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Butön Rinchen Drup

Butön Rinchen Drup (Wyl. bu ston rin chen grub) (1290-1364) — a great scholar who compiled the Tibetan Buddhist canon (Kangyur). His lineage is called Shalupa after the name of the place where he mostly resided, Shalu, near Shigatsé in Central Tibet. His personal writings include a celebrated history of Buddhism.

Further Reading

  • D. S. Ruegg, The Life Of Bu Ston Rin Po Che: With The Tibetan Text Of The Bu Ston Rnam Thar, Roma, Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1966
  • Dratshadpa Rinchen Namgyal, A Handful of Flowers: A Brief Biography of Buton Rinchen Drub, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives