Changkya Rolpé Dorje

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Changkya Rolpé Dorje

Changkya Rolpé Dorje (Wyl. lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje) (1717-1786) - He was from Amdo. His seven volumes of writings include a classic work on philosophical tenets,[1] A Song on the View to which Mipham Rinpoche composed a commentary[2], and a guide to Wutai Shan.

Notes

  1. grub mtha’ thub bstan lhun po’i mdzes rgyan. Due to be translated and published by the Library of Tibetan Classics.
  2. See Karl Brunnhölzl, Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions, Snow Lion, 2007, pp. 391-427 for a translation of the root text and Mipham Rinpoche's commentary

Further Reading

  • E. Gene Smith, 'The Life of Lcang skya Rol pa'i rdo rje' in Among Tibetan Texts, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001
  • Illich, Marina, Selections from the life of a Tibetan Buddhist polymath: Chankya Rolpai Dorje (lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje), 1717-1786. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 2006.

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