important early rnying ma scholar ; he wrote many treatises, few of which survive
included among his works are commentaries on the works of the gsar ma tradition
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biographical information
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listing of works by rong zom
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according to source rong zom chos bzang was born in 1040 and died in 1159; khamtrul notes that he belonged to the middle of the 11th century
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biodata
Source describes his gsung 'bum to have contained over a hundred volumes, most of which were lost. rgyal sras gzhan phan mtha' yas (P697) was the first to attempt to collect Rongzom's writings and republish them at Dzogchen Gonpa's shrI seng chos grwa. This task was continued by Mipham.
Was recognized by Atisha as an emanation of the great Indian mahasiddha, nag po spyod pa.
Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo was an eleventh-century Tibetan translator, author, and exegete of Buddhist literature. Among his translations and commentarial works are important scriptures transmitted as part of the first and second period of Buddhist diffusion in Tibet. He is a seminal figure for the Nyingma, traditionally described as the last translator of the early translation period. His work as a translator and exegete is nevertheless also important to the later translation period and the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. His prodigious literary output––including his early and influential commentary on Guhyagarbhatantra and his vociferous defense of Tibet's Dzogchen tradition––affirm his place as the first of the three luminaries of the Nyingma tradition, alongside Longchenpa and Ju Mipam Gyatso. ... read more at
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