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Taranatha
Tāranātha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of
Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most
remarkable scholar and exponent.

Taranatha was born in Tibet, supposedly on the birthday of

Padmasambhava. His original name was Kun-dga'-snying-po,
the Sanskrit equivalent of which is Anandagarbha. However,
he adopted Taranatha, the Sanskrit name by which he was
generally known, as an indication of the value he placed on
his Sanskrit scholarship in an era when mastery of the
language had become much less common in Tibet than it had
once been. He was also paying homage to his Indian teacher,
Buddhaguptanatha.[1]

His exceptional qualities are said to have been recognized by

others at a young age, as is often the case with great masters.
He studied under such masters as Je Draktopa, Yeshe
Wangpo, Kunga Tashi and Jampa Lhundrup, although his
primary teacher was Buddhaguptanatha.
Traditional thangka rendering of
Taranatha was recognized by Khenchen Lungrik Gyatso as Taranatha
the rebirth of Krishnacarya and the Khenchen's own teacher,
Jetsun Kunga Drolchok.[2]

Contents
Works
Tāranātha’s complete works
Later life
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

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Works
Taranatha was a prolific writer and a renowned scholar. His best known work is the 143-folio History of
Buddhism in India (dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i chos bskor gyi byung khungs nyer mkho) of 1608,[3][4][5]
which has been published in English. Other works are The Golden Rosary, Origins of the Tantra of the
Bodhisattva Tara of 1604 which has also been translated into English. He was an advocate of the
Shentong view of emptiness and wrote many texts and commentaries on this subject. English-language
translation publications of his works on Shentong are The Essence of Other-Emptiness [6] (which includes
a translation of his Twenty One Profound Meanings (Zab don gсer gcig pa)) and his Commentary on the
Heart Sutra.[7] In 1614 Taranatha founded the important Jonangpa monastery Takten Dhamchöling, in
the Tsangpo Valley about 200 miles west of Lhasa. After the forceful take-over by the Gelug in 1642, it
became known as Ganden Puntsokling.

Tāranātha’s complete works

Tāranātha’s complete works in 45 volumes, Pe Cin edition[8]

Tāranātha’s complete works in 23 volumes, 'Dzam Thang edition[9]

Tāranātha's complete works in 17 volumes, Ladakh edition[10]

Later life
Probably not long after 1614, Taranatha went to M ongolia, where he reportedly founded several
monasteries. He died probably in Urga. His rebirth became known as Zanabazar, the 1st Bogd Gegeen
and Jebtsundamba Khutuktu of M ongolia. His most recent reincarnation was the 9th Jebtsundamba
Khutughtu, who died in 2012.

See also
Jonang
Shentong
Kalachakra
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

References
1. "Buddhaguptanatha and the Late Survival of the Siddha Tradition in India (https://web.arch
ive.org/web/20090331115333/http://www.ordinarymind.net/may2003/feature2_03.htm ),"
by David Templeman

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2. Stearns, Cyrus (August 2008). "Tāranātha" (http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/vie

w/Taranata/2712). The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters.
Retrieved 2013-08-10.
3. Synopsis by Nalinaksha Dutt, Chap. I-XIII (http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/bot/bot_05_03
_notes.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20090304030502/http://www.thdl.org/tex
ts/reprints/bot/bot_05_03_notes.pdf) March 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. Chap. XIV-XXVI (http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/bot/bot_06_01_notes.pdf) Nagarjuna,
Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dharmakirti, Shantideva and Shri Harsha Archived (https://web.arc
hive.org/web/20090304030506/http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/bot/bot_06_01_notes.pd
f) March 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
5. Chap. XXVII-XLIV (http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/bot/bot_06_02_03.pdf) Accounts of
Pala, Sena kings, Vikramshila, Turushkas and status of Buddhism in India, Sri Lanka and
Indonesia Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20080528063545/http://www.thdl.org/text
s/reprints/bot/bot_06_02_03.pdf) May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. The Essence of Other-Emptiness (https://www.amazon.com/Essence-Other-Emptiness-T
aranatha/dp/1559392738) by Taranatha, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins (Snow
Lion, 2007) ISBN 1559392738
7. Taranatha's Commentary on the Heart Sutra (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taranatha-Com
mentary-Heart-Sutra-translation/dp/938702301X) by Adele Tomlin (Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives, 2017) ISBN 938702301X
8. [https://jonangdharma.com/taranatha-s-45 Tāranātha’s complete works in 45 volumes,
Pe Cin edition
9. Tāranātha’s complete works in 23 volumes, 'Dzam Thang edition (https://jonangdharma.c
om/taranatha-s-23)
10. Tāranātha's complete works in 17 volumes, Ladakh edition (https://jonangdharma.com/ta
ranatha-s-17)

Sources
Taranatha (auth.), Hopkins, Jeffrey (trans). The Essence of Other-Emptiness Snow
Lion(2007). ISBN 1-55939-273-8
Stearns, Cyrus. The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tib etan
Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen. State University of New York Press (1999).
ISBN 0-7914-4191-1 (hc); ISBN 0-7914-4192-X (pbk). -(contains fairly extensive
information on Taranatha)

Further reading
Tharanatha; Chattopadhyaya, Chimpa, Alaka, trans. (2000). History of Buddhism in India,
Motilal Books UK, ISBN 8120806964.
Tāranātha's Edelsteinmine, das Buch von den Vermittlern der sieben Inspirationen / aus
dem Tibetischen übers. von Albert Grünwedel. - Petrograd: Imprimerie de l'Académie
Impériale des Sciences, 1914 PDF (https://archive.org/details/edelsteinminedas00tarauo

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ft)
Tāranātha's Geschichte des Buddhismus in Indien. Aus dem Tibetischen übersetzt von
Anton Schiefner. St. Petersburg: Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften 1869. XII. St.
Petersburg 1869. PDF (https://archive.org/details/taranathasgesch00schigoog)

External links
Tāranātha Introduction & Jonang Dharma Association (https://jonangdharma.com/taranat
ha)
The Life of Zanabazar (https://web.archive.org/web/20040206023714/http://www.zanabaza
r.mn/Life/zanabazar.11.html)
The Jonang Foundation on Taranatha (http://www.jonangfoundation.org/taranatha)
Stearns, Cyrus (August 2008). "Tāranātha" (http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/vie
w/Taranata/2712). The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters.
Retrieved 2013-08-10.

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