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Rinchen Zangpo

Tibetan lotsawa (958–1055)

Rinchen Zangpo
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Tibetan lotsawa (958–1055)

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Richen Zangpo

Lochen Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055; ), also known as Mahaguru, was a principal lotsawa or translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan during the second diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet, variously called the New Translation School, New Mantra School or New Tantra Tradition School. He was a student of the famous Indian master, Atisha.{{Cite encyclopedia

Rinchen Zangpo had been sent as a young man by King Yeshe-Ö, the ruler of Zanskar, Guge, Spiti and Kinnaur, with other young scholars to Kashmir and other Buddhist centres to study and bring back Buddhist teachings to Western Tibet. He was possibly the single most important person for the 'Second Propagation of Buddhism' in Tibet. Some sources conflate him with his patron Yeshe-Ö as king of the western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge.

Among his translations are the Viśeṣastavaṭikā by Prajñāvarman, which he undertook together with Janārdhana.

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Bibliography

  • Handa, O. C. (1987). Buddhist Monasteries in Himachal Pradesh. Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi.
  • Kapadia, Harish. (1999). Spiti: Adventures in the Trans-Himalaya. Second Edition. Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi. .
  • McKay, Alex (ed.). (2003). Tibet and Her Neighbors: A History. Walther Konig.
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  1. Rizvi (1996), pp. 59-60
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