“Radiant Sun Illuminating the Darkness of the Sentient Beings”
“Radiant Sun Illuminating the Darkness of the Sentient Beings”

The “Mongolian Years” of the Second sTong ’khor Qutuɣtu Yon tan rgya mtsho (1556–1587)

Author(s): Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Mongolian Buddhism; Second sTong ‘khor Qutuγtu; Third Dalai Lama; Buddhist conversion narrative; dGe lugs pa; bKa’ brgyud pa
Summary/Abstract: This contribution offers a glimpse into the life of the second sTong ‘khor Qutuɣtu Yon tan rgya mtsho (1556–1587), who arrived in Mongolia in the entourage of the Third Dalai Lama bSod nams rgya mtsho (1543–1588) and stayed on in the country for five years before returning to his native Tibet. Drawing on Mongolian historical sources and his Tibetan rnam thar, I provide, among other aspects, information about his ritual preferences, including the choice of protective deities he propagated among his Mongolian audience. The sources confirm the now familiar picture of the conversion techniques used by the dGe lugs pa in the Mongolian religious field. Furthermore, they point to a rather close connection of the dGe lugs pa with the bKa’ brgyud pa during the early conversion period.

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