Person:Dol po pa

Names

Tibetan: Person:Dol po pa
Wylie:

• dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan
  
• shes rab rgyal mtshan
  
• shes rab mgon
  
• rton pa bzhi ldan
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Person:Dol po pa
  
• Person:Dol po pa
  
• Person:Dol po pa
  
• Person:Dol po pa
  

Dates

Born: 1292 at gtsang stod mnga' ris dol po gru gsum spu mdo
Died: 1361

Affiliation

Jo nang pa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC Person RID: P139

major figure in the 'bro transmission of the kalacakra precepts
"jo nang kun mkkhyen dol po shes rab rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po"
thob yig gang+gA'i chu rgyun (v. 2, p. 7)
1304. Fled to skyi-stengs dgon for ordination.
Teacher (not recorded): bla-ma 'jam-pa'i-dbyangs taught dol-po-pa the byams chos sde lnga, dbu ma rigs, bstod tshogs, gtam tshogs, dbang lung rjes gnang for about four years before 1314.
1322. Goes to jo-nang where he meets his principal master, chos-rje yon-tan-rgya-mtsho.
1327-1331. Builds the great mchod-rten of jo-nang in memory of yon-tan-rgya-mtsho.
1336. Travels to sa-skya, chu-bzang, lha-rtse rdzong, shangs, snar-thang, etc. to meditate and erect various images and retreats.
1348. Invited to rta-nag by the ri-khud-pa and taught for a year there.
Travelled to dbus where he taught extensively.
Writings comprise 174 treatises:
grub mtha' skor: 16
phar phyin skor: 7
gsol 'debs skor: 25
Rdo rje 'phreng ba'i skor: 3
Spring yig skor: 8
Gdams ngag dang dris lan skor: 12
Rnam thar sogs kyi skor: 16
Smon lam skor: 3
Bkra shis skor: 4

Main Students

blo gros rgyal mtshan

phyogs las rnam rgyal

blo gros dpal bzang

rin chen bzang po

dkon mchog rgyal mtshan

kun dga' dpal

chos grags dpal

ma Ni ka shrI

bsod nams grags pa

kun dga' 'bum

blo gros rgyal mtshan

rin chen tshul khrims

blo gros dpal

phun tshogs dpal

lha'i rgyal mtshan

bsod nams bzang po

blo gros grags pa

g.yag sde paN chen

chos grags bzang po

Main Teachers

tshul khrims snying po

skyi ston 'jam dbyangs

byang chub seng+ge

tshul khrims bzang po

grags pa rgyal mtshan

shes rab bzang po

gzhon nu bzang po

blo gros bstan pa

bsod nams grags pa

nag 'bum

yon tan rgya mtsho

yon tan rgya mtsho

Writings

• Works associated with Dol po pa in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos rgyal rigs ldan gtso bor gyur pa rdo rje'i rnal 'byor brgyud pa'i bla ma mchod pa'i cho ga rdo rje nyi ma'i snang ba chen po (15, pp 447-479)