Ngok Loden Sherab Explained

Ngok Loden Sherab or Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherab (1059–1109) - Important in the transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet. One of the most renowned translators in Tibetan history and traditionally known as one of the "Ten Pillars of Tibetan Buddhism" (ka chen bcu).^[1] Also known as Matiprajna (Sanskrit).^[2]

Translations

Tibetan Tanjur

Two versions of the Ratnagotravibhāga were translated by Loden Sherab at Srinagar in Kashmir under the supervision of Kashmiri Pandits Ratnavajra and Sajjana towards the close of the 11th century CE:

• Theg-pa-chen-po rgyud-bla maḥi bstan-bcos (Mahāyāna-uttaratantra-śāstra), Tohaku Catalogue No. 4024^[2]
• Theg-pa-chen-po rgyud-bla-maḥi bstan-bcos rnam-par-bsad-pa (Mahāyāna-uttaratantra-śāstra-vyākhyā), Tohaku Catalogue No. 4025.^[2]

Further reading

External links

• blo ldan shes rab - TBRC P2551
• Ngok Loden Sherab
• Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherab

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff . Buddhism: Ka Chen bCu - The Ten Pillars of Tibetan Buddhism . Kagyu Office of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa . 2010-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100220162527/http://kagyuoffice.org/buddhism.10pillars.html . 2010-02-20.
2. Takasaki, Jikido (1966). A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra) Being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism (Rome Oriental Series 33). Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, p.6