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17-612: Tāranātha viewed the Ekavyāvahārikas, Lokottaravādins , and Gokulikas as being essentially the same. He even viewed Ekavyāvahārika as being a general term for the Mahāsāṃghikas. The Ekavyāvahārikas, Gokulikas, and Lokottaravādins are the three groups that emerged from the first split in the Mahāsāṃghika sect. A.K. Warder notes that the Ekavyāvahārikas were hardly known in later times and may have simply have been considered part of

34-551: A disciplle of Jalandhar. Kanhapada is also a prominent siddhacharya to Nath Sampradaya after Matsyendranatha and Gorakhnath . His poems in Charjyapad are written in a code, whereby every poem has a descriptive or narrative surface meaning but also encodes tantric Buddhist teachings. Some experts believe this was to conceal sacred knowledge from the uninitiated, while others hold that it was to avoid religious persecution. In one of his poems, Kanhupa wrote: Your hut stands outside

51-408: A single utterance, all of his sayings being true, his physical body being limitless, his power ( prabhāva ) being limitless, the length of his life being limitless, never tiring of enlightening sentient beings and awakening pure faith in them, having no sleep or dreams, no pause in answering a question, and always in meditation ( samādhi ). The name of the Ekavyāvahārikas refers to their doctrine that

68-590: A translation of his Twenty One Profound Meanings (Zab don gсer gcig pa)) and his Commentary on the Heart Sutra . In 1614 Taranatha founded the important Jonangpa monastery Takten Dhamchöling, in the Tsangpo Valley about 200 miles west of Lhasa . Probably not long after 1614, Taranatha went to Mongolia , where he reportedly founded several monasteries. He died probably in Urga . His rebirth became known as Zanabazar ,

85-819: Is considered extremely valuable. His information on the Pala Empire & Chandra dynasty of Bengal , the last Indian polities to patronize Vajrayana in India is also worth mention. Other works are The Golden Rosary, Origins of the Tantra of the Bodhisattva Tara of 1604 which has also been translated into English. He was an advocate of the Shentong view of emptiness and wrote many texts and commentaries on this subject. English-language translation publications of his works on Shentong are The Essence of Other-Emptiness (which includes

102-560: 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. However, he adopted Taranatha, the Sanskrit name by which he was generally known, as an indication of the value he placed on his Sanskrit scholarship in an era when mastery of

119-481: The history of Buddhism in South Asia , beginning from the time of Ajatashatru upto the rise of Delhi Sultanate . Although relying on legends & word-of-mouth, he is found, in many cases, to provide confirmatory materials in support of events known from other authentic sources. The part of his work discussing the state of Buddhism after the fall of Harsha's empire until Bakhtiyar Khalji 's invasion of Eastern India

136-422: The 1st Bogd Gegeen and Jebtsundamba Khutuktu of Mongolia. His most recent reincarnation was the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu , who died in 2012. Kanhapa Kānhapā , Kanha or Kanhapada or Krishnacharya ( c 10th century AD) was one of the main poets of Charyapada , the earliest known example of Assamese , Bengali , Maithili , Bhojpuri , and Odia literature. He was a tantric Buddhist and

153-652: The 48 special theses attributed by the Samayabhedoparacanacakra to these sects, 20 points concern the supramundane nature of buddhas and bodhisattvas . According to the Samayabhedoparacanacakra , these four groups held that the Buddha is able to know all dharmas in a single moment of the mind. Yao Zhihua writes: In their view, the Buddha is equipped with the following supernatural qualities: transcendence ( lokottara ), lack of defilements, all of his utterances preaching his teaching , expounding all his teachings in

170-643: The Buddha speaks with a single and unified transcendent meaning. They emphasized the transcendence of the Buddha , asserting that he was eternally enlightened and essentially non-physical. Just as the words of the Buddha were held to be spoken with one transcendent meaning, the Four Noble Truths were understood to be perfectly realized with one wisdom. The Ekavyāvahārikas held that sentient beings possessed an originally or fundamentally pure mind, but that it has been encumbered and obscured by suffering. This conception of

