Person:Tai Situpa, 8th

Names

Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་འབྱུང་གནས་

Wylie:

• chos kyi 'byung gnas
  
• rje chos kyi 'byung gnas
  
• si tu 08 chos kyi 'byung gnas
  
• si tu paN chen chos kyi 'byung gnas
  
• bstan pa'i nyin byed
  
• gtsug lag chos kyi snang ba
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Chökyi Jungne
• Chokyi Jungne
• Je Chökyi Jungne
• Je Chokyi Jungne
• Tenpe Nyinje
• Situpa, 8th
• 8th Tai Situpa
• Eighth Tai Situpa

Dates

Born: 1699/1700
Died: 1774

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Tai Situpa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P956

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from palpung.org

1717 - Founds dpal spungs chos 'khor gling monastery

Main Students

• bstan 'dzin chos kyi nyi ma
• bstan 'dzin phun tshogs
• tshe dbang nor bu
• rdo rje drag po rtsal
• Karmapa, 13th (bdud 'dul rdo rje)
• gtsug lag dga' ba'i dbang po
• kun gzigs chos kyi snang ba
• karma nges legs bstan 'dzin phrin las rab rgyas
• tshe dbang kun khyab
• blo bzang rnam rgyal
• kun dga' sangs rgyas
• mgon po lhun grub
• dri med zhing skyong mgon po
• dbang gi rdo rje
• 'jam dbyangs
• ngag dbang rgyal
• bkra shis 'bum
• kun khyab

Main Teachers

• tshe dbang nor bu
• Karmapa, 12th (byang chub rdo rje)
• dkar brgyud 'phrin las shing rta
• Shamarpa, 8th (dpal chen chos kyi don grub)
• karma dpal grub
• bhi bhu ba ti

Writings

• Works associated with Tai Situpa, 8th in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos drug bdud rtsi nying khu'i sngon 'gro dngos grub myur stsol (9, pp 185-191)
• phyag chen lnga ldan gyi khrid yig kun mkhyen chos kyi 'byung gnas kyis mdzad pa (9, pp 443-454)