indian sources. Tibetan title: {slob dpon pad-ma'i rnam thar rgya gar lugs yid ches gsum ldan}. Included by Jamg?n Kongtr?l in the Rinchen Terdz?, Vol. KA [RY]

slob dpon pad ma'i rnam thar rgya gar lugs yi ches gsum ldan - life story of Padmasambhava according to Indian sources, composed by Taranatha [RY]

slob dpon pad ma'i rnam thar rgya gar lugs yi ches gsum ldan - life story of Padmasambhava according to Indian sources, by Taranatha [IW]