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Jonangpa.com
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Jonangpa.com is an evolving weblog featuring regular commentary on various aspects of the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Recent Posts
Reflecting \'The Crystal Mirror\'
Maybe its the dark magnetism of impending all hallows' eve, but I'm feeling a mischievous urge to rile up all the ghouls and goblins of unapologetic dogmatism and have them stare in unison — — into The Crystal Mirror. That is, The Crystal Mirror ...
On the Shangpa & Jonangpa
Dakini Niguma Commentators on earlier posts have asked or made reference to relationships between the Shangpa lineage and the Jonangpa.[1] In response, I thought to sketch some of the overlapping threads among Shangpas and Jonangpas in order to draw...
Rongton’s Praise to Dolpopa
Over the summer, I was browsing through a Tibetan book shop and I happened upon the recently reproduced collected works of Rongton Shakya Gyaltsen (1367-1449). As I opened the first volume to look at the table of contents, my eyes were drawn to the t...
At the Great Stupa of Jonang
The following is a transcript of a talk, The Legacy of the Jonangpa by Michael R. Sheehy at the Great Stupa of Jonang in Tibet on July 17, 2009. Great Stupa at Jonang, '09 So, the actual name of this place is Jomonang, which is the name of the vall...
Tsoknyi Gyatso on Zhentong
Without jumping the gun (as we continue to set the text), I thought to write a post with the hope to help contextualize a forthcoming publication in the Tibetan language on the essential zhentong works by the Jonang master from Dzamthang, Ngawang Tso...
A Ngor Kālachakra Mandala
Kalachakra Mandala One of my favorite themes in tantric Buddhism is the mandala. The replicated symmetry of a perfected space and the implicit dialogue between the deity and the various facets of its environment have always fascinated me. Recently,...


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