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'''Sönam Tsemo''' (1142-1182) - one of the [[five Sakya patriarchs|five patriarchs of the Sakya]] school, author of a famous commentary on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]''.
'''Sönam Tsemo''' (Tib. བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bsod nams rtse mo'') (1142-1182) was one of the [[five Sakya patriarchs|five patriarchs of the Sakya]] school. During his childhood, Sönam Tsemo's main teacher was his father [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]]. He is the author of a famous commentary on the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]''. He was a direct student of [[Chapa Chökyi Sengé]] (1109-1169) and based his commentary on his teacher’s own commentary.
 
==Further Reading==
*Sonam Tsemo, ''The Yogini's Eye: Comprehensive Introduction to Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Wayne Verrill and Ngor Thartse Khenpo Sonam Gyatso, Xlibris, 2012
* ''Bodhicaryavatara With Commentary'' by Sönam Tsemo, translated by Adrian O'Sullivan, published by BookBaby June 2019, ISBN 978-1733556002
 
 
==Internal Links==
*[[Throneholders of the Sakya school]]
 
==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P1618|TBRC profile}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Sonam-Tsemo/2919 Biography at Treasury of Lives]
*[https://www.sakyatradition.org/sonam-tsemo Brief Biography at Sakyatradition.org]


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

Latest revision as of 19:03, 25 December 2020

Sönam Tsemo

Sönam Tsemo (Tib. བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ་, Wyl. bsod nams rtse mo) (1142-1182) was one of the five patriarchs of the Sakya school. During his childhood, Sönam Tsemo's main teacher was his father Sachen Kunga Nyingpo. He is the author of a famous commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara. He was a direct student of Chapa Chökyi Sengé (1109-1169) and based his commentary on his teacher’s own commentary.

Further Reading

  • Sonam Tsemo, The Yogini's Eye: Comprehensive Introduction to Buddhist Tantra, translated by Wayne Verrill and Ngor Thartse Khenpo Sonam Gyatso, Xlibris, 2012
  • Bodhicaryavatara With Commentary by Sönam Tsemo, translated by Adrian O'Sullivan, published by BookBaby June 2019, ISBN 978-1733556002


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External Links