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Michael R. Sheehy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:35:33 -0400

New Director Opening

Michael R. Sheehy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:23:20 -0400

Kunga Drolchok

Michael R. Sheehy — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:48:52 -0400

Kunga Drolchok

Kunga Drolchok was one of the greatest masters of 16th century Tibet.

Chogle Namgyal

Michael R. Sheehy — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:46:46 -0400

Chogle Namgyal (1306-1386), who was one of Dolpopa's fourteen major disciples, was the only master to hold the monastic seat of Jonang Monastery twice, for a total of about twenty years.

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

Michael R. Sheehy — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:29:03 -0400

Dolpopa was one of the most influential Buddhist masters in Tibetan history.

Taranatha Pecha Set

Michael R. Sheehy — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:56:06 -0400

Taranatha Book Set

Michael R. Sheehy — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:00:58 -0400

New Master Bios.

Michael R. Sheehy — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:39:34 -0400

Buddhagupta

Michael R. Sheehy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:08:45 -0400

Buddhagupta was the youngest of eight sons of a rich merchant in the great city of Indra-liṅga, near Rasmi-śwara on the shores of the ocean. While still young, he attended upon the master Thirti-nātha who presided over a large number of yogins. This lifestyle inspired him greatly and, after having obtained his fathers permission, he joined the yogins ranks. He was given the name Buddhagupta. For several years he also served the Gurus Deva-nāra and Dipa-nātha and studied grammar and the other minor branches of learning, such as the Amara-koṣa, under them.

His main Guru Thirti-nātha practised the extraction of essences (rasa-yāna, bcud len) and was a most impressive figure. The king Rāma-rāja doubted the Guru and came to test him. He was thoroughly impressed by the masters abilities, whose hair had grown to twenty armlengths, and offered a fine pearl to each hair of the Guru. The Guru accepted them, but later just left them there when he left for Magadha with his entourage. He established himself in Varaṇasi. He continued with his practice of essence extraction and eventually took on the appearance of a sixteen year old.

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Michael R. Sheehy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:42:55 -0400

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