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| − | '''[[Geshe]] [[Langri Tangpa]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[གླང་རི་ཐང་པ།]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[glang ri thang pa]]) (1054–1123) is an important figure in the [[lineage]] of the [[Kadampa]] and [[Gelug]] schools of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He was born in {{Wiki|Central Tibet}}, as [[Dorje Senge]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྡོ་རྗེ་ སེང་གེ]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[rdo rje seng ge]]). His [[name]] derives from ''{{Wiki|Langtang}}'', the area in which he is said to have lived. He was a [[Kadampa | + | '''[[Geshe]] [[Langri Tangpa]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[གླང་རི་ཐང་པ།]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[glang ri thang pa]]) (1054–1123) is an important figure in the [[lineage]] of the [[Kadampa]] and [[Gelug]] schools of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He was born in {{Wiki|Central Tibet}}, as [[Dorje Senge]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྡོ་རྗེ་ སེང་གེ]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[rdo rje seng ge]]). His [[name]] derives from ''{{Wiki|Langtang}}'', the area in which he is said to have lived. He was a [[Kadampa master]], and [[disciple]] of [[Potowa]].<ref>[http://www.thdl.org/tibetan/servlet/org.thdl.tib.scanner.OnLineScannerFilter?thdlBanner=on Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library Online Dictionary], {{Nolinking|search "[[glang ri thang pa]]"}}</ref> |
| − | In the [[2nd water bird]] year he founded [[Langtang Monastery]] ({{BigTibetan|[[གླང་ཐང་]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[glang thang]]), as a [[Kadampa | + | In the [[2nd water bird]] year he founded [[Langtang Monastery]] ({{BigTibetan|[[གླང་ཐང་]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[glang thang]]), as a [[Kadampa monastery]]. It later became a [[Sakya monastery]].<ref>[http://www.thdl.org/tibetan/servlet/org.thdl.tib.scanner.OnLineScannerFilter?thdlBanner=on Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library Online Dictionary], {{Nolinking|search "[[glang thang]]"}}</ref> |
He was the author of ''[[Eight Verses of Training the Mind]]'' ( {{BigTibetan|[[བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་བརྒྱད་མ།]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[blo sbyong tshigs brgyad ma]]), considered a succinct summary of the [[Lojong]] ({{BigTibetan|[[བློ་སྦྱོང་]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[blo sbyong]]) teachings of [[Mahayana Buddhism]]. He is said to be an [[emanation]] of [[Buddha Amitābha]]. | He was the author of ''[[Eight Verses of Training the Mind]]'' ( {{BigTibetan|[[བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་བརྒྱད་མ།]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[blo sbyong tshigs brgyad ma]]), considered a succinct summary of the [[Lojong]] ({{BigTibetan|[[བློ་སྦྱོང་]]}} ; [[wylie]]: [[blo sbyong]]) teachings of [[Mahayana Buddhism]]. He is said to be an [[emanation]] of [[Buddha Amitābha]]. | ||
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{{Nolinking|* [[Geshe Chekhawa]], author of ''Training the Mind in Seven Points'', an explanation of Lojong | {{Nolinking|* [[Geshe Chekhawa]], author of ''Training the Mind in Seven Points'', an explanation of Lojong | ||
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* His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ''Transforming the Mind: Eight Verses on Generating Compassion and Transforming your Life'', Thorsons (2000) ISBN 0-7225-3865-0 PB | * His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ''Transforming the Mind: Eight Verses on Generating Compassion and Transforming your Life'', Thorsons (2000) ISBN 0-7225-3865-0 PB | ||
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* [[Lojong]] (Mind training)}} | * [[Lojong]] (Mind training)}} | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | * [[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso]]: ''Eight Steps to | + | |
| − | * [http://www.buddhadharma.org/EightVerses Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses for Training the Mind] | + | * [[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso]]: ''[[Eight Steps to Happiness]]'', [[Tharpa]], 2000. (ISBN 0948006 65 x) |
| + | * [http://www.buddhadharma.org/EightVerses [[Langri Tangpa's]] [[Eight Verses for Training the Mind]] | ||
* [http://www.thdl.org/tibetan/servlet/org.thdl.tib.scanner.OnLineScannerFilter?thdlBanner=on Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library Online Dictionary] | * [http://www.thdl.org/tibetan/servlet/org.thdl.tib.scanner.OnLineScannerFilter?thdlBanner=on Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library Online Dictionary] | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 24 February 2017
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Geshe Langri Tangpa (གླང་རི་ཐང་པ། ; wylie: glang ri thang pa) (1054–1123) is an important figure in the lineage of the Kadampa and Gelug schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Central Tibet, as Dorje Senge (རྡོ་རྗེ་ སེང་གེ ; wylie: rdo rje seng ge). His name derives from Langtang, the area in which he is said to have lived. He was a Kadampa master, and disciple of Potowa.[1]
In the 2nd water bird year he founded Langtang Monastery (གླང་ཐང་ ; wylie: glang thang), as a Kadampa monastery. It later became a Sakya monastery.[2]
He was the author of Eight Verses of Training the Mind ( བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་བརྒྱད་མ། ; wylie: blo sbyong tshigs brgyad ma), considered a succinct summary of the Lojong (བློ་སྦྱོང་ ; wylie: blo sbyong) teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. He is said to be an emanation of Buddha Amitābha.
Footnotes
See also
- Geshe Chekhawa, author of Training the Mind in Seven Points, an explanation of Lojong
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Transforming the Mind: Eight Verses on Generating Compassion and Transforming your Life, Thorsons (2000) ISBN 0-7225-3865-0 PB
- Lojong (Mind training)
Sources
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso: Eight Steps to Happiness, Tharpa, 2000. (ISBN 0948006 65 x)
- [http://www.buddhadharma.org/EightVerses Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses for Training the Mind
- Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library Online Dictionary