187-464: The Mahāsāṃghika. The 6th century CE Indian monk Paramārtha wrote that 200 years after the parinirvāṇa of the Buddha, much of the Mahāsāṃghika school moved north of Rājagṛha , and were divided over whether the Mahāyāna teachings should be incorporated formally into their Tripiṭaka . According to this account, they split into three groups based upon the relative manner and degree to which they accepted

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204-399: The authority of these Mahāyāna texts. According to Paramārtha, the Ekavyāvahārikas accepted the Mahāyāna sūtras as the words of the Buddha ( buddhavacana ). The Samayabhedoparacanacakra of Vasumitra regards the Ekavyāvahārikas, Gokulikas, and Lokottaravādins as being doctrinally indistinguishable. According to Vasumitra, 48 theses were held in common by these three Mahāsāṃghika sects. Of

221-757: The city Oh, untouchable maid The bald Brahmin passes sneaking close by Oh, my maid, I would make you my companion Kanha is the kapali, a yogi He is naked and has no disgust There is a lotus with sixty-four petals Upon that the maid will climb with this poor self and dance. The language of Kanhupa's poetry bears a very strong resemblance to modern Bangla and Odia. For example, ekaso padamA chausaTThi pAkhuRi tahin chaRhi nAchai Dombi bApuRi ଏକ ସୋ ପଦମା ଚଉଷଟ୍ଠୀ ପାଖୁଡ଼ି । ତହିଁ ଚଡ଼ି ନାଚଇ ଡୋମ୍ବି ବାପୁଡ଼ି ॥ এক সো পদমা চৌষট্‌ঠী পাখুড়ি । তহিঁ চড়ি নাচই ডোম্বি বাপুড়ি ॥ Padama (Padma:Lotus), Chausatthi (64), Pakhudi (petals) Tahin (there, in that), Charhi (climb/rise), nachai (dances), Dombi (a Bengali or Odia woman belonging to

238-471: The language had become much less common in Tibet than it had once been. He was also paying homage to his Indian teacher, Buddhaguptanatha. His exceptional qualities are said to have been recognized by others at a young age, as is often the case with great masters. He studied under such masters as Je Draktopa, Yeshe Wangpo, Kunga Tashi and Jampa Lhundrup, although his primary teacher was Buddhaguptanatha. Taranatha

255-640: The nature of the mind as being fundamentally the same as that of the Buddha, has been identified with the Mahāyāna doctrines of Buddha-nature and the Buddha's Dharmakāya , as well as compared favorably with doctrines in Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Lotus Sūtra and the Avataṃsaka Sūtra . Taranatha Samding Dorje Phagmo Tāranātha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism . He

272-709: The scheduled caste, Domi/Domni), Bapuri (a Bangla and Odia word for 'poor fellow'; ‘বাপুর, বাপুড়া’ ) Somewhat modern poetic Bangla would be, “একশো পদ্মে/পদমে চৌষট্টি পাকড়ি/পাখুড়ি। তাহে চড়িয়া/চড়ি নাচে ডোমি বাপুড়ি/বেচারি॥” or hA lo Dombi, to puchhami sadbhAbe. Aisasi jAsi dombi kAhari nAbeM. ହା ଲୋ ଡୋମ୍ବି ତୋ ପୁଛମି ସଦଭାବେ। ଆଇସସି ଜାସି ଡୋମ୍ବି କାହରି ନାବେଁ॥ হা লো ডোম্বি তো পুছমি সদভাবে। আইসসি যাসি ডোম্বি কাহরি নাবেঁ॥ The above verse hardly requires any translation to be understood in present-day Bengali or Odia . Modern poetic Bengali version of it will be “হ্যাঁ লো ডোমনি/ডোমি, তোকে/তোয় পুঁছি/জিজ্ঞাসি/শুধাই সদ্ভাবে। আসিস-যাস ডোমি/ডোমনি কাহারে নায়/নাওয়ে”. This article about

289-530: Was recognized by Khenchen Lungrik Gyatso as the rebirth of Krishnacarya and the Khenchen's own teacher, Jetsun Kunga Drolchok. Taranatha was a prolific writer and a renowned scholar. His best known work is the 143-folio History of Buddhism in India (dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i chos bskor gyi byung khungs nyer mkho) of 1608, which has been published in English. This work is considered as his magnum opus . It deals with

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