Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel
Illustration — Go Lotsawa (b.1392 - d.1481) - famous Tibetan historian gZhon-nu-dpal (1392-1481), also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba (full name: Yid-bzang-rtse gZhon-nu-dpal) was a famous Tibetan historian and scholar, known as the author of the "Blue Annals".
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Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel
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- Born
- 1392 · Tsetang.
- Died
- 1481
- Occupation
- historian · writer · philosopher
- Teachers
- Mar Tön Gyaltsen Özer · Rongton Sheja Kunrik · Lobpön Shakya Gyalpo · Ngok Changchub Pal
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Illustration — Go Lotsawa (b.1392 - d.1481) - famous Tibetan historian gZhon-nu-dpal (1392-1481), also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba (full name: Yid-bzang-rtse gZhon-nu-dpal) was a famous Tibetan historian and scholar, known as the author of the "Blue Annals".
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He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas. He was a student of the fifth Karmapa Lama, Deshin Shekpa (1384-1415), from whom he received the bodhisattva precepts, as well as Tsongkhapa, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Dönden (1416-1453). He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the Blue Annals.
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• His most famous work, the "Blue Annals" (Deb-ther sngon-po), was completed in 1478, near the end of his life, and the text was dictated by him to some of his attendants. • Khrul-sel, written in 1442-1443. • His wrote a commentary on the Ratnagotravibhaga which extensively explored and contrasted Buddha-nature, described by Mathes (2008).
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