Jonang Lotsāwa Lodrö Pal

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Jonang Lotsāwa Lodrö Pal

ཇོ་ནང་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་བློ་གྲོས་དཔལ་

1299 – 1354

Lodro Pel was one of Dolpopa’s fourteen major disciples. A Sanskrit scholar, he completed a new translation of the Kālacakra Tantra and the Vimalaprabhā. Dolpopa personally selected Lodro Pel as his successor and the fifth holder of the monastic seat of Jonang Monastery. Lodro Pel also made important new additions to the art and architecture of the Jonang stupa.

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Student of

Dölpopa Sherab GyaltsenDpang lo tsA ba blo gros brtan pa

Teacher of

Thang po chung ba blo gros dpalSman chu kha ba blo gros rgyal mtshan

2 Authored & Translated Works

Library items authored or translated by Jonang Lotsāwa Lodrö Pal.

Jonang - The Jonang tradition was established by Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a thirteenth-century Sakya monk famous for his Zhentong teachings. The Jonang teachings and monasteries were suppressed in Tibet in the seventeenth century but survived in Amdo. Tib ཇོ་ནང་  

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Kālacakra - Can refer to either the Kālacakra Tantra and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered. Skt कालचक्र  Tib དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།  Ch 時輪  

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Tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt तन्त्र  Tib རྒྱུད།  Ch 密宗  

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