Cangkya Rölpe Dorje

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Cangkya Rölpe Dorje ( Tib . : lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje ; born 1717 in Tianzhu , Gansu ; died 1786 ), a Tibetan Mongol from Amdo , was an important clergyman of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism . He was the 3rd Cangkya Qutuqtu and exerted a great influence on the Manchu Emperor Qianlong (r. 1735–1796). As a child, Rölpe Dorje came to Beijing under Yongzheng . His first mission to Tibet took place from 1734 to 1735, the second from 1757 to 1759.

He directed the compilation of the Manchu Kanjur on the basis of the Chinese Tripitaka and that of the Mongolian - Tibetan lexicon Merged garqu-yin oron / Dag-yig mkhas pa'i byung gnas (in Chinese mir 智慧 之 源 - "source of wisdom" reproduced ). He is the author of a biography of the 7th Dalai Lama , Kelsang Gyatsho (1708–1757).

The particular against the Bon - and Kagyu -Klöster Kham directed campaigns Gushri Khan in the 18th century were the Tibetologists Gyurme Dorje According Cangkya of Qutuqtu Rolpe Dorje to Gyarong extended -type region, where he in particular Bön and Nyingma aimed -Klöster .


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  1. gs.xinhuanet.com: Zhangjia Ruobei Duojie ( Memento from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (found on February 7, 2010)
  2. StudyBuddhism.com: Guidelines for translating Tibetan-Buddhist texts (Ger.) From the Mongolian experience. - [1] (English) by Changkya Rolpe-Dorje (Tib. LCang-kya Rol-pa'i rdo-rje), translated and introduced by Alexander Berzin (found June 21, 2016)
  3. He is often referred to as the 2nd Cangkya Qutuqtu.
  4. StudyBuddhism.com: Guidelines for translating Tibetan Buddhist texts from Mongolian experience (found on February 6, 2010). A more recent text edition was published in 1987 in Beijing by Zhonghua minzu chubanshe.
  5. Gyurme Dorje: Tibet (3rd ed.), P. 546, ISBN 9781903471302 : “His [= Gushi Qan] military campaigns directed against the Bonpo and Kagyupa monasteries of Kham in particular were extended into the Gyarong region during the 18th century by Changkya Qutuktu Rolpei Dorje, who targeted the Bonpo and Nyingmapa in particular. "