Bsod nams rtse mo

བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ་

Sönam Tsemo(1142 - 1182) 

Tibetan date of birth:

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Year of the Male Water Dog, 2^nd sexagenary cycle.

Sonam Tsemo, the son of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, was the second of the five founding patriarchs of the Sakya tradition. He was also the fourth Sakya Tridzin at Sakya Monastery, although he served as active head of the monastery for only a few years.

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Introduction to the Traditions of Ngok and Tsen

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The Tibetan traditions generally divide the primary modes of exegesis on the Ratnagotravibhāga into two lines of transmission known as the analytic tradition (thos bsam gyi lugs) and the meditative tradition (sgom lugs). These two traditions originated with the Tibetan disciples of the Kashmiri master Sajjana—namely, Ngok Lotsāwa and Tsen Khawoche, respectively. Therefore, these two are also commonly referred to as the Ngok tradition (rngog lugs), representing the scholarly or analytic approach, and the Tsen tradition (btsan lugs), representing the more practice-oriented meditative approach. Alternatively, Jamgön Kongtrul, in his encyclopedic work commonly known as the Treasury of Knowledge, refers to Ngok's tradition as "the oral transmission of exposition" (bshad pa'i bka' babs) and Tsen’s tradition as "the oral transmission of practice" (sgrub pa'i bka' babs). Though it is likely the diverging motivations of these two figures in requesting these teachings from their mutual teacher that would set these traditions on their respective trajectories. Read more here.

Ostensen, Morten. "Introduction to the Traditions of Ngok and Tsen." Buddha-Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, February 28, 2020. https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/Introduction_to_the_Traditions_of_Ngok_and_Tsen.

Ostensen, Morten. "Introduction to the Traditions of Ngok and Tsen." Buddha-Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, February 28, 2020. https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/Introduction_to_the_Traditions_of_Ngok_and_Tsen.;Introduction to the Traditions of Ngok and Tsen;Ngok Tradition;Tsen Tradition;Rngog blo ldan shes rab;Btsan kha bo che;Morten Ostensen

Other names

• Sakya Tridzin, 4th · other names

Affiliations & relations

• Oldest son of Sa chen kun dga' snying po and older brother of Rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan. · familial relation
• sa skya · religious affiliation
• Sa chen kun dga' snying po · teacher
• Phywa pa chos kyi seng+ge · teacher
• Rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan · student