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Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, the Glossary

Geshe Chekhawa (or Chekawa Yeshe Dorje) (1102–1176) was a prolific Kadampa Buddhist meditation master who was the author of the celebrated root text Training the Mind in Seven Points, which is an explanation of Buddha's instructions on training the mind or Lojong in Tibetan.^[1]

17 relations: Atiśa, Compassion, Je Tsongkhapa, Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism), Kelsang Gyatso, Langri Tangpa, Leprosy, Lojong, Milarepa, Nyingma, Rechung Dorje Drakpa, Sogyal Rinpoche, Tharpa Publications, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Tibetan Buddhism, Tonglen, Universal Compassion.
1102 births
1176 deaths

Atiśa

Atīśa (c. 982–1054) was a Buddhist religious leader and master from Bengal.

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Compassion

Compassion is a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves.

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Je Tsongkhapa

Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)

Tibetan Portrait of Atiśa The Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism was an 11th century Buddhist tradition founded by the great Bengali master Atiśa (982–1054) and his students like Dromtön (1005–1064), a Tibetan Buddhist lay master.

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Kelsang Gyatso

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (4 June 1931 – 17 September 2022) was a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author.

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Langri Tangpa

Geshe Langri Thangpa (གླང་རི་ཐང་པ།; wylie: glang ri thang pa) (1054–1123) is an important figure in the lineage of the Kadampa and Gelug schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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Lojong

Lojong ('mind training') is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms or slogans which are used for contemplative practice.

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Milarepa

Jetsun Milarepa (1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.

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Nyingma

Nyingma, often referred to as Ngangyur, is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Rechung Dorje Drakpa

Rechung Dorje Drakpa (1083/4-1161), known as Rechungpa, was one of the two most important students of the 11th century yogi and poet Milarepa and founder of the Rechung Kagyu subtradition of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche (1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama.

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Tharpa Publications

Tharpa Publications (Sanskrit for "liberation" and pronounced "Tar-pa") is a New York-based "major international and multilingual publisher of Buddhist books." It was founded by the Buddhist author and scholar Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Bardo Thodol.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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Tonglen

Tonglen (or tonglen) is Tibetan for 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Universal Compassion

Universal Compassion: Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times, Tharpa Publications (4th. ed., 2002) is a commentary to Geshe Chekhawa's Training the Mind in Seven Points by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, a Buddhist teacher and author in the West.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekawa_Yeshe_Dorje

Also known as Chekhawa, Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje, Geshe Chekhawa.