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Mi pham rgya mtsho (1846-1912)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Aka 'Jam dpal dgyes pa'i rdo rje, aka 'Ju Mi pham 'Jam dbyangs rnam rgyal rgya mtsho.
  • D. S. Duckworth, Mipam’s Middle Way Through Yogācāra and Prāsaṅgika, Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 38, no. 4 (2010), pp. 431-439.
  • Matthew Kapstein, Mi-pham's Theory of Interpretation, contained in: D. Lopez, ed., Buddhist Hermeneutics, University of Hawaii Press (Honolulu 1987).
  • See the entry "Mipham Rinpoche" at http://www.rigpawiki.org, which includes a painting.

Bibliography:

  • Brda' shan 'byed gcod pa'i ral gri'i mchan. Source: TBRC.
  • Byang chub sems dpa' chen po nye ba'i sras brgyad kyi rtogs brjod nor bu'i phreng ba.
    • Tr. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtsho, A Garland of Jewels, KTD Publications (Woodstock 2008). Contains accounts of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas.
  • Bzo rig za ma tog. Composed in 1906.
    • See Lo Bue in Skorupski, ed., Indo-Tibetan Studies (Tring 1990), p. 197.
  • Chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa'i tshig le'ur byas pa'i 'grel pa ye shes snang ba rnam 'byed.
    • Jim Scott, tr., Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being, with commentary by Mipham, Snow Lion (Ithaca 2004), pp. 56-206. Includes Tibetan text in Tibetan script on pages facing the English translation.
  • Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i 'grel pa zla ba'i zhal lung dri med shel phreng.
    • Padmakara Translation Group, trs., Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakāvatāra with Commentary by Jamgön Mipham, Shechen Publications (New Delhi 2004).
  • Dbu ma'i lta khrid zab mo.
    • Mipham, Calm and Clear: Instructions on Vision in the Middle Way and the Wheel of Analytic Meditation, Dharma Publishing (Emeryville 1973), in 123 pages. English translation and commentary by Tarthang Tulku.
  • 'Dod pa'i bstan bcos 'jig rten kun tu dga' ba'i gter.
    • Guarisco, Togden, p. 61 & note 135.
  • Dpal sa ra has mdzad pa'i do ha mdzod kyi glu'i mchan.
    • Contained in: Collected Writings of 'Jam mgon 'Ju Mi pham rgya mtsho, Sonam Topgay Kazi (Gangtok 1975), vol. 11, pp. 759-797.
    • Schaeffer, Dreaming, p. 215.
  • Gter ston brtag pa chu dwangs nor bu.
    • Andreas Doctor, Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism, Snow Lion (Ithaca 2005), pp. 52-71. Includes Tibetan text (in Tibetan script) on pages facing the English translation.
  • Gto sgrom 'bum tig gi dgongs don lag len khyer bder bkod pa'i gto yi cho ga bkra shis 'dod 'jo (1908).
    • Lin Shen-Yu, Tibetan Magic for Daily Life: Mi pham's Texts on Gto-Rituals, Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 15 (2005), pp. 107-125. Lin's 2005 dissertation on the subject of gto rituals has been published (see following). This article discusses several other titles by Mi pham related to gto rituals.
    • Lin Shen-Yu, Mi-pham's Systematisierung von gTo-Ritualen, Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung, no. 10 (Bonn 2005), in 355 pages. This includes an edition and translation of this particular text.
  • Lugs kyi bstan bcos lha dang dpal 'du ba'i nor bu.
    • Moonlight, pp. 316-331. Authors name as given in colophon: 'Jam dpal dgyes pa'i rang mdangs. It was behested by Rgya mkhar Dkon mchog.
  • Mkhas pa'i tshul la 'jug pa'i sgo.
    • Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, Gateway to Knowledge, the Treatise Entitled The Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita, tr. by Erik Pema Kunsang, Rangjung Yeshe Publications (Hong Kong 1997). Three out of a projected four volumes have been published (vol. 2 in 2000, vol. 3 in 2002). The Tibetan text and the English translation are printed on facing pages.
    • S.D. Goodman, Mi-pham rgya-mtsho: An Account of His Life, the Printing of His Works, and the Structure of His Treatise Entitled Mkhas pa'i tshul la 'jug pa'i sgo, contained in: Ronald M. Davidson, ed., Wind Horse, Jain Publishing (Fremont 1981), pp. 57-78.
    • Leslie S. Kawamura, An Analysis of Mi-phams mKhas-'jug, contained in: Ronald M. Davidson, ed., Wind Horse, Jain Publishing (Fremont 1981), pp. 112-126.
    • Mkhas pa'i tshul la 'jug pa'i sgo zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos, Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang (Chengdu 1990).
  • Nges shes rin po che'i sgron me.
    • This is the main text studied in the following dissertation. John Whitney Pettit II, Theory, Practice and Ultimate Reality in the Thought of Mipham Rinpoche, PhD dissertation, Columbia University (1998), in 676 pp. UMI no. 9820213.
  • Sems kyi dpyod pa rnam par sbyong ba so sor brtag pa'i dpyad sgom 'khor lo ma.
    • Mipham, Calm and Clear: Instructions on Vision in the Middle Way and the Wheel of Analytic Meditation, Dharma Publishing (Emeryville 1973), in 123 pages. English translation and commentary by Tarthang Tulku.
  • Shes rab kyi le'u'i tshig don go sla bar rnam par bshad pa nor bu ke ta ka.
    • Mipham, L'Opalescent joyau: Nor-bu Ke-ta-ka. Commentaire du neuvième chapitre du Bodhicaryāvatāra de Shāntideva, Fayard (Paris 2004), 310 pages. Tr. by S. Arguillère
  • Snyan 'grel dbyangs can dgyes pa'i rol mtsho (Lhasa 1984).
    • Bhajagovinda Ghosh, Mipham on Rāmāyana, Bulletin of Tibetology, n.s. vol. 1 (Feb. 19, 1977), pp. 13-23, with continuation in a subsequent volume. Contains mainly the Tibetan text of Mi-pham's commentary on Daṇḍin's Kāvyādarśa.
    • Snyan dngags me long gi 'grel pa dbyangs can dgyes pa'i rol mtsho, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute Series, no. 17 (Bylakuppe 2000), in 400 pages.
    • Snyan dngags me long gi 'grel pa dbyangs can dgyes pa'i rol mtsho, Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang (Lhasa 1984).
  • Rgyal po lugs kyi bstan bcos sa gzhi skyong ba'i rgyan. Composed in 1895. A rather unusual, but not unique, example of a Nītiśāstra composed by a Tibetan. The colophon includes a bibliography of his sources.
    • There is a useful table of contents in Josef Kolmaš, Tibetan Manuscripts and Blockprints, Academia (Prague 1969), pp. 72-75.
    • Published separately in India in 1968.
    • Moonlight, pp. 186-315.
    • Mi pham Rnam rgyal rgya mtsho, Rgyal po lugs kyi bstan bcos, Mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang (Xining 1983).
    • See comments by van der Kuijp in Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 106 (1986), p. 620, note 8.
    • On its 1909 printing in Lhasa, see Robin, Note, p. 4.
  • Sa ra ha'i do ha'i mchan 'grel gnyug ma rdo rje'i sgra dbyangs. Commentary on the dohās of Saraha, in his 27-vol. Collected Works, vol. 12 (GA), in 19 folios.
  • Skad gnyis shan sbyar rab gsal nor bu'i me long, T.S. Tashigangpa (Leh 1979). Tibetan-Sanskrit lexicon. Based on retracings of a Kaḥ thog Monastery print.