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| Blog Name: | Jonangpa.com |
| Url: | http://www.jonangpa.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Buddhism, Tibet, Philosophy |
| Description: | Jonangpa.com is an evolving weblog featuring regular commentary on various aspects of the little-known Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The blog is presented in the form of notes and musings on related themes. Hosted by Jonang Foundation. |
| Popularity: | 92 Followers |
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Reflecting 'The Crystal Mirror'
Maybe its the dark magnetism of impending all hallows' eve, but I'm feeling a mischievous urge to rile up all the ghouls and goblins of unapologetic dogmatism and have them stare in unison — — into the Crystal Mirror. That is, The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems by Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima (1737-1802). Fortunately, this classical Tibetan polemical text is now available to the English reading world due to the clear translation of Geshe Lhundup Sopa and the lucid editing of Roger Jackson under the umbrella of The Library of Tibetan Classics series (Wisdom Publications, '09).[1]
Maybe its the dark magnetism of impending all hallows' eve, but I'm feeling a mischievous urge to rile up all the ghouls and goblins of unapologetic dogmatism and have them stare in unison — — into the Crystal Mirror. That is, The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems by Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima (1737-1802). Fortunately, this classical Tibetan polemical text is now available to the English reading world due to the clear translation of Geshe Lhundup Sopa and the lucid editing of Roger Jackson under the umbrella of The Library of Tibetan Classics series (Wisdom Publications, '09).[1]
On the Shangpa & Jonangpa
Dakini Niguma Commentators on earlier posts have asked or made reference to relationships between the Shangpa lineage and the Jonangpa.[1] In response, I thought to sketch some of the overlapping threads among Shangpas and Jonangpas in order to draw a few historical connections. The Shangpa lineage, as Tibetologist Matthew Kapstein has described, is like "some vine that adorns a whole fo
Dakini Niguma Commentators on earlier posts have asked or made reference to relationships between the Shangpa lineage and the Jonangpa.[1] In response, I thought to sketch some of the overlapping threads among Shangpas and Jonangpas in order to draw a few historical connections. The Shangpa lineage, as Tibetologist Matthew Kapstein has described, is like "some vine that adorns a whole fo
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