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Gtsang pa Rgya ras pa Ye shes rdo rje (1161-1211)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Various works by him (including a one-volume set of his works) and biographies have been published.
  • For a list of available biographies, see Miller, Lineage, p. 24: There is the 12th-century biography by Sangs rgyas 'bum entitled Ye shes rdo rje'i rnam thar, the biography by Lo ras pa Byang chub brtson 'grus (1187-1250) entitled Rje gtsang pa rgya ras rje lo ras rje rgod tshang pa gsum gyi thun mong ma yin pa'i rnam thar thugs dam bcu gnyis ma, and the one by Padma dkar po entitled 'Gro mgon gtsang pa rgya ras pa'i rnam thar ngo mtshar dad pa'i rlabs 'phreng composed in 1548.
  • Biography entitled Chos kyi rje rgya ras kyi rnam par thar pa smin grol nam mkha'i khyon yangs, a woodblock print in 17 folios. Drepung Catalog, p. 1515.
  • Miller, Vagrant Poet, pp. 389-396.
  • Drepung Catalog, pp. 753-754, lists a number of titles by him.
  • Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, pp. 637-638.
  • PPTK, pp. 86-87, lists titles from a one-volume manuscript of his works along with a brief biography.
  • A one-volume set (labelled as 'volume one')of what is supposed to be his collected works has been published in India.
  • See the entry "Tsangpa Gyaré" at http://www.rigpawiki.org, which includes a painting.
  • Painted portrait in Jackson, Patron, p. 7.
  • Thuken, p. 130.

Bibliography:

  • 'Gro mgon gtsang pa rgya ras kyi mgur 'bum.
    • A collection of songs, woodblock print in 52 folios, listed in Drepung Catalog, pp. 1274, 1529.
  • Ro snyoms skor drug.
    • He discovered this as a gter ma at Lcags phur can. It is a Naropa text concealed by Ras chung pa. Therefore it is not considered to be among his works, not included in his bka' 'bum. See Miller, Lineage, p. 23.