- Gö Lotsawa
gZhon-nu-dpal (1392-1481), also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba (full name: Yid-bzang-rtse gZhon-nu-dpal), famous Tibetan historian and scholar.
Life and achievements
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 asTsongkhapa , and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa,Thongwa Dönden (1416-1453). [ [http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail.xq;?RID=P318 TBRC P318] ] He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the famousBlue Annals . [Roerich, George (1949). "The Blue Annals". Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. 1976, p. ii.] [Snellgrove, David (1987). "Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors". Volume Two: p. 396. Boston, USA: Shambhala Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-87773-379-1 (v.2).]Works
* 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. [Roerich (1949). p. ii.]
* "'Khrul-sel". Written in 1442-1443. [Vostrikov, A. I. (1970). "Tibetan Historical Literature", pp. 31, 104-107. Translated from the Russian by Harish Chandra Gupta. Indian Studies Past & Present. Calcutta.]
* He wrote a commentary on the "Ratnagotravibhaga ".Footnotes
ources
*cite book
last = Roerich
first = George N.
authorlink = George de Roerich
coauthors = Gedun Choepel from Gö Lotsawa Zhönnupal
title = TheBlue Annals
publisher =Motilal Banarsidass
date = 1949
edition = 1998 reprint
location = Delhi
pages =
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = 8120804716Further Reading
* van der Kuijp, Leonard W. J. “On the Composition and Printings of the Deb gter sngon po by ’Gos lo tsā ba gzhon nu dpal.” JIATS, no. 2 (August 2006): 1-46. [http://www.thdl.org?id=T2714 www.thdl.org?id=T2714] .
*Van der Kuijp,Leonard. "The Names of 'Gos Lo tsā ba Gzhon nu dpal (1392-1481)", in Prats, Ramon (ed.) "The Pandita and the Siddha: Tibetan Studies in Honour of E.Gene Smith" Amnye Machen Institute
External links
* [http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail.xq;?RID=P318 TBRC P318 'gos lo ts'a ba gzhon nu dpal]
* [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=G%C3%B6_Lotsawa_Shy%C3%B6nnu_Pal Gö Lotsawa Shyönnu Pal]
* [http://www.thdl.org/collections/history/blueannals/index.html The Blue annals] at THDL
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
