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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.〔"(Buddhaguptanatha and the Late Survival of the Siddha Tradition in India )," by David Templeman〕 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. Taranatha was recognized by Khenchen Lungrik Gyatso as the rebirth of Krishnacarya and the Khenchen's own teacher, Jetsun Kunga Drolchok. ==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,〔(Synopsis by Nalinaksha Dutt, Chap. I-XIII )〕〔(Chap. XIV-XXVI ) Nagarjuna, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dharmakirti, Shantideva and Shri Harsha〕〔(Chap. XXVII-XLIV ) Accounts of Pala, Sena kings, Vikramshila, Turushkas and status of Buddhism in India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia〕 which has been published in English. His other major work, ''The Golden Rosary, Origins of the Tantra of the Bodhisattva Tara'' of 1604 has also been translated into English. In 1614 Taranatha founded the important Jonangpa monastery Takten Dhamchöling, in the Tsangpo Valley about 200 miles west of Lhasa. After the take-over by the Gelug in 1642, it became known as Ganden Puntsokling. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taranatha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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