Langri Thangpa Dorje Sengge
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Tibetan script :
གླང་ རི་ ཐང་ པ་ རྡོ་ རྗེ་ སེང་ གེ
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Wylie transliteration : gLang ri thang pa rdo rje seng ge
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Simplified :
朗 日 塘 巴 • 多吉 僧格; 朗 日 唐巴 • 多 杰 僧格
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Pinyin : Langri Tangba Duoji Sengge; Langri Tangba Duojie Sengge
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Langri Thangpa Dorje Sengge ( Tib. GLang ri thang pa rdo rje seng ge ; * 1054 , † 1123 ) was an important teacher of the Kadam tradition of Tibetan Buddhism . He was the founder of the Langthang monastery ( glang thang dgon ). He was a pupil of Potowa (1031-1105).
He is the author of the work Eight Verses of Training the Mind (བློ་ སྦྱོང་ ཚིགས་ བརྒྱད་ མ ་.; . Wyl blo sbyong tshigs brgyad ma ;. English Eight Verses of Training the Mind) that acts as a succinct summary of the Lojong (བློ་ སྦྱོང་; Wyl. Blo sbyong ) teachings of Mahayana Buddhism apply. It is said that he is an emanation of the Buddha Amitabha .
He is said to have laughed only three times during his life.
See also
literature
- Lake Yixi Duojie 拉科 • 益 西多杰 : Zangchuan Fojiao gaoseng zhuanlüe 藏 传 佛教 高僧传 略 ("Brief biographies of important monks of Tibetan Buddhism "), Qinghai renmin chubanshe 青海 人民出版社 2007 ( online book presentation )
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Transforming the Mind: Eight Verses on Generating Compassion and Transforming your Life , Thorsons (2000) ISBN 0-7225-3865-0 PB
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso : Eight Steps to Happiness , Tharpa, 2000, ISBN 0-948006-65-X .
Web links
- tarthang.com: Langri Tangba Duojie Sengge ( Memento from December 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - Chinese
References and comments
- ↑ cf. StudyBuddhism.com: "Mind Training in Eight Verses"
- ↑ StudyBuddhism.com: General Introduction to the Initial Teachings of the Graduated Path (Lam-rim)
- ^ StudyBuddhism.com: Mind Training in Seven Points - The Text
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| Langri Tangba Duoji Sengge 朗 日 塘 巴 • 多吉 僧格; gLang ri thang pa rdo rje seng ge; Langri Tangba Duojie Sengge 朗 日 唐巴 • 多 杰 僧格, Geshe Langri Tangpa; dge bshes glang ri thang pa; Langthangpa Dorje Senge (glang thang pa rdo rje seng + ge); Langri Tangpa Dorje Sengge; Langri Tangpa Dorje Senge |
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| SURNAME | Langri Thangpa Dorje Sengge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | glang ri thang pa rdo rje seng ge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan teacher of the Kadam tradition of Tibetan Buddhism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1054 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1123 |