The Buddha From Dolpo

ISBN 0-7914-4192-X

Full Title

The Buddha from Dolpo

A Study of the Life and Thought

of the Tibetan Master

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

Cyrus Stearns

Publication data

Cover photo and frontispiece copyright © 1996 by Ulrich von Schroeder. Buddhist Sculptures of Tibet . 2 volumes. (Hongkong: Visual Dharma Publ., 2000). Photograph: Ulrich von Schroeder 1996.

The Great Stupa of Jonang courtesy Andy Quintman.

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen courtesy Michael Henss. Henss Collection, Zurich.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data

Stearns, Cyrus, 1949- The Buddha from Dolpo: a study of the life and thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen / Cyrus Stearns. p. cm. — (SUNY series in Buddhist studies) Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)—University of Washington, 1996 under title: Dolpopa's A general commentary on doctrine. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-4191-1 (hc: alk. paper). — ISBN 0-7914-4192-X (pbk. alk. paper) 1. Śes-rab-rgyal-mtshan* , Dol-po-pa, 1292-1361. 2. Śunyata.* . 3. Jo-nan-pa (Sect)—Doctrines. 4. Lamas—China—Tibet—Biography. I. Series. BQ984.E886574 1999 294.3'923'092—dc21 [B] 98-46709 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Table of Content

• Publisher Notes
• List of Illustrations
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One—The Life and Teachings of the Omniscient Dolpopa
  • Chapter One—The Life of the Buddha from Dolpo
    • Childhood and Early Education
    • Studies at the Great Monastery of Sakya
    • The Move to Jonang
    • Raising Mt. Meru and Revealing the Zhentong View
    • The Initial Reception of the Zhentong Teachings
    • The New Jonang Translation of the Kālacakra* Tantra and the Vimalaprabhā*
    • Years of Retreat and Teaching
    • Invitation to China by the Yüan Emperor Toghon Temür
    • Changes in the Jonang Leadership and the Beginning of the Journey to Lhasa
    • Teachings in Central Tibet and the Return to Tsang
    • The Aborted Meeting with Budön Rinchen Drup
    • The Last Months at Jonang
  • Chapter Two—A Historical Survey of the Zhentong Tradition in Tibet
    • The Zhentong Tradition in Tibet before Dolpopa
    • Dolpopa and the Zhentong View
    • The Zhentong Tradition after Dolpopa
  • Chapter Three—The Doctrine of the Buddha from Dolpo
    • Emptiness of Self-Nature and Emptiness of Other
    • A Redefinition of Cittamātra* and Madhyamaka
    • Two Approaches to Enlightenment
• Part Two—Texts in Translation
  • Introduction to the Translation of A General Commentary on the Doctrine
  • The Supplication Entitled A General Commentary on the Doctrine
  • Introduction to the Translation of The Fourth Council
  • The Great Calculation of the Doctrine Which Has the Significance of a Fourth Council
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Notes

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Life of the Buddha from Dolpo
• Chapter 2. A Historical Survey of the Zhentong Tradition in Tibet
• Chapter 3. The Doctrine of the Buddha from Dolpo
• Introduction to the Translation of A General Commentary on the Doctrine
• The Supplication Entitled A General Commentary on the Doctrine
• Introduction to the Translation of The Fourth Council
• The Great Calculation of the Doctrine Which Has the Significance of a Fourth Council
• All Notes

Bibliography

• European Language Sources
• Tibetan and Sanskrit Sources