Śākyaśrībhadra
The Kashmiri pundit Śākyaśrībhadra or Khache Panchen Shakya Shri (* 1127 (?); † 1225 ) was a famous Kashmiri scholar of Tibetan Buddhism . He is the author of a chronology of Buddhist history from the year 1207, which he compiled in Thangpoche .
According to his calculation, the Parinirvana of Sakyamuni occurred in 544 BC. Chr.
He founded the Sakya monastery of Tshongdu Tshogpa ( Tshong 'dus tshogs pa ; Chinese Congdui Cuoba si 葱 堆 措 巴 寺 ) in Chanang (Dranang) in the lower Drachi Valley, which originally belonged to the Kadam School of Tibetan Buddhism , as well as the establishment of the monastery Tse Tsetshog in Nêdong (Nedong).
Sakya Pandita Künga Gyeltshen (1182–1251) was one of his students.
See also
literature
- David P. Jackson (ed.): Two biographies of Śākyaśrībhadra: texts and variants from two rare exemplars preserved in the Bihar Research Society, Patna. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1990 (Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan studies); 4; ISBN 3-515-05519-3
- Leonard WJ Van der Kuijp: Two Biographies of Sakyasribhadra, The Eulogy of Khro phu Lo-tsa-ba and its "Commentary" by bSod-nams-dpal-bzang-po: Texts and Variants from Two Rare Exemplars Preserved in the Bihar Research Society , Patna , in Journal of the American Oriental Society , Oct-Dec, 1994
- Dungkar Lobsang Thrinle : The Merging of Religious and Secular Rule in Tibet, Beijing: Foreign Language Press 1991, ISBN 0-8351-2217-4 ( ex . : Chen Guansheng 陈观胜 . Orig .: 论 西藏 政教合一 制度 1981-3)
- MK Kaw, Kashmir Education, Culture, and Science Society: Kashmiri Pandits: looking to the future; Delhi 2001, 296 pp .; ISBN 8176482366
- Dan Martin , Yael Bentor; Tibetan histories: a bibliography of Tibetan-language historical works; London 1997, ISBN 0-906026-43-1
Web links
- Held by the Mother of the Buddhas: The Life of Shakyashribhadra (Adrian O'Sullivan)
- Five great Founder Lamas of Sakya Order (Kunga Yonten Hochotsang; PDF; 255 kB)
- Early epoch data for the Kālacakra calendar tradition
- Śākyaśrībhadra b.1127 - d.1225 on The Treasury of Lives. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion (English)
References and footnotes
- ↑ T. kha che pan chen shakya shri ; Chinese Kaqie Banqin Shijia Shili 喀 且 班 钦 · 释迦 室 利 , short: Kaqie Banqin 喀 且 班 钦 "Kashmiri Pandit"
- ↑ Tib. Bstan rtsis (Chin. Fojiao dashi ji 佛教 大事记 )
- ↑ Tib. Thang po che ; Chinese Tangboqie
- ↑ In India there are usually two ways of calculating the parinirvana of Sakyamuni, three in the Han (Chinese) areas and over twenty in Tibet (Dungkar Lobsang Thrinle, p. 2, note).
- ↑ On the monasteries, cf. Gyurme Dorje; Sebastian Ballard; et al; Tibet handbook with Bhutan; bath 1996; ISBN 090075169X
- ↑ cf. Keith Dowman; The power-places of Central Tibet: the pilgrim's guide; London, New York 1998, ISBN 0-7102-1370-0
- ↑ also Tse Tsokpa etc., T. rTse tshogs pa ; Chinese Ze Cuoba 泽 措 巴
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SURNAME | Śākyaśrībhadra |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khache Panchen Shakya Shri; Kache Panchen Shakya Shri; kha che pan chen shakya shri (Tibetan transcription); 喀 且 班 钦 · 释迦 室 利 (Chinese pinyin); 喀 且 班 钦 (Chinese pinyin); Sakyasri; Śākyaśrī |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kashmiri scholar of Tibetan Buddhism |
DATE OF BIRTH | unsure: 1127 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1225 |