Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

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Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (Tib. དོལ་པོ་པ་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan) (1292-1361) is often credited with founding the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a great exponent of the Shentong view, which he set forth in his writings such as his famous Mountain Dharma (Richö).

Further Reading

  • Cyrus Stearns, The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, State University of New York Press, 1999
  • Naomi Worth, The Innovations of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Seen Through His Life Story and Collected Works
  • Dolpopa's Ocean of Definitive Meaning, in translation by Ives Waldo, is available for free download here

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