Rngog Lotsaba On Sahopalambhaniyama Proof In Dharmakirtis Pramanaviniscaya

Author(s): Helmut Krasser
Publisher: Helmut Krasser

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rNgog lotsāba on the sahopalambhaniyama proof in
Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇaviniscaya
Helmut Krasser
(Vienna)
Although rNgog lotsāba Blo ldan shes rab alias Blo ldan bzang po? (10591109) was one of the principal exponents of the later phase of the preclassical period of the development of tshad ma in Tibet, from among the huge number of his works only a few have come down to us. A brief topical outline or summary (bsdus don) of the Mahāyānasūtrālamkāra was published in 1985; editions of his commentaries to the Ratnagotravibhāga and the Abhisamayālamkāra“ with an introduction by David Jackson are now under preparation. Thus, information on rNgog lotsāba and his followers, the representatives of the so called Ngog lugs, has been available only from secondary sources. Many of these materials have been collected in Leonard van der Kuijp's pioneer study of the early period of Tibetan epistemology and have been supplemented by David Jackson. From among his works on tshad ma, only two seem to have survived: a commentary on the Pramāņaviniscaya (rNam nges kyi ți ka), and his Tshad ma rnam nges kyi dka' gnas rnam par bshad pa, "Explanation of the difficult points in the Pramāņaviniscaya". 7 The publication of the latter text
Cf. VAN DER KUIJP 1983 p. 31. ? For this periodization cf. VAN DER KUIJP 1989 p. 8-18. 3A list of his work is to be found in VAN DER KUIJP 1983 pp. 34&57. *For references cf. JACKSON 1987 p. 148.
*Cf. VAN DER KUIJP 1983, Chapter 1 «Rngog lo-tsa-ba Blo-ldan shes-rab and the Rngog-lugs of epistemology.
Cf. JACKSON 1987 pp. 127-131 & 165-169, and DAVID JACKSON, "An Early Biography of Nog lotsaba Blo ldan ses rab". In: Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the 6th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Fagernes 1992. PER KVAERNE (ed.). Vol. I. Oslo 1994, 372-392
Both texts are kept in the Library of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities (CPN); cf. ERNST STEINKELLNER, "Early Tibetan Ideas on the Ascertainment of Validity (nges byed kyi tshad ma)". In: Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the 5th Seminar of the In