Virupa

གོ་རམས་པ་བསོད་ནམས་སེང་གེ
go rams pa bsod nams seng ge

Short Biography

A famous Sakya master who lived from 1429 -1489 AD. He was the of author of a vast collection of commentaries on sutra and tantra and is venerated by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He instituted the formal study of logic in the Sakya tradition. He founded the Thupten Namgyal Ling monastery in Tanag.

• Gorampa Sönam Senge, Sakya master: 1429-1489 [RY]

File:Gorampa Sönam Senge.jpg

Literary Works

See Writings of Gorampa

Publications

• Freedom from Extremes: Gorampa's "Distinguishing the Views" and the Polemics of Emptiness (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism); Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seṅ-ge, José Ignacio Cabezón, Lobsang Dargyay (google books)

Main Teachers

• Rongton Sheja Kunrig

Alternate Names

• Gowo Rabjampa Sonam Senge - go bo rab 'byams pa bsod nams seng ge
  
• Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seṅ-ge

Other Reference Sources

• At The TCC Web-site "The Extensive Biography of Lord Gampopa"

• The Two Truths Debate: Tsongkhapa and Gorampa on the Middle Way
• Removal of Wrong Views: A General Synopsis of the "Introduction to the Middleway" and Analysis of the Difficult Points of each of its Subjects
• The IBA Web-site

Internal Links

• Sakya Masters
• Biography of Gorampa

External Links

• Works listed at TBRC
• Collected Works listed at TBRC