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| − | Buton Rinchen Drub (Tibetan: བུ་སྟོན་རིན་ཆེན་གྲུབ་, Wylie: Bu-ston Rin-chen Grub), (1290-1364), 11th Abbot of [[Shalu Monastery]], was a fourteenth century [[Sakya]] master and [[Tibetan Buddhist]] leader (Kinship Relations: rgyal mtshan dpal bzang Father - bsod nams 'bum Mother). Shalu was the first of the major monasteries to be built by noble families of the Tsang Dynasty during Tibet's great revival of [[Buddhism]], and was an important center of the [[Sakya]] tradition. Buton was not merely a capable administrator but he is remembered to this very day as a prodigious scholar and writer and is Tibet's most celebrated historian. Buton catalogued all of the Buddhist scriptures at Shalu, some 4,569 religious and philosophical works and formatted them in a logical, coherent order. He wrote the famous book, the History of Buddhism in India and Tibet at Shalu which many Tibetan scholars utilize in their study today. | + | [[Buton Rinchen Drub]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|[[བུ་སྟོན་རིན་ཆེན་གྲུབ་]]}}, Wylie: [[Bu-ston Rin-chen Grub]]), (1290-1364), 11th [[Abbot]] of [[Shalu Monastery]], was a fourteenth century [[Sakya]] [[master]] and [[Tibetan Buddhist]] leader (Kinship Relations: [[rgyal mtshan dpal bzang]] Father - [[bsod nams 'bum]] Mother). [[Shalu]] was the first of the major [[monasteries]] to be built by [[noble]] families of the [[Tsang Dynasty]] during {{Wiki|Tibet's}} great revival of [[Buddhism]], and was an important center of the [[Sakya]] [[tradition]]. [[Buton]] was not merely a capable administrator but he is remembered to this very day as a [[prodigious]] [[scholar]] and writer and is {{Wiki|Tibet's}} most celebrated historian. [[Buton]] catalogued all of the [[Buddhist scriptures]] at [[Shalu]], some 4,569 [[religious]] and [[philosophical]] works and formatted them in a [[logical]], coherent order. He wrote the famous [[book]], the [[History of Buddhism in India]] and [[Tibet]] at [[Shalu]] which many [[Tibetan]] [[scholars]] utilize in their study today. |
| − | After his death he strongly influenced the development of esoteric studies and psychic training in Tibet for centuries. The purpose of his works were not to cultivate paranormal magical abilities but to attain philosophical enlightenment, a belief that all earthly | + | After his [[death]] he strongly influenced the development of [[esoteric]] studies and [[psychic]] training in [[Tibet]] for centuries. The purpose of his works were not to cultivate paranormal [[magical]] {{Wiki|abilities}} but to attain [[philosophical]] [[enlightenment]], a [[belief]] that all [[earthly]] phenomena are a state of the [[mind]]. He remains to this day one of the most important [[Tibetan]] {{Wiki|historians}} and [[Buddhist]] writers in the history of [[Buddhism]] and [[Tibet]] |
| − | Panchen Sönam Drakpa (1478-1554), the fifteenth abbot of [[Ganden monastery]], became known as an incarnation of the great lama and historian, Bütön Rinchen Drupa. | + | [[Panchen Sönam Drakpa]] (1478-1554), the fifteenth [[abbot]] of [[Ganden monastery]], became known as an [[incarnation]] of the great [[lama]] and historian, [[Bütön Rinchen Drupa]]. |
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Buton Rinchen Drub (Tibetan: བུ་སྟོན་རིན་ཆེན་གྲུབ་, Wylie: Bu-ston Rin-chen Grub), (1290-1364), 11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery, was a fourteenth century Sakya master and Tibetan Buddhist leader (Kinship Relations: rgyal mtshan dpal bzang Father - bsod nams 'bum Mother). Shalu was the first of the major monasteries to be built by noble families of the Tsang Dynasty during Tibet's great revival of Buddhism, and was an important center of the Sakya tradition. Buton was not merely a capable administrator but he is remembered to this very day as a prodigious scholar and writer and is Tibet's most celebrated historian. Buton catalogued all of the Buddhist scriptures at Shalu, some 4,569 religious and philosophical works and formatted them in a logical, coherent order. He wrote the famous book, the History of Buddhism in India and Tibet at Shalu which many Tibetan scholars utilize in their study today.
After his death he strongly influenced the development of esoteric studies and psychic training in Tibet for centuries. The purpose of his works were not to cultivate paranormal magical abilities but to attain philosophical enlightenment, a belief that all earthly phenomena are a state of the mind. He remains to this day one of the most important Tibetan historians and Buddhist writers in the history of Buddhism and Tibet
Panchen Sönam Drakpa (1478-1554), the fifteenth abbot of Ganden monastery, became known as an incarnation of the great lama and historian, Bütön Rinchen Drupa.
