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This three-week program brings together Tāranātha (–) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent. Taranatha was born in Tibet, supposedly on the birthday of Padmasambhava. His original name was Kun-dga'-snying-po, the Sanskrit equivalent of which is Anandagarbha.
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A Brief Biography of Tāranātha. by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche. Jonang Jetsün Kunga Nyingpo, or Lord Tāranātha as he is generally known, was born in Chökhor Ding on the eighth day of the sixth month of the Wood Pig year of the tenth calendrical cycle (). His father was Namgyal Puntsok, a descendant of Ra Lotsawa, and his mother was Dorje.Exploring Peru is an Brief Biography of Tāranātha by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche This brief sketch of Jetsün Tāranātha's life provides details of his education and accomplishments and lists his main students and most important writings.
Taranath. Works, Vol. 4 Taranatha took upon himself the responsibility of causing the dharma lord Dolpopa’s insights to once again reach a wide audience. He was determined to revive what he saw as a priceless transmission lineage in danger of being lost.
Rnying Ma'i Rgyud 'Bum, Buddhaguptanātha (), an Indian tantric master, (16th century) was a very important teacher for Jonang and Shangpa Kagyu master and lineage holder, Tāranātha. His life was recorded in extensive detail by Tāranātha who wrote his biography around the year In , Buddhaguptanātha visited Tibet.
Taranatha's Life of Krsnacarya/Kanha|David Biography of Tāranātha—Tibetan Biography བོད་ཀྱི་བླ་མ། ཨ་ལགས་གཟན་དཀར་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། རྗེ་བཙུན་ཏཱ་ར་ནཱ་ཐ།.
The Seven Instruction Lineages|Jo Nang A Biography translated by Cyrus Stearns. Jetsun Taranatha was born at Karag (kha rag) in the hereditary line of the great Tibetan translator Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drak. His Tibetan name was Kunga Nyingpo, but he is generally known by the name Taranatha, which he received in a vision from a great Indian adept.
Alberta, Edmonton,. Canada, formerly Taranatha was a prolific writer and a renowned scholar. His best known work is the folio History of Buddhism in India (dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i chos bskor gyi byung khungs nyer mkho) of , [3] [4] [5] which has been published in English.