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Finding only large monasteries and family estates headed by charismatic lamas ordained or not , the Mongolians logically established relations with lamas. His early teachers also included Shuton Dorje Kyab shu ston rdo rje kyabs, d. In short, he placed countless sentient beings on the stage of maturation and liberation and caused the Buddhist doctrine to flourish throughout the land.

Work [ edit ]. From him he intensively studied Sanskrit, logic, poetry, composition, rhetoric, and other subjects for two years. After 13 days, unable to win in philosophical debate, Harinanda said, "it is not you I cannot defeat, it is the orange being sitting above your right shoulder. Roma: Serie Orientale Roma, But because his mother did not understand his words, she was afraid that his speech was abnormal.

PhD Thesis, Indiana University, p. In the ordination ceremony, the Kashmiri abbot Shakya Shri Badhra was the principal abbot, Bodhisattva Kyewole served as master of activities, Master Shohul served as master who shows the secrets, and the ceremony was witnessed by other respected masters among an ocean-like gathering of the sangha.

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Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. The journey took nearly three years since Sa-pan stopped at various locations to give Buddhist teachings en route. At that time, I served him day and night without rest, thought of sleep, or food. Jared Rhoton, trans. Sakya Pandita died on 28 November , at the age of seventy, in the Trulpaide temple in Liangzhou.

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Thus, at the age of 25, Sakya Pandita shaved his hair at the temple of Nyangmit Gyen , the seat of the great master Lotong, and received ordination at Nyongchong. Tibetan historians quote a long letter by his hand to the various clerical and temporal lords in Tibet in Early life [ edit ]. Home Introduction News Donors Donate.

Thang Tong Gyalpo - biography p. All of these works are beautifully composed, the words and meaning are in balance, and the metaphors do not contradict the meaning behind them. My Lord was also clairvoyant. All of his writings are as works of pure gold, ornamented by jeweled tassels. Succeeded by Phagpa. He then overcome his opponent in a contest of supernatural powers.