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'''Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan'') aka '''Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen''' (1312-1375) was the author of the famous historical work known as ''[[The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology]]'' (''rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long''). Among his teachers were [[Butön Rinchen Drup]], from whom he received the empowerment of [[Kalachakra]], and Drakpukpa Sönam Pal. He was a teacher of both [[Jé Tsongkhapa]] and [[Longchenpa]].  He wrote a famous commentary on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' in 1338.
'''Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen''' (Tib. བླ་མ་དམ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. ''bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan'') aka '''Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen''' (1312-1375) was the author of the famous historical work known as ''[[The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology]]'' (''rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long''). Among his teachers were [[Butön Rinchen Drup]], from whom he received the empowerment of [[Kalachakra]], and Drakpukpa Sönam Pal. He was a teacher of both [[Jé Tsongkhapa]] and [[Longchenpa]].  He wrote a famous commentary on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' in 1338.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P1226|TBRC Profile}}
*{{TBRC|P1226|TBRC Profile}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Lama-Dampa-Sonam-Gyeltsen-Pelzangpo/2491 Biography at Treasury of Lives]


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Sakya Masters]]
[[Category:Sakya Masters]]

Latest revision as of 04:47, 27 February 2017

Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen

Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen (Tib. བླ་མ་དམ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan) aka Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen (1312-1375) was the author of the famous historical work known as The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology (rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long). Among his teachers were Butön Rinchen Drup, from whom he received the empowerment of Kalachakra, and Drakpukpa Sönam Pal. He was a teacher of both Jé Tsongkhapa and Longchenpa. He wrote a famous commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara in 1338.

Further Reading

  • Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen, The Clear Mirror: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age, translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996
  • Sørensen, P.K., Tibetan Buddhist Historiography: The Mirror Illuminating the Royal Genealogies. An Annotated Translation of the XIVth Century Chronicle rGyal-rabs gsal-ba'i me-long, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994

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