The life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great / Alex Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Alex (Alexander Patten), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mthaʼ-yas, 1813-1899.

Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mthaʼ-yas.

Lamas--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.

Lamas.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--History.

Buddhism.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 506 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Snow Lion, 2019.

Summary:

"Known as the "king of renunciates," Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899) forever changed the face of Buddhism through collecting, arranging, and disseminating the various lineage traditions of Tibet across sectarian lines. His extensive treasury collections of profound Buddhist teachings continue to be taught and transmitted throughout the Himalayas by all major traditions and represent the breadth and profundity of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice. Jamgon Kongtrul was a polymath, dedicated retreatant, writer, and teacher from the eastern Tibetan kingdom of Dergé. During the nineteenth century, this region experienced extreme sectarian and political divides, during which Jamgon Kongtrul, along with Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Lingpa, set about collecting, teaching, and transmitting the major practice traditions found in Tibet. They focused particularly on preserving declining lineages. This conservation project, which did not adhere to the traditional divides of the Tibetan "schools" and included both tantric lineages coming from India as well as Tibetan treasure ( terma) lineages, came to be known as the Rimé or "unbiased" tradition. Jamgon Kongtrul is perhaps the most famous among these Rimé figures. This is the most accessible work available on Jamgon Kongtrul's life, writings, and influence, writen as a truly engaging historical biography. Alexander Gardner, who is a specialist of Jamgon Kongtrul, provides an intimate glimpse into the life of one of the most important Tibetan Buddhist teachers to have ever lived"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Kham

Birth, youth, and early education, 1813-1829

Zhechen, 1829-1833

Pelpung, 1833-1834

Early Kagyu foundations I: teachings at Karma Gon, 1834

Early Kagyu foundations II: early retreats, dreams, and visions, 1835-1837

The fourteenth Karmapa, 1836-1839

Dreams of the masters, 1839-1841

Khyentse Wangpo and the deaths of Wongen and the old chieftain, 1840-1842

Age 30, 1842

Kongtrul's retreat, 1842-1846

Gyarong and Kuntrul, 1846-1848

Khyentse, Dabzang, and the King of Derge. or the language of love and power. 1848-1853

Past lives revealed, the death of Situ, and the treasury of Kagyu tantra, 1853-1855

Chokgyur Lingpa, 1853-1855

The birth of the treasury of revelations, Dzongsho Deshek Dupai Podrang Hermitage, and the first opening of Tsadra, 1855-1857

Tibet, 1857-1859

Government service and the tenth Situ's enthronement, 1858-1860

The first retreat and Rimay, part one, 1860-1862

The treasury of knowledge and Rimay, part two, 1861

The Nyarong War, 1859-1865

Aftermath I: make love not war, 1865-1868

Aftermath II: Kongtrul's Kham Gazetteer, the death of Chokgyur Lingpa, and treasury of instruction, 1867-1871 (Rimay part 3)

Revelations, pilgrimage at Tsadra, and expulsion from Pelpung, 1871-1874

Exile from Pelpung, 1874-1886

Old age and the death of Khyentse Wangpo, 1886-1897

Death of Kongtrul and Rimay, part 4.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611804218

1611804213

OCLC:

1055568794